Inviting People to Change

It’s been another great week in Guadalupe! 

Last week we had a lot of really good lessons and Santos and Henry went to church with their two boys!!!!! It’s the first time they've been in my time here. They went when the elders were here in my area, but when the elders left, they stopped going. So we're hoping for continued progress with them. 

This last week has been good as well with some good lessons and some frustrating ones. Rosalia, the convert who I talked about a few weeks ago, has yet to read the Book of Mormon and just has a million excuses for everything. She says she has faith, but obviously not enough to read the Book of Mormon and pray about it. It’s frustrating because her daughter reads lots of stuff on the internet and then tells her mom...but something funny is that her daughter calls us the police. So when we get there and knock on the door, the daughter will yell "mom the police are here!" haha I think it’s funny, it makes me laugh.

We had two investigators at church yesterday: Hermano Ventura (the dad of one of the families we're teaching), and Edgar. Edgar is a reference that we contacted Saturday and we invited him to church. He actually went and stayed for all three hours!! It was the best! So we’re starting to see some more progress and we're praying lots and trying to exercise faith. 

Missionary work is so dang hard but is also so rewarding! Sometimes it can be frustrating, but this week I found a quote from Clayton Christensen from his book Everyday Missionaries that says "you succeed when you invite, regardless of how it turns out." I love that! Because everyday we invite people to change, to repent, and to pray to their Heavenly Father, and even if they don’t do it, we've planted that seed and done our part. I love the people of Peru and I LOVE THE HEAT!! not really but I’m trying to tell myself that until I believe it. Guadalupe is the best and we are going to see miracles here, I just know it. I love you all and hope you have a great week!!

Hermana Stevenson

Hermana Holmes - the Elders think they're pretty funny

 Hermana Lee

 Our district

This ditch finally filled up with water so a bunch of kids were playing in it