Proselyting in P-Day clothes!

It's been a great week in Guadalupe! Monday we had a super fantastic lesson with Raul and his wife Betty about baptism, confirmation, and enduring to the end. And he chose his own baptism date for April 15th! So get pumped. His wife likes the changes she is seeing in him, and said that she has always followed him. So if he gets baptized, she will too when she knows it's right. We left that lesson so excited, and so grateful to be missionaries.

Wednesday and Thursday we went out with the elders and some JAS (young single adults) to collect food and clothes for people in San Pedro. San Pedro is a pueblito in our zone that is the only place affected by the flash floods. A lot of people's houses got carried away, so they're living up the sand dunes. On Friday we went with them to give out all the clothes. It was super cool and very humbling. Also, we get to proselyte in p-day clothes all the time! (except for meetings and church) President said we should all be focused on service, so if a service opportunity presents itself, we're all ready to go and don't have to go change. So everyone that knows me well knows that I’m the happiest little missionary here in my basketball shorts, t-shirts, and converse(:  

Yesterday was fast and testimony meeting and we had 5 investigators at church! At the beginning, Raul sent us a text asking if he could go up and bear his testimony, so we said yes, but he never went up. Then, right before they were about to start the closing song, he went up and gave the most beautiful testimony. Literally Hna Mancilla and I almost cried. He talked about how he studied for five years to be a catholic priest, but then got married. At some point he started to distance himself from God until we showed up at their door. He loves coming to church and talked about how much the gospel is changing his life. It was amazing. If I can see him get baptized, and never have another baptism in my mission, I will be happy. He's the greatest.

I literally love being a missionary so much. Some days it is so hard and I miss my family so much, but when we have people like Raul, when we find new people, or less actives that have been years away from the church, I get so excited about everything. I am so blessed to be serving in the Peru Trujillo North Mission, in Guadalupe 2, with Hna Mancilla. I could not be happier, even with sweating all day and my mosquito bites. The church is true, and this is the Lord's work.

Love,

Hermana Stevenson

Collecting supplies for San Pedro flood victims in the rain

Zone pic

 Proselyting in P-Day clothes!