Soo we still don't have a house, so we're still living in the elders' area and having to pay a little more for transportation to get to our area everyday, but it's not the end of the world. We're still close to the church building so that's good.
This week we had 2 baptisms! Angela and Thiago Valencia (10 & 8 years old) chose to become the newest members of the church and the first newest members of the Puente Blanco Ward. They got confirmed on Sunday and that was special to be able to experience. I'm excited to see these cute kids grow up strong in the gospel. 🙂
We had our first church meeting as the Puente Blanco ward on Sunday! So cool to be apart of that. We had 300+ active members in San Isidro, and now there's about 150 active members in each, so we were still a full house. It's awesome and now I only have to focus on getting to know and visiting these 150, not 300 🙂
Our new ward mission leader is a very recently returned missionary from Chile. He's awesome, but still living in his mission, if you know what I mean. I'm sure he has a lot of good tips so we're ready to learn from him.
Nothing crazy has happened this week, I'm just here living in Perú, cold in the mornings and sweating to death in the afternoons, talking to strangers in Spanish and talking to everyone I can about our Savior, Jesus Christ.
My companion's favorite scripture is Alma 29:9-10, and I think it's my favorite now, too.
"I know that which the Lord hath commanded me, and I glory in it. I do not glory of myself, but I glory in that which the Lord hath commanded me; yea, and this is my glory, that perhaps I may be an instrument in the hands of God to bring some soul to repentance; and this is my joy.
And behold, when I see many of my brethren truly penitent, and coming to the Lord their God, then is my soul filled with joy; then do I remember what the Lord has done for me, yea, even that he hath heard my prayer; yea, then do I remember his merciful arm which he extended towards me."
This work is hard and sometimes I have bad days, but most of the time I am laughing and happy to be sharing what I know to be true with God's children here in Ica. I know He loves them, and I love them. I feel privileged to have this time to wear Christ's name over my heart and testify of Him in every moment. I'm just trying my best to submit my will to God's and be His instrument here on the earth. I love seeing people change to become better and draw closer to their Savior; it brings me true joy; the same joy that Alma talks about in these verses. I LOVE THE GOSPEL.
Thank you all for always supporting me and for reading my emails stll. Love you all!
♥️, Hermana Lowe
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