So this week has been really good. we have been workign really hard and we have been able to accomplish a lot. (not goign to lie im really happy with the way what is happinin in the mission).
this week we go to visit the less active families in caracucho and get to know them more. they are all famlies that have been sealed in the temple and are great familes :D their only problem is that the chrurch is so far away (but now its a lot closer, but still far) but they all told us they would come to chruch this sunday and they did!! :D or at least a few people from every family came, but they all said they plan on coming from now on. we just have to follow up as missionaries. (once they are activated we will be able to start institute here! morrope is progressing amazignly!) It is amazing to see the lords hand in ALL of his childrens lives, including those who have already been gathered in.
the other amazing thing that happened this week is we found another golden investigator, ( i hope im not saying that too soon). Her name is Magali and she is the sister of one of other investigators. (their family is HUGE. The grandma has 7 kids and they each have 2 or 3 of their own). Magali has already read a lot of the church material, but has never talked to missionaries before. Her husband works in construction and he helped build a LDS chapel in Lima and brought home a BOM and all the pamflets we use as missionaries and also a Liahona. and she has read it all (except for the book of mormon which she doesnt understand completely yet, but easy fix XD) so she has a great base. Haha and the greatest part is she has 2 sons one named "Elder" and the other "Eyring". Elder is a name she came up with ON HER OWN! haha and she named her second son after Henry B. Eyring, because she like the name when she was reading the Liahona. I could help but smile when she told us. MADE MY DAY. Little tender mercies like that just make me happy here on the mission. I hope everything goes well with her this week. (could be the family weve been looking for)
also this week we found a family of 8 kids! (all of which are daughters, which is crazy, all the husbands here have the hope to have at least one son... poor guy haha) they dont seem to understand really why we are here or what our message is yet, but we are hoping they will accept us when we visit them this next week and let us explain a little more.
so something crazy. because of the age change the time the missionaries spend in the Mtc has changed and so the missionaries that are comign out here are coming out earlier wich means this transfer is only 5 weeks instead of 6, which also means my date to return home has changed to be 1 week ealier... im not sure how i feel about that. haha there are missionaries who are sad and there are missionaries who feel jipped.... i feel a little jipped but i have only 8 montsh in the mission so idk.
k really fast. i want to share about my mama rosa. Mama rosa is the lady who cooks for us and washes our clothes. ive mentioned her before, but she is pretty much the base of the church here in morrope. this week she got sick. one of her teeth got infected and was causing her a lot of pain and her whole cheeck swelled and hardened. (she was in a lot of pain) and she could hardly talk. but she continued to serve us as missionaries. this sunday she prepared a lesson for primary and taught all the kids even though she was in a ton of pain. what an example of faith to us as missionaries and members of the church. Her name really should be Rosa de Fe (Rose of Faith).
the most humble and one of the strongest woman i know. (along with my real mother)
well time is short love you all!
Always turn outward and keep smiling!
Elder Bunker
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