August 26, 2013
What a week :) haha
it´s been interesting trying to figure everything out. We still get lost but
that´s okay. There is a reason for everything :)
I love it here, did I
ever mention that? Seriously is so great! I´m adjusting slowly. Haha It has
been quite the change in climate, food, people, lifestyle, language etc. But I
am so blessed to be here!
So.... We had a
baptism! Hermano A! He is 15 years old and the elders had been teaching
him before we came and he already had a baptismal date. I know I know that´s
probably the hardest part but we had to work really hard for his trust! He is
15 years old and looooved the elders, what 15 year old wouldn´t? And to have to
change to 2 heramanas, we were worried. We left a lesson thinking, ¨Wow he
trusts us¨. Every time we went back he was more and more comfortable with us.
We met him at
his house to go to the chapel for his interview and it was starting to rain. I
thought, ¨meh, rain. Just like Virginia it will come and go and we´ll be fine.¨
By the time we got to the chapel, I was soaked haha. He ¨passed his interview
with smiles! We went to the main road to catch a bus back to his house and he
said to me, Ïs this your first Peru rain Hermana Udy? ¨Hahahahahaha I smiled
and said yep! Haha we were standing there for quite a bit and I was drenched.
Haha I looked like I just got out of the shower. It was a beautiful sight :)
I´ll let you imagine.
His baptism was
incredible. I felt like it was my own son getting baptized, seriously haha. I
watched him go to the font and I just was so happy. I can only imagine how our
Heavenly Father feels when we make covenants to return to live with him again.
As a missionary, I get to feel of this love He has for each and every one of
us. I am sure we can feel it otherwise but I not sure if I ever would have
without serving a mission.
It´s crazy to me to
think a year ago I was crying in the lamb barn because I was finishing a great
experience and starting a new part of my life. A year ago I started college
thinking I would be there for forever until I finished, having the time of my
life. Luckily, I have been blessed with this opportunity to serve the Lord, receiving
many more life-enriching experiences than I could have had in Logan. I am so
grateful for this moment I have. No matter how sick I get, tired or frustrated
I feel, I am lucky to be here!
Les quiero mucho!
Hermana Udy
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| Baptism!!! This picture describes our ward... |
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| The view from my apartment... |
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