Week #47- really going to miss this area!

This week was fun. We have been working in both of the areas now because we are in a trio. Our area is even bigger now, so it is really hard to visit both areas in the same day, but we are trying to make it work. We were able to have another baptism this week. So now i have had 12 baptisms in my mission. The only thing is that now we dont have very many investigators because they all got baptized. Its kind of hard to find new people here to teach, but once we find them they are awesome. Its crazy how fast time goes by. i am getting closer and closer to a year now. This will probably be my last week in this area so I am going to make the best of it and have a lot of fun with the people here. I am really going to miss this area. I have met a ton of amazing people that are so nice and giving. I really dont want to leave them but I know that I will have to so that I can help other people and other families. Hopefully this week goes good and we will have success in finding new investigators. A few recent converts are going to buy us KFC today for dinner. haha and a member is going to make us tacos and then we are going to watch a movie.
Love Elder Monson

Week #46- another baptism!

This week was great! We had some really good help from the members in finding new investigators. We also just got a new mission leader that just got back from his mission and is really excited to help us. The other Elder in our room went home because he was homesick so now we are in a threesome. Our new mission leader will probably go with Elder Licota a lot to help him in his area now that we are in a trio. We were able to have a baptism that I had been waiting for forever. Her sister got baptized my first transfer here and we have been teaching her ever since then. I am so happy that they were both baptized and joined the church. Their testimonies were so amazing. I love seeing the peoples faces right after their baptism, they always look so happy and it helps my testimony so much. Last P day we hiked up to a waterfall and it was so cool. It rained a ton there and we got soaked. But it was really awesome. The weather here just keeps getting hotter and hotter. Our church is really small and there arent very many windows so it gets extremely hot in our church, and we have to wear our suits the whole time. We should be having another baptism this saturday. He is a nine year old kid who wants to be baptized. The rest of his family are members but he wasnt baptized so we are teaching him now. I love this area so much and it is going to suck when I have to leave in a few weeks.

Love Elder Monson

Week #45-really progressing with the investigators!

haha I love it here, even though it is extremely hard and stressful. I really like being here. This week was good. We were able to have 4 baptisms yesterday for our branch. 3 were from the other Elders of my area and then we had one baptism. Elder Osorio was able to come back to baptize one of them and it was really cool. This week we have another baptism, and I have been waiting for this baptism forever: Her sister was baptized my first transfer here so its going to be really awesome. She wants me to baptize her so I am even more excited. We dont have a ton of investigators right now but we have been visiting a lot of less active members and they are starting to come back to church. We found a new less active family and their son is 9 years old but he isnt baptized yet so he is going to be baptized next week. There are so many cool families here. I am going to miss this area when I leave. Many people have told me that I should just build a house here. haha We are doing good here and are really progressing with the investigators that we have. The love note was from a member. but dont worry it was from a guy and it was just a joke.
Love, Elder Monson

Week #44- Christmas in Peru!

Skype with Taylor was AWESOME. We got to talk with our missionary for a hour and a half! He is doing SO good. He is happy & healthy and we couldn't be prouder.


This week was fun, we were able to visit a ton of families this week, because no one else would let us in their house. Everyone was busy for Christmas, but it was fun. Not quite as fun as at home, but the families here are really cool. On Friday we had a talent show in our branch. We were going to sing in spanish and english but they started late like always so we didnt have time to sing. It was cool a few people danced and others singed, and others did other stuff. On Christmas Eve a family invited us for lunch and we ate turkey. It was really good. We should be having atleast one baptism this week if not 2 so we are really excited. I have been waiting for this baptism forever and we have really been working hard for this baptism. She is the sister of a recent convert and she is part of my favorite family here. It is really hot here and I am jealous of the cold in Utah. On saturday we helped clean the church building and we had to move the Piano down 3 stories. It was so heavy and I was on the bottom so I had a lot of the weight on me. We scratched a few walls and broke a window trying to get it down, but we finally got it down there. My body has been sore ever since haha. I really need to work out more, but my pensionista built my confidence when she told me that I wasnt fat and that I have a bonito cuerpo or a beautiful body haha. I have always wanted to here that from girl but I just wasnt expecting it from someone that is almost 70 haha. This week was really fun and we have a few families inviting us to their house for New Years so we are excited for that as well.
Love, Elder Monson

Christmas at the Temple!

Elder Monson got a gift!

Week #43- Some Pictures!

This week Elder Monson only coordinated Skype on email, so we didn't get much of an update... BUT... we did get PICTURES!!! Pictured make us so happy (: here are just a few! (viewer discretion advised (; )

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Had to move this piano!

Can't eat pig in Peru.. but can take pictures? EWW.



Week #42- she gave an amazing testimony!

This week was good. We had a baptism that was really long waited. She has been investigating the church for almost a year now.   She gave us a scare when she called us after we had just sung at the relief society thing and she told us that she didn’t want to be baptized anymore because her family was against it and she has had a ton of problems lately. We went right to her house to talk to her and we calmed her down a bit but she still said no, so we invited her to pray and come to church with us the next day to see how she felt. After all of the meetings she told us that she wanted to be baptized. We were really excited and happy for her but it got even harder the church we were going to baptize her didn’t have any water and the missionaries in that area told us this about an hour before the baptism was supposed to start. So we had to call everyone and tell them that we were going to do it in another church. We were extremely lucky when we got to the church and all the doors that we needed were open, even though nobody was in the church. We were able to have the baptism and she gave an amazing testimony after that as soon as she was in the water she just felt a happiness in her heart. I am so glad that I was able to be a part of her baptism and I will always remember it.
That's all for this week, Elder Monson

A family in Peru!

Her baptism!

Baptism!

Week #41-a ton of miracles this week!

This week was awesome! One of our investigators who has been investigator for about a year finally decided that she wants to be baptized. And another investigator that has been investigating for over 3 years told us yesterday that she wants to be baptized too! I have seen a ton of miracles this week and I am really excited. This will probably be my last week in this area so I really want to try even harder to find more people to teach so my companion isn't left with no one to teach. We had a really great week and I hope this week will be even better. I bought a new camera so I have some pretty good pictures. We had another mission night in the church that was way cool. We made a really awesome game for everyone to play. It was like a race with a ton of games that they had to pass to move one. It was way fun. Today is my district leaders birthday so we are going to eat good the next few days haha. One of my investigators invited all of us to lunch tomorrow and a ton of members want us to celebrate his birthday in their house.
That's all for this week, Elder Monson