After Christmas

Hey Mom and Dad,

Like I said the night of Christmas, Merry Christmas. It's hot over here in Peru and people are afraid of using fans because supposedly you'll die from pneumonia. It's pretty weak.

Anyway, I got an email from Elder Souza who is in the Lima Central Mission. He said he got an extension of two months to serve a mission, and is doing well. He asked me to send him a luggage because his broke down, and doesn't have the means to secure a new one. It was cool hearing from him finally.

Well, I don't have much to add for this week except for the fact that our 5 baptisms programmed for this month are starting to get shaky, but we aren't giving up on them just yet. Tessy is for sure going to be baptized this Saturday. Aldair the 8 year old boy wants to get baptized, but his mom doesn't want him to get baptized in any church (much less ours) because she thinks that like a boy he'll forget about it as he grows up like a toy. She's hanging out in Rome right now for her job. Thankfully, her 24 year old sister Leissy is helping him along going to church. Katya and Melissa told us they think January 15 is too soon for their baptism because they don't know as much. Cesar (22 years old) wants to get baptized to feel the Holy Ghost more in his life, but is having trouble going to church on Sundays.

Anyway, that's the scoop on what's been going down for Peru. Thanks for writing, and I'll get back to you both next week. Love you both, and see you later.

Elder Emiliano León

Fasting and Prayers

Hey Mother and Father,

I got the package you both sent. Cupcakes, candies, and baseball caps. I haven't opened it yet because we're going to go bowling right after the internet machine. Things are going well on the mission too. This Saturday we have a baptism programmed for a 17 year old girl named Tessy. She's really cool, and to make her story short, if there was anyone who needed a family and friends because her world was a bit ignorant of her needs, it would be Tessy, and I'm happy that she has taken a step of faith to follow Jesus Christ.

Well, I'll share a personal experience with you both. Elder Hesselgesser and I fasted for God to help us find those who can really be baptized. We fasted to give us guidance on what we can do to find His elect and bring them into the fold, and I kid you not, but 10 investigators came to church, and we didn't even go to pass by their homes to pick them up.

Yeah about the photos, I made a DVD disc of all of the photos that I have on my camera, the only problem is that the disc somehow went wack, and it doesn't read. I'll think of another way to get those photos. My comp and I learned that when one demonstrates more faith in keeping the commandments, their prayers are answered more quickly. We found that out in the Book of Mormon when the Lord was slow to answer prayers because of the wickedness of the people.

Well my time is up. Another fun story, my comp and I were teaching a family, and the baby boy of 1.5 years walks to my comp and hands him a butcher knife by the blade, and then later brings matches. His name is Leo, and he is the funniest kid in the world. He'll brake people's things, slap your face if you're sleeping, loves to be annoyed, but if you bring him a plant he starts crying becuase he's afraid of plants. Also, he's got a mullet because his Mom never cut his hair since he was born, because Leo goes crazy when they want to cut his hair. Anyway, I hope you both are doing fine. Work on losing that weight, it'll be good for you. I'll talk to you both next week.

Elder Emiliano León