9 January 2010--Hola, ¿Como está

Well another great week in the work of the Lord, and we have a few new investigators that are awesome.  We have a sister that all of her family has been baptized, and she is the only one that isn’t.  She was living together with her boyfriend without being married.  I guess they had a few problems, and so they are going to be separated at least until they can be married.  She has been assisting the church for like 3 years, and she has such a strong testimony.  She actually got up in fast and testimony meeting and bore her testimony.  It was really powerful.  Her sister is going on the mission this week, so she has a baptismal date for the 12th of January, so her sister can be there too.  We also have a young man named Jorge that has been at church for the last 2 weeks, and he just loves it.  He has attended a lot of different churches, but we gave him a book of Mormon and he loves it.  He really feels a peace when he reads and prays.  We were thinking about putting a baptismal date for the 16th of this month, but during the lesson I felt that we needed to challenge him for the 23rd.  It was awesome because after we challenged him, he said, “Hey that is one day after my birthday, and I will be born again.”  So he is progressing really well, and every lesson he is learning a ton.  He is reading his Book of Mormon like crazy too; he is about half way through with 1st Nephi now.  We are just really being blessed with great investigators.
    Everything in the office has gone really smooth this week, nothing really big going on.  You aren’t going to believe it, but I finally got my companion out running today for the first time.  He only did about a half mile, but we are working up.  I helped him make a workout plan, and I think it’s helping.  I still have to beat him with a pillow to get him out of bed though.  It’s all good though, I’m still getting some good runs in.  The weather here has been pretty crazy for this time of year.  They say usually it is really hot during these months, but all of last week was pretty much cloud cover, and it was cool.  It’s funny because the hardest rain we ever get here is a little sprinkle.  When the sky is all gray it reminds me of right before a big storm back home, but here in Lima it doesn’t rain so it’s kind of a bummer.  It has gotten a little hotter today though.
    Just want you guys to know that I know that this work is the greatest work on earth, and what a great opportunity we have to share it with everyone.  Everyday my testimony is just that much stronger of the Book of Mormon.  I know that it is really the most correct and true book on earth and people really do gain a testimony through studying and praying about it.  How great it is to know that we are in the only completely true church on earth, and the church Christ established is in its perfect form again here on Earth.  If we keep up the good work and follow faithfully we are all going to be in the Celestial Kingdom enjoying eternal life.  It’s going to be a good time.
    Well love you guys, and thanks for everything.  Always love reading your letters.  It makes me way happy to hear everything that is going on back home.  Thanks for your prayers too, we can really always use them.  Talk to you next week!!
Love,
Elder Lee