Sup fam? I'm trying to send pictures from this week but the computer isn't working here.. so I'll have to send them next week. Pretty chill week. Nothing much to it. Pretty much the whole world failing us though haha. Started off hot on Tuesday. We were going to do a pizza with a member... fail. Later, Hermana Kuki was about to give us some picarones... fail. PPK was promising to change Perú... fail. Perú's president, "PPK" resigned as president this week.. that was cool. Other than that, I had a really good week. Oh, and I forgot to tell you last week that my new companion is from Piura (Perú) just north of here.
We had some pretty great spiritual moments in a few lessons. We were teaching Nely (Adventist investigator) and felt the spirit super strong as we shared the First Vision. It almost brought me to tears to be honest. She recently had trouble with her husband and it's a perfct time to have found them... the only thing is, her mom is Adventist and invited her there first and now she's pretty set on that. Also, she straight told us her life's story of what happened between her and her husband for almost 2 hours! Woooo, we just wanted to go to sleep after that haha. She didn't let us speak a word.
Also, things are going good with familia Zapata (new people from last week.) Maria, the mom, Arumi 19 and Evelin 14. We helped them with a service when we got there to teach the lesson. They live in the poorest part here and the water only comes every other day. They have to bring their water in buckets up to their house and fill up bigger tubs of water. The only twist is they´re the last house on a sand hill. They're 3 girls alone, so we helped them get the water up. Took about an hour or so. I can't even imagine how long it would take them alone. After that, we had a super powerful lesson on the Restoration. They understand GREAT! They came to church and then we explained the Book of Mormon, and put a fecha (baptism date) for the 21st of next month. They all accepted. They're a super awesome family! I'll keep you updated.
Oh, and that day for lunch, we ate Sting Ray.. it was surprisingly good! I didn't like fish before I came out but I think I've adapted to it now. Here in Perú we eat a lot of fish, but we are prohibited to eat the best dish here which is done with "crude" (washed with lemon) fish. It's called Ceviche. I wanna learn how to do it before I get back!
Anyway, apart from that, it's been a pretty chill week. We were supposed to do a training to have a church open house so investigators and others could come (just like last year.) It was going to be on Sunday but the bishop didn't get the projector that he said he would, so we won't be doing the training until the 8th. We were pretty frustrated about that actually. We talked to him afterwards and talked about needing more help from the ward. Salaverry is awesome but the members don't help much. Salaverry is the highest baptizing area in the mission. Imagine if the members were helping and giving references and whatnot. But yeah, poco a poco (little by little).
Our last lesson of the week was with Manuel, a 14 year old we found last week. He had received the sisters last year and was about to get baptized but he left for like 3 months. He´s ready to be baptized... the only thing is, his parents won't give him permission. We talked to his mom last night, but she was set on not letting him. But after talking a little more, we promised her, with such power and authority, that if she would let him be baptized, she would receive blessings in her home. We then asked if we could kneel down in that moment and pray. Manuel said the prayer and afterwards his mom was just in silence because you could see that she felt the spirit and could not deny it. We left, inviting her to pray with her husband and Manuel to see if he should be baptized. It was such a powerful lesson. We´re going to go back today and see what happens! It was a pretty good way to end the week.
So yeah, nothing else really. Hope you all have a great week!
Tu amigo fiel, Elder Rokovitz
Tu amigo fiel, Elder Rokovitz
