Hey
guys! Well, I was in Lima last week to get my immigration papers taken care of
and everything went well but migrations took a long time. No one from my group
went to Lima with me. I met up with the new kids just out of the CCM who were
going to Huancayo. One of the kids that was
with me stayed in the same room that I did in the camp. It was funny because
when I saw him he was like, “uhh....Elder Durante, don’t think I am weird or
anything but I slept in the same bed as you in the CCM.” Haha. He saw my name
that I wrote there; I also hid a spoon in the district room where we learned Spanish
and they all said that it is still there!! I stayed in a hotel in Lima and while in Lima, there were so many white people trying to talk
to me in English and I just kind of froze. It is hard for me to speak in
English now, I felt handicapped! Haha.
I am in Huancayo this week for a zone Pday. Nothing
new happened this week. Yesterday was fast and testimony meeting and it was
good! I shared my testimony and it all went well. Today we are going to
this like forest thing I think. I have no idea what it is but it should be good.
I hope you got
pictures of the baptism from Elder Rojas. He said he would send them to you
guys. We are teaching some people that are serious Catholics right now and they
accepted a baptismal date for the 13th of December. They are going to have to
work really hard to get to that date. I don’t think they will be ready by then because they don’t want to attend church (kind
of an important part if they want to be baptized) but we are doing everything that we can. We are also teaching a guy named Alejandro C. He has a big
problem with the palabra de sabiduria (word of wisdom). President Henderson said that our job here in Pampas is to reactivate and support the branch president, not so much baptism. The branch president has been here for 6 years and is about as frustrated as I am.
This week I also tried
to teach my Latin companion how to pray in English. He seriously struggles so
hard with it. Elder Arnez is the only member in his family and he has been a member for 2 years. It’s hard to help him but we are going to continue to work. I am
so happy that I am getting the chance to write you guys right now. I am so lucky
to have a family that is as spiritual and awesome as you guys. Tell the kids to keep working hard and they will be rewarded. Ok, I'm going to go shine my shoes or go to the bathroom, cause that's all I seem to do here in Pampas "Gucci". I love you guys!
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