So a few suprises this week...
First, I get to stay in Morrope!! :D wooohooo! haha im super happy about that. Im excited for the chance to be here for josé and his baptism. Also, the mother of Hermana Rosa comitted to be baptized!! whoooohooo so we are planing a baptismal service the 23 of this month for as well. Im super excited and ready to put everything into my last transfer here in the area.
Wednsday morning we got a nice suprise as well. I was studying at our table and my companion was asleep (he hasnt felt super amazing this week) when someone rang the doorbell to our chaple-house (we live on the second story) I was really suprised because everyone works in the morning and there shouldnt be any reason for anyone to be ringing our doorbell that time of day. (also i thought it was one of the neighborhood kids who was trying to play a prank on us... thats happened before) so i wanted to ignore it. but i decided instead i was going to catch the little kids that have totured us during our studies in the past. so i causually walked out onto the balcony and slowly peeked of the edge and there was a woman below who stared up at me with the biggest smile on her face, and said "at last i have found you!!" .... haha i almost didnt know what to say.
she explained she is from lima and she was there visiting her sister and looking for the church to help her sister attend... i told her to wait and ran and woke up my companion. haha he didnt seem to beleive me, but he got up and looked out his window, saw the lady and got dressed. we went down to talk to here and she told us she was looking for the church for a few hours and she had almost given up when she realized the house she was standing by WAS the church (we have a sign outside) haha. she then took us to three houses where her siblings live with their families! 3 family references in 1 day!!! :D wow, we were a little more than excited. haha.
we got to visit one of the families this weekend with the sister who met (Hermana Carmen is her name), and looks like we will be able to progress with her (her name is juana). she is definately looking for the gosepel in her life.
so that was another great suprise that we had this week is that our mission president called to let us know he was coming out to morrope to visit. he brought us 10 more plastic chairs and a plastic table for the speakers to put their scriptures. (morrope is growing) we talked a little bit and then he interveiwed my companion and I. I guess my companion told him a little about our district because when it was my turn the first thing pres risso asked was "¿so i hear they call you `la maquina`?" haha we laughed a litte bit about that.
after he had left i asked my companion what they had talked about. and it turns out president risso is encouraging the district president to send in a request to make morrope a branch!! Morrope with most likely be its own functioning church unit in august!!! Im excited, but there is so much to do!
This week as well i finished the Book of Mormon for the first time in spanish! wow. great experience. its amazing how a different language can help you look at things with such a differet veiw. took me about 6-7 months. I finished it this week due to the fact that my companion was sick for a day. (poor guy) he had a sick stomach from somthing im not sure what, so i read my book of mormon while he slept.
today we wet to the Tumbas Reales museum here in lambayeque. wow. so sweet. The Lamanites where here!! we had a mormon tour guide who lives close to here (ferranafe) who showed us everything and explained a few things from the book of mormon (like evidence of the Jaredite cultures as well as lamanites) THE BOOK OF MORMON IS TRUE! Haha.
well im out of time,
Love you all,
always turn outward, and keep smiling!
Elder Bunker
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