2012 April 30
Dear Mom,
My week went well. The zoo was fun, time flew by, but what`s
new. Thanks for the updates and answers to my questions. I just felt a little
curious. Say Hi to everyone. Your life sounds busy right now. Hope that all
goes well. Dad mentioned that my emails have been a little short lately. I`ll
get better.
Something happened this week that has never happened before
in my mission! We had a baptism on Saturday (that has happened a lot) but yesterday
she did not get confirmed! It was a great big roller-coaster ride. Her name is
Claudelina Reyes, and she`s 79 years old. We ¨tried¨ to heat up the water but
it didn`t work out too well. She got baptized after about 15 minutes in the
fount. Everything went quite well actually. Sunday we called and she was
sleeping so later we passed by her house to go with her to church and nobody
answered the door. We knocked and called for about 20 min and decided she
wasn`t there. Never showed up to church! Neither did any of the other investigators,
I wasn`t feeling so hot at this point.
After church the day started to take an up. (Don`t know if
that makes any sense) but we taught some lessons and we taught two amazing
families! The Dias Lavy Family and the Ugarte Castro Family (just to let you
know, every family in Latin America has two last names. If you already knew
that, Great! if not, now you know :) They both shared with us that they have a
desire to get married and baptized! And we will visit sister Claudelina today
and she will be confirmed next week in stake conference. So by the time we got
home I was feeling much better.
I have been doing a lot of divisions lately with the whole
zone. I am getting to know all the areas and I know quite well all the
missionaries in the zone. Today is transfer day! I´m not leaving (no surprise there).
I like this area and can`t wait to keep working there till the end.
I have seen the Gospel of Jesus Christ change countless lives
in this short time in Peru. I know that the church is true and that we are so privileged
to live a time that God`s priesthood power reigns on earth. I love you and pray
for you. I`ll might be doing the pre-call for mother’s day next week :)
Love,
Elder Dustin Divis
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