What a week full of TONS of hard work! My companion and I are super
exhausted due to working super hard this week. The sad thing is that we don’t
exactly have P-Day today because on Friday we are having a Special P-Day with
President Herrera and going to the Floating Islands following the a Multi-Zone
Conference on Thursday. This week was seriously incredible because my Companion
and I found several new and very good investigators. One such investigator
named Darlin, we found when we were out contacting this week. We were out
knocking on doors and street contacting when a guy walked past us. I felt like
I should talk to him, but seeing as my Companion was about to knock on a door,
I decided to not. After contacting a house without any success whatsoever, I
immediately got this feeling that we needed to go back and contact the guy I
had felt prompted to talk to earlier. I told Elder Melo and he said we should
back track to see if we could find him. We began to literally sprint to try and
find this guy! After looking for about 10 minutes without any luck, we decided
we wouldn’t find him. So feeling pretty bad and like I had missed out on a
prompting, I prayed and asked for forgiveness for the prompting I had not acted
upon. Later that day after visiting some investigators, we saw the same guy
again. This time I acted on the prompting to contact him. We are now currently
teaching Darlin and as many would say, he is a golden investigator and is
progressing very well.
As well this week, we were visiting an Area of our Sector that I would
say is “The Hood” of Juliaca. In this area it is very poor. The streets smell
like garbage and there is a feeling that is very interesting in this part of
town. While we were teaching one of our investigators named Tanaya, there was a
park type of area right next to her home. In this park, we saw people smoking
pot, doing drugs and drunk beyond belief. As we were teaching there seemed to
be so many bad things going on around us. A lot of things that go against everything
we teach. As we taught this lady, I felt the Spirit very powerfully as I
testified of the Truthfulness of the Restoration. As I sat there, I realized
that in the world we are always going to have those moments. Moments in which
those around us are doing things that are against what we believe and
represent. It was in this moment that I realized the Spirit can dwell with
those who are striving to represent the good, even when the bad is all around.
It has been really cool throughout my mission to watch and realize that
I am changing and growing in a lot of ways. One of these ways is the type of
food I like eating. At this point now, I have been eating strange foods for
months now and it just doesn’t really faze me anymore. I have eaten rice for I
think every meal for the past several months and to be completely honest, I
always find a way to make it interesting. Well as I think I’ve mentioned before, I’ve
been eating a lot of octopus tentacles lately since my Penchanista owns a restaurant
that serves ceviche. Well, since being in this Area, I’ve found out that a
mixture of rice and octopus isn’t really bad especially when you add in a side
of cow tongue or whatever other part of the animal it may be! So basically, I have found there really isn’t
any food I can’t handle eating.
The missionary life is a life so different from any other. Eating
strange things, walking all day, speaking another language and living high
standards isn’t exactly easy. There is a lot of missionaries who have found a
lot of ways to try and change the mission rather than let the mission change
them. Living such a different life each and every single day makes me realize
why our Heavenly Father calls such Young People to do something so much
different than what they are use too. Missionary work is not just about
changing lives of others forever, it is also meant to change yourself forever. I Love this Work and for the experiences I am
Blessed to have each day. I am thankful to have the Guidance of our Heavenly
Father to help me know what it is he would have me do. I love you all so much
and for the chance I have to be a missionary in this time here in Juliaca Peru!
Love,
Elder
Fawcett
The Street Meat Market Outside Our Church Building!!!
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