Now I know you are all probably dying to know what happened this week
based on the title of this week’s letter, so let me get right into that. So,
this past Wednesday night my Companion, Elder Westbrook and I were walking to
our Penchanista to eat dinner when a crazy drunk man approached us and started
saying all sorts of horrible things about Mormons and missionaries. Just
ignoring him, we kept walking. But unfortunately he followed with his continual
yelling and insults. We began to walk faster and got some distance from him. It
was then that we looked over to see him yell some horrible swear words at us as
he pulled an enormous looking knife out of his pocket. It was probably like 10
inches long and as soon as we saw it, we took off to the pension’s house.
Thankfully we were able to get in the house unnoticed by the crazy man. As we
entered the house, we watched out the window to watch as the crazy drunk man
ran past the house, knife in hand. It truly is incredible to know that our
Heavenly Father really does protect his missionaries.
This past week we also got a new investigator named Hugo. Hugo has a
really amazing and special story. His wife has been very sick for many years,
stuck in a wheelchair. He also has a young son named Nefi which is Nephi in Spanish,
coincidentally. When we asked him, he immediately accepted the Book of Mormon and
has been reading it like crazy. He can’t seem to get enough of it! As we’ve
taught him, he has learned a lot about the power of prayer and has been praying
that our Heavenly Father will help and heal his wife. As he has been doing
this, he has noticed his wife getting gradually better and seeing her healed. We are really looking forward to helping him
progress and teaching him the importance of the gospel.
This week was a ton of work, but it was seriously so fun to work in
this incredible work. But definitely the highlight of the entire week was being
able to Skype home and spend some time talking with my family. It’s been really
fun to be here in Cusco and to meet some really amazing people as well. One
such family is my Penchanista. They are really amazing people and I’ve really
enjoyed getting to know them. My pension
has a little boy named Jose that we always sing songs with and such. It’s
really funny and fun to teach him songs in English. I’m sending home a video so
that you can all hear him sing. As well, this week it was my pension’s
birthday. So Elder Westbrook and I made her food from the states, which was Sloppy Joes and French fries. It was super delicious and she absolutely loved
it.
As I move forward in this work, I am so grateful for all of the
experiences I’m blessed with and for all of the awesome people the Lord is leading
us too. I love you all and wish you all the best week!
Love,
Elder Fawcett
Insert from Mom and Dad: It
really was great talking to Elder Fawcett.
He looked Great and
bore his testimony for us in Spanish and Quechua. His Penchanista promised to take great care
of him for us and she must be doing a pretty good job although he is still supper
skinny, he said he about 6’ 4” and weights about 198lbs. He said all the weight
is muscles in his legs from walking up and down hills all day long!
Singing Songs With My Penchanistas Son Jose at Lunch
Our Penchanista, Hermana Yesenia and the Elder She Currently Feeds .
Birthday Party for Hermana Yesenia Wall at the Back Shows All the Elder Sisters She has Fed Through the Years!
