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I'm glad to hear that everything went well with the temple dedication. It sounds like it was an amazing experience. How cool it would have been to be able to help ¨build¨the temple and be able to call it öur¨ temple like you guys say. Hmm…I want a temple….We´ll see, maybe one day J
Well this week was a whirlwind of cool experiences and hidden blessings. We had a big FHE with a bunch of members and a few investigators, that was a blast. We were able to help the investigators feel a little more at home and comfortable with the members, AND we were able to help the branch be a little more united (But they they didnt know about our secret combinations to unify them a little bit more) (So we think we are pretty clever lol) But it was great, with some games afterward. Its pretty interesting to see, how no matter where you are in the world, the same party games are fun and people react in a similar way to what happens in the game wherever you are..
(did that make sense? Pardon my bad language the English) Games like, do you love your nieghbor, pictionary, all that jazz…. But back to our secret plans. Our mission president told us that we need to do all we can to help the branch and keep it moving forward, so in every activity we´ve had we´ve tried to do missionary work and branch strengthing at the same time. Its a little branch but has a lot of heart and some really great members. Now we just have to work with the leaders and members to help them keep the Lord´s kingdom roll forward here in Bagua so that one day soon we can have a capilla. Im sure all this work with little branches is going to help me out someday in the future, because I'm learning lots while trying to help/motivate these great members help the Lord in His work. The Mission is an MTC for life right? Right.
Where was I? Oh yeah, waaaay back there with the whirlwind of this past week. Well, yesterday our investigators Sixto and his 8 year old daughter we baptized in the Utcubamba river. It was such a beautiful experience. Me and my companion have really come to love this little family, and helping them walk in the Saviour's footsteps was really something. We even love the mom who is in support of her family becoming members but not wanting to leave behind some things. We were able to have a bunch of members there too (Secret combinations at work, Strengthening members lol) so that was great. We were very blessed that everything worked out alright even when there were some difficulties along the way. All in all, a day to remember.Ill try to send photos,....someday haha.
Me and my companion woke up today and saw that it was raining buckets. So, being p.day, we threw on some shorts and shirts and headed out into the rain to do some puddle jumping. Right now there is a shortage of water in bagua so many people were gathering water in buckets from the drain pìpes, so we were able to do some service at the same time. We had fun, got wet, and helped some people with water buckets.
Thank you so much for the letter with the quotes and drawings, I wasn't expecting them and they came right when they were needed. You guys are the best, I'm so blessed to have such a strong family. I know I can't do much but im trying to repay God for the amazingly large about of blessings I have received in my life thanks to the gospel.
I love you all,
Elder Lonsdale
