Buenas tardes, esta semana me canso pero esta bien porque es la obra del Señor.

This week we got Vasco baptized!!!  It was a little bit hectic, but we got it done. We went to talk with the mom to get permission and all to baptize her son, because her other son is a member and always brought Vasco along with him! So we went, and the condition to get him baptized was we had to have a room filled with toys. It was a little bit weird of a request, but it was for the moms sister who is special needs, and needed something to distract her while we did the baptismal service. So we got that room filled with all the toys we could find from the guarderia, and we got that boy baptized!!!  It was a rewarding experience.

Also, we went to the municipalidad for our investigadores Cristian and Maria. We are currently in the process of getting them married, so we had to go get the partido de nacimiento for Cristian and see if they qualify for marriage. That was a long day but we got it all under control for now. We are hoping that the 25th they will get married, so keep them in your prayers.

We also have overall just been working super hard this week to find as many people as we can. We have been leaving a lot with the JAS (Spanish for youth group) for them to show us their family and their friends, and we have been finding lots of people that way. It is also way fun because the JAS here is awesome and make missionary work a blast.

Something that has struck me this week has been Mosiah 27, the story of Alma el hijo. For me, it is crazy how him and his friends went off and were the vilest of sinners. They committed some pretty serious sins, and then the angel appeared to them because of the prayers of his father. While I was studying it, it impressed upon me how Alma repented and changed, and later became one of the greatest missionaries that we have to record. Because of him, we have the account of many amazing and sacred conversion stories that gives us the the spiritual strength we need to make it through these days. However, how did Alma repent? He was knocked out for two days and to nights, but the first thing he said when he woke up was I have repented. How does a man so wicked repent just like that? I didn't understand. The consequences of his actions were still there. Many still fell away from the church because of him. All of a sudden he sees and angel, goes to sleep, and now he's repented?  I learned that repentance, we often feel that it is a long process and a burden. We feel we have to earn forgiveness. It takes the same amount of time to say I will change and MEAN IT in order to repent. Often times where we struggle is the meaning it part. I know, that if a man such as Alma el hijo can repent and change from all of his wickedness, that it is never to late for us. Rarely I believe that we will get the title as one of the vilest of sinners. I know because we can be saved from the depths of hell, and be wrapped in the arms of His everlasting love. I know repentance is a vital part to our learning here on this earth, and we can do it everyday to receive the blessings of heaven. I know it is true!

I love the mission, I love Peru. I honestly am super content here. Maybe I will rent myself a little cuarto when I am done with the mission hahahaha I love you guys! Hope y'all have a great week!