Week #18- 100th stake in Peru!

I got the package this week and my companion has ate more of the food than I did haha but luckily he
doesn´t like my cinnamon bears so they are safe but almost gone haha THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! for the package my companion wants to know when the next one is coming haha. This week was good, and I reached the 4 month mark. We had to sing in Stake Conference, and this Stake is the 100th stake in Peru. This was their first stake conference and we got to meet our new president. The first thing that everyone noticed is that he is even bigger than me. He is extremely tall, and he is really cool. We had one of our investigators come with us for a few lessons this week and he helped a little bit, he is going to be baptized this 19th of July, we have 4 baptisms planned for this month so we are really excited. We did some service for one of our less active members and we helped paint a room, but it was my first time painting so we didn´t finish but she wants us to go back so I guess we did an alright job. This week was pretty normal so not much to really say. It is getting colder and rains almost everyday. My companion is dying in how cold it is, but its not even cold to me. My companion lived in an area here in Peru that is hot everyday so he is freezing. I really hope I don´t get transferred this week because I really want to see all of our work pay out. I actually have pictures this week but this computer can´t send photos, it sucks, We had a big meeting with our old president and I have a lot of pictures, they even allowed us to hug our presidents wife. Transfers are tonight but I dont think ill get transfered.
Love, Elder Monson

Week #17- pretty good success!

Well I didn´t have transfers this week but there are transfers again not tomorrow but the next tuesday, but my companion thinks I will stay this transfer because it is mostly for the missionaries that are ending their missions or the new missionaries. We had some pretty good success this week and we have 5 investigators with a baptism date so we are pretty excited. Our mission president leaves this week and we are getting an American president and everyone thinks that there are going to be a few changes so hopefully they are for the good. One of our investigators wants to be a missionary and he actually came with us for a few hours to help us, but he has given me a ton of stress because he says he has a testimony of everything but he keeps procrastinating his baptism because he wants more knowledge and more security so we have visited him everyday trying to help him have more confidence. Other than that all of our investigators are great, but a few just need to get married and then they can get baptized. Our baptisms are all for next month the 12th 19th and the 28th I think haha I am a little bit more confident in my spanish. I love being really direct with our investigators, it is really fun.
Love, Elder Monson

Week #16- we felt a little earthquake!

This week was hard our investigators arent really progressing and they dont really keep their promises to read in the scriptures or pray if something is true. I am starting to understand a lot more spanish and I can help a lot more in our lessons and I actually lead one lesson with a hard investigator but it didnt go how we wanted it to and he wants to be baptized but not until August, so we are trying to get him to be baptized earlier because we feel he is ready to be baptized now. I gave a talk in church this week for about 7 minutes but my talk was pretty much just written out and I just added a little bit to it during the talk. A few people told me that it was really good and that my spanish has improved a lot. It is Mundial now so it is really hard to get into peoples houses because everyone wants to watch futbol including my companion so everytime there is a TV on in some restraunt or somewhere we stop for a little bit so he can see the score. We will learn if we have transfers tonight and I am pretty sure that I am leaving this area but we dont know because we are getting a new president so anything could happen, I really dont want to leave this area. I was hoping to hear that the Heat are on their way to winning the finals but I just read that they lost! Hopefully my package comes this week to cheer me up. I forgot to tell you that we felt a little earthquake 2 weeks ago, we were in a lesson and my companion freaked out and ran outside and I was just thinking of how cool this was haha This week was hard but hopefully next week will be better this area is one of the hardest areas in our mission so maybe I will go somewhere easier and have more baptisms.
Love, Elder Monson

Week #15- really cool to see everyone again!

 My companion thinks it is freezing here but it still doesnt get below 70 degrees during the day. I am pretty sure that I am being transferred this time. I got to baptize one of the sister missionaries investigators this week and it was really cool. We had a meeting with my group from the CCM that is in lima east and it was really cool to see everyone again and actually being able to communicate with them. That's all for this week, Elder Monson

The first Baptism for Elder Monson!

Week #14- Our baptism was great!

This week was good and hard a lot of our investigators weren´t home for their appointments so we have to schedule another one. Our baptism was great but the new member hasn´t been to church in 2 weeks so he doesn´t have the Holy Ghost yet. Its hot here again so I don´t know when I will use sweaters. It will probably get colder again soon though haha My companion thinks it is freezing.
Love, Elder Monson

Week #13- new companion, Elder Chiroque!

This week was great, we had transfers so I am in the same area with a new companion Elder Chiroque from Pura Peru, he doesn´t speak any english so it is a little bit harder to communicate but one of our investigators Jorge was baptized this saturday and it was awesome. The hardest part of this week was finding where everyone lives because my old companion knew everything, so I just followed him. We have a few more investigators that are really close to baptism so I am really excited. This transfer is only 4 weeks long because we get a new president soon. My NOT birthday was awesome we ate a huge dominoes pizza and Inca Cola and they gave me a big gatorade. They did it now because i wont be in this area for my birthday. I haven´t done pushups or situps in about a week or so but I need to..
Love you all, Elder Monson

Baptism picture #1!

Baptism picture #2!

Week #12- a witness for a baptism!

We have a baptism this saturday and we have like 4 more coming up that are really close. One is on saturday. My companion wants me to do it, but I don't know yet. I have to memorize the baptism thing in spanish first! We are having a lot of success now and everything is going great. I was able to be a witness for a baptism this week for the Hermana missionaries in our district, it was really cool. Today I get to celebrate my NOT birthday with our pensionista. I get one present and we are eating a huge dominos pizza and KFC with mangos probably. I am really excited.
Love, Elder Monson

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