Hola familia y amigos,
Esta
semana fue chevere. This week was good! I'm with my new companion Elder
Iglesias now from Quito, Ecuador (where they are going to build one of the
new temples that was announced yesterday) and we are super excited for
this month! In March we didn't finish as well as we wanted too but this
month we already have a ton of potential in the zone and were going have
a lot of success.
General
Conference was awesome this past weekend! I love many of the talks and
really felt the Spirit. But the best part was when the Spirit flooded
the chapel so strongly when President Monson announced that they are
going to build another temple in Lima. I have come to really love la
gente limeña a lot and I am so happy for them, so many more families
will be made eternal. I'll never forget the Spirit that was felt in the
dedication of the Trujillo temple back in August, and I know that it
will be just as spiritual for the people of Lima Peru. I'm so happy for
them!
Right
now Elder Iglesias and I are working with a family, a mother and
daughter. Their names are Elizabet and Katia, they were a reference from
another sister from the Belaunde ward and they are awesome! We were sad
because they couldn't come to conference and I feel that that was a
crucial part of their preparation for baptism next week. But apart from
that, they are doing really well and progressing.
My
last week with Elder Yohari we found this awesome new guy! His name is
Jose Delcarpio and his a commander (comandante) in the military that
lives here in Lima from time to time. He usually stations down south in
Puno but he is going to be here in Lima until the end of Abril when he is
going to have una asignación (task?) in the middle east. It is interesting
how God puts the people who are ready to hear and accept the gospel in
your way. At first, he just wanted me to teach him in English because
all of his bosses in the middle east only speak English. I told him that
I would teach him a little bit of the gospel in English but that I'm
here in Peru to preach the gospel, not to teach English classes. As we
began talking and sharing the Restauración with him he found and
intrinsic value in the message and attended church last Sunday. He also
came to 2 sessions of conference yesterday and told us the the music
really touched his soul and that he felt at peace. We explained to him
that that was the Spirit that he felt, hes gaining a testimony. I love
it when people dive into the gospel and realize why Christ is so
important in their lives.
Anyways,
many other things happened this week that I would love to tell you all
about, but the time is short, so I'll write a little more next week.
Love,
Elder Potter
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Here's a picture of when our investigator Elizabet smashed an egg on Elder Yohari's head last week for his birthday jaja
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