16 January 2010--1 Bautismo!! Yeah, yeah

Wow, it was an awesome week.  This Tuesday we had the baptism of the Hna Ambar Rosales.  She was the last person in her family to be baptized, and everyone was so happy that this day finally came.  It was a really touching baptismal service, to see the Hna Ambar after 3 years of attending the church finally get baptized.  I actually had the privilege of baptizing her too.  She said she wanted her brother to baptize her first, but then she said that he didn’t have the same spirit as the missionaries, and asked me to baptize her.  It was a really good experience.  

We had the baptism Tuesday because her sister entered the MTC of Perú on Thursday.  Let’s just say they are one happy family right now.  We also have a young man named Jorge who is just awesome!  He actually went running with us yesterday morning, so just for that he is way cool, but he is really progressing well.  Since he first came about three weeks ago he hasn’t missed a Sunday, and he is really excited for his baptism the 23rd of this month.  He just accepts everything we teach, and is really a smart kid.  We are trying to help him get excited to go on the mission too.  Then we also have the hna Erica that was baptized about a month ago.  We just felt one day that we had to go visit her, and she was there with her son that we hadn’t met yet.  He lives with his dad in another part of Lima, but we taught him the Restoration, and challenged him to pray.  Yesterday when we taught him again, he said he feels that it is true, and he wants to get baptized.  The problem is his dad, who didn’t want to accept before.  So we are praying hard that his dad will give him permission to be baptized because the hna Erica is so strong in the church, and she will be there to help him so much.  We put a baptismal date for the 6th of February so we are praying for that date.  We just have a ton that are progressing really well that we are really excited for.  

This week we just got a new pair of missionaries in the mission.  It is Elder and Sister Noall, and they are awesome.  They are going to be working here in La Molina as a pair of proselyting missionaries.  They are just full of energy, and I think they are only like 50.  They are really excited to be in the work though.  Elder Noall served his mission here in Perú, so he knows Spanish, but his wife doesn’t.  She is going to be learning the language as they go.  Just in this first week they have bought us a ton of stuff like cookies, and treats.  It’s pretty awesome!

Well that is pretty much the update for this week.  It was really an awesome week, and we’re hoping for another one like it next week.  Its good to hear that everyone is doing so well back home, and the fun stuff your doing.  Keep up the good work.  Love you all so much!!
Love,
Elder Lee