Hola,
What a week! The biggest news of the week is about Luis. We
were super busy teaching him all week and he has progressed a whole lot! It
truly is incredible to see someone who almost seemed unteachable become someone
who has kept his commitments well and is progressing a lot! I am excited to
announce that this coming Sunday he will be having his Baptismal interview so
in a little less than two weeks we will be baptizing him! He is very well
prepared and has even been talking about leaving on a mission a year from now.
He turns 18 in April, so his parents had to authorize his baptism (which they
did). He is pretty mature for his age and who knows, he could be serving with
my little brother a year from now!
One of the other cool experiences of the week occurred when
we least expected it. We had a visit set up with one of our investigators but
when we went, the visit fell through. It had been a pretty hard day with not
much success at all. As we were thinking and praying about where to go next, we
were interrupted by a young man who asked “Hey are you Mormon missionaries?”
Surprised we told him we were. As we began to talk to him it turns out he had
gone to church with his uncle when he was little but had never been baptized.
He said that he felt a big hole in his life and that he had felt inspired to
talk to us. So we set up a visit with him and so far he has accepted everything
we have taught him 100%. He is about to turn 17 in a few weeks and also has
huge desires to serve a mission in the coming year. We are hoping to have his
baptism the week after the baptism with Luis!
One of the other cool experiences we had was with a new
family that we received as a reference. As we were out proselyting we decided
to pass by a reference from some other missionaries. As we knocked on the door
we were greeted by a lady who was very happy to see us. It turns out that when
she was contacted by the other missionaries they set up a visit but neglected
to tell us that they had set up the visit. Thankfully we were able to set up
another visit with them for this coming week and we are really excited to go
out and visit this new family!
Today we do not have P-Day (only email is allowed today)
because President Herrera is coming this Thursday to have a special P-Day with
us. However today we received an invitation to eat with one of the families in
our Ward. The Oliveira family has become one of my favorite families to visit
here in Manco Capac. The father of the family is the First Counselor in the
Stake Presidency and with his wife they have 3 sons. It has been really fun to
get to know this family because they remind me a lot of my family. There oldest
son, Jonathon, is 17 and is getting ready to go on a mission. He reminds me a
whole lot of myself 3 years ago when I was 17. As we have gotten to know this
family it has been fun to get to know them. As I stated, today they invited us
and the Sisters to eat and I can honestly say that the restaurant we went to
made a very delicious Lomo a lo pobre!
In closing this week, I just want to close with my testimony
that I know that our Heavenly Father guides us each and every day. Sometimes we
walk to places as missionaries and do not know why we are there and quickly
realize why. I know that we are personally led as Representatives of Jesus
Christ to where he knows and needs us to be as his servants! I love you all and
pray that you all have a fantastic week!
Love,
Elder Fawcett
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| Lunch with President and Sister Oliveira Today |
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| Elder Fawcett and Elder Vargas |
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| Really Delicious Lomo
a lo pobre! |
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Did I Tell You I Love Mangos!
Ate Both the Same Day! |
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| Elder's and Sisters in Manco Capac! |
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| My Comp and I For Some Reason Thought This Would Be a Funny Pic!! |
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