January 24, 2010

Hey mom!

Honestly I was a little worried about you guys last week because I

didn't get anything from anyone! Not even sis, and she always writes me!

(thanks by the way). This week was awesome! We had some training for

two days so that set us back just a little bit in our lessons, but

that's ok. We have three baptisms this week. Lourdes and her little

brother and sister Cristofer and Marisol, but Marisol and Cristofer

didn't come to church this week so we´ll see what happens with that. But

Lourdes is a GREEN light! She's way excited! It's gunna be awesome. Then

we have three others that are ready for baptism as well. Silvia,

Gumercinda (yea that's her name), and Claudia. They are set for

February. I don't know how to spell that... we are working really hard.

I'm trying to be obedient always. My time is running out and I'm

starting to feel it. What do you think about me coming home in

September!? I think that I would like to extend for a month and I

think that president would let me do it.

Ok as for my new location. I'm in the same zone where I started. Like

where I had my training in Pachacamac, but I'm almost right next door

to it. We still go to the same chapel when we have our weekly meetings

with the elders. As for my weight, I have gained a little. I weighed

myself today and I weigh 175lbs. So I have gained around 10ish. But we

aren't eating dinner. I don't like to eat it. It makes us late and we

have more time to teach when we don't eat. So we eat a good breakfast

and lunch but we don't eat dinner unless we are really hungry. I love
what I'm doing! I love this work! keep working hard family and read

those scriptures! I pray hard for you!

Love Elder B!

January 17, 2011

Hey fam!

Hey fam, I had the best week of my mission up until now. We had 19
lessons with a member and it was an awesome week of hard work. I think

that I have mentioned Lourdes in my previous emails. She has a date

for the 30th of this month along with her two younger siblings. We

went to her house and taught her the restoration again. We got to the

end and invited her to pray about it again to recieve her answer. She

said that she had been praying but wasn't quite sure how she was going

to recieve her answer. She had gone previously to the temple with her

sister and she had really felt the spirit there, without knowing what

she was feeling. I asked her how that experience was and after she had

described the feelings she had, I told her that's exactly what the

spirit feels like. The spirit put those feelings in your heart and

made you feel that way. He was telling you that you're in the right

place. He changed your heart without you even knowing it. He told you

that these things are true. I said, "Lourdes, maybe you recieved your

answer before you even prayed." I felt like everything thing that I

said wasn't coming from me. I had the words and I spoke almost perfect

Spanish, but thinking back on it I couldn't even remember much about

what I had said. The other two Elders that were with me Elders Cervera

and Robles gave powerful testimonies. I could see in Lourdes´s face

that she was feeling something. I knew she could feel the spirit

because I could feel it and powerfully. When we had finished. She

started to cry and said "5 minutes" and left. She left and we waited for

a moment. She came back still teary eyed and choked out the words.

"I dont need to pray about being baptized anymore. I know it's true. I

have a feeeling in my chest that I can't describe. I'm going to be

baptized the 30th for sure."

How incredible it is to see the spirit work in someone. We could see

on her face the work that he was doing inside of her. To be present

when someone recieves such a powerful change of heart is something

that I will never forget. I love this work and I love feeling the

spirit. How sweet must heaven be, if just feeling the presence of the

spirit feels so wonderful how wonderful it must be to be in the

presence of our God eternally. I'm so thankful to be here.

I had many experiences this week. We were crossing the street one time

and I saw a man and his son watching us. They were standing in the

door of their carpenter shop. I felt that I needed to talk to them.

We went and talked to them and they invited us into their shop and we

taught them there in their shop. We kneeled down on the sawdust

covered floor and brother Victor offered a prayer. It was inspiring.

We have an appointment with him and his family tomorrow. I know that

the lord is preparing people to hear our message. We just need to open

our mouths and talk to them. I love you family. I'm not quite sure why

you didn't write me but I hope that everything is alright. I love you a

ton. Thanks for your prayers. I hope that everyone is reading the Book

of Mormon. That book really has power to change the world one heart at

a time.

Love Elder B

(We did write! Even email is slow to Peru!)

January 10, 2011

Hey fam!

I love my new area! It's awesome! Oh and guess what, I have two
companions now! My companion Elder Campos and I are training a new
elder together haha. It's kinda funny, but awesome. Elder Cervera is
waiting for his Visa to come through so that he can go to Mexico. He
is from the same city as Elder Servan, Chiclayo. He is in his second
week in the field and really excited. We three are really good buddies
and having a blast together. We have a ton of good investigators and
everything is going good.

We met a lady named Gumercinda. (Her name is
awesome haha.) She is awesome! We invited her to be baptized on the
29th in the first lesson. She said that she will do it if she recieves a
confirmation from God that this is true. She is an awesome lady. She
has been prepared by the Lord. We are also teaching a girl named
Lourdes and her two little siblings. They all three are going to pray
and ask the Lord if they should be baptized on the 29th. Lourdes has
changed a ton in the time that she has been listening to the
missionaries. The changing point for her was when she went to the
temple with her sister who is a member. She felt something there and
her goal is to go inside. Her brother and sister are Cristofer and
Marisol. Pray for them please to help them recieve answers to
their prayers. I love you guys so much. I feel awesome here in this
area! It's going to be an awesome couple of months!

Thanks for everything fam!
I love you!

Elder B

January 3, 2011

Hey fam!

So first things first, I had a change. I'm now back in Villa Salvador, my

first zone. I'm actually really close to the first area that I started

in. My new area is called Floresta. It touches Pachacamac, the first

place that I was in, so it's pretty familiar already haha. My new

companions name is Elder Campos, he is from Bolivia. He is awesome. He

is one of the Ex assistants to the President. He was my zone leader

when I was in Cañete or Mala. He is awesome. He is a really great

Elder and is going to be a great example to me and help me to keep

getting better everyday. I'm still a zone leader but now my zone has 25

missionaries... its a big zone. It's going to be a good growing

experience.

From the pics and your letters sounds like you all had quite the

blast! What a big bummer that I couldn't be there! It's kinda funny the

last time that we were together like that it was dad who couldn't be

there and this time it was me haha.

As for your near car crash, let's be careful please! I want to find all

of you there when I get home! Sounds to me like someone was

helping to keep the car on the road. Well fam, I sure do love you a

ton! Keep up the good work and keep praying for me, would ya. I need to

stay focused! I still have a ton of time left and have a lot of

improvements to make. Thanks for eveything that you sent to me for

Christmas! I got all of the packages. Thanks aunt kimmie and my

awesome grandmas and aunt P and Sis! Your all the best and take such

good care of me thanks for everything.

I love you all so much!

Love B

December 27, 2010

Merry Chistmas!

This week was awesome! We didn't have too many lessons but we did some
cool stuff, like help out with a hot chocolate party for little kids
and their moms who pretty much don't have anything. It was fun to
see all the little kids really excited to get their little presents

that the young single adults had bought for them.

On Christmas Eve it was awesome to get to talk to all of you. I forgot
to tell you a few of the things that happened that night. We were at
the farthest part of our area and the power went out. We were on top
of a mountain haha and the lights went out. I was just about to put my
fork in my Christmas dinner and then it went dark. I'm sure that there
were many other people about to do the same because I heard lots of
angry people yelling that their power went too haha. But it came back
in a few minutes and everything was fine. Then we went to the other
members house and I called you. We ate a huge dinner again after wards
and I went to bed haha. We woke up on Christmas morning and I ate a
huge breakfast. We had french toast, breakfast potatoes with eggs, fruit
and juice. At this point I was really really full... Then we went and
ate enchiladas that the sisters made for us, played soccer and had a
gift exchange. It was a really good day. Then we had two baptisms that
night. We started a little late but other than that everything
went awesome. Jesus and Julia were really ready to do what God wants

them to do. I love being a missionary haha!

I love you family! This is going to be a good week too! I'm pretty sure

that I have a change this week so I'll let you know what happens next

week!

Love elder B

This is a pick with my comp and Armando. Armando is trying to go to

BYU. We are going to adopt him into the family! haha He's awesome. He

served his mission in Florida and speaks pretty good english.