Also known as bad weeds.......

We’ve had a pretty good week here in Granados. We had a ward talent show, met and had interviews with President Calderon*, had 6 investigators at church, and Irving was confirmed and received the Aaronic Priesthood yesterday! 

*Anna’s mission president, President Marble, has been diagnosed with cancer. He and his wife returned to the U.S. last week in order for him to receive treatment. They plan to return to Peru to finish their mission in a few months. President Calderon is from Chimbote, Peru and is an Area Seventy. He will function as mission president until President Marble is able to return to the Trujillo, North mission.

This week while contacting, we knocked a door. An older lady answered and we presented ourselves as missionaries from the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, also known as mormons. Then she said, "tambien conocidos como hierba mala." (also known as bad weeds...) we stood there for a sec, then laughed, then I talked about the Book of Mormon and how we can come to Christ and learn how to return to God's presence. Then she started off on a tirade about how Joseph Smith wrote the Book of Mormon, that we are in error, and a whole lot of other stuff. I was sad inside, but I smiled, bore my testimony, we thanked her for her time, and left. Another guy yelled to us in the street so we went to talk to him and he only wanted to tell us how disappointed he is because lots of missionaries have contacted him but never visited him. We think he may have been drunk as well....lots of interesting things. 

Anyways, it really has been a good week. I love this ward and the members here, and I love Irving and Diego and all the other people we are teaching. There’s no time like the mission to see so many miracles in so short of a time, and to hear all sorts of weird funny things too. The church is true!!!

In the Botanical Garden

A tortoise - or is it a turtle?

Santos and Henry (investigators from Guadalupe) FINALLY GOT MARRIED.