Hola,
The weeks seem
to just be going by faster and faster! This week was a super crazy busy week in
the office and as well teaching. Let me first get started by saying that my
week started off by hosting the big leaders meeting here in Cusco with all of
the Zone Leaders from the mission. All of us office Elders gave them training
and helped teach them about some things that need to improve in the mission. It
was really cool but one of the coolest parts was being able to see my trainer
Elder Iza again! I really learned a whole lot from him in my training and I have
a lot of respect for him because he really helped and taught me so much. As
well, during this leaders meeting I was also in charge of counting all of the
money that was spent in each of the Zones of the mission during the past change
to make sure the Zone Leaders didn’t owe the mission any money. It was honestly
really crazy because I seriously had to count thousands of soles which added up
to a whole ton of money in dollars.
Also, this
week I also had the chance to go on Divisions with my Zone Leader Elder Bever,
who is from my MTC group. We seriously had such a fun time and got a whole lot
of work done as well. During our Divisions, we worked in my Sector but to be
completely honest it was sort of difficult because I honestly don’t know my Sector
very well since I have only been here for such a very short time. It was still
really fun though and perhaps the best part is we went to a visit with one of
our investigator named Juliana with her Mom and had a few members come with us
to the visit. In the visit, we had a chance to teach these 2 about the Atonement.
Now before I go into that, you need to understand that these 2 have been
investigators for quite a while and have not been progressing much. As we
taught this lesson, we each felt such a strong Spirit as we bore testimony of
the reality of the Saviors Sacrifice. As we taught we noticed tears in the eyes
of both the mother and the daughter, so we are hoping and feel that they will
both be more open to us.
Finally, I
guess I just want to share a little bit more about my life here in Cusco. So,
as you may have thought, it’s so much different here compared to my previous
areas. What I have noticed is that the people here seem to not be so shocked to
see a white guy, which is really interesting considering that in Puno and in
Juliaca the people literally drop their jaws when they see one. As well, the
people here also cook a lot different. One thing I have noticed is that the
food seems to taste a little better compared to other parts of the mission. But
the most interesting thing of all is that here in Cusco, the elevation is a
little lower, so as soon as I got here I immediately noticed it was so much
easier to walk around. As well, here in the office we don’t have anyone to wash
my clothes so we wash them ourselves and we also make our own breakfast because
our Pension doesn’t make it for us. So lately I have been making myself a whole
lot of eggs to eat for breakfast and this past week I cracked an egg and out
came a mostly formed chicken which kind of ruined my desire to eat eggs for a
while.
As I continue
here in Cusco I am so very thankful for the opportunity I have to share the Gospel
with the incredible people here. I Love this Gospel and the experiences I am
blessed to have each and every day here in the mission. It certainly is not
easy but it is all so very worth it each day as I share a message that can
change a person’s life forever.
Love
Elder Fawcett
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| Mission Elders (Elders Boelter Westbrook, Chango, Ordonez, Fincher Fawcett) |
