Well I have some wonderful
news this week! But it also comes with some sad news. We BAPTIZED! But there aren’t
any photos.... and you can blame that on problems that we had with the
baptismal font and things like that.
This Saturday was very,very
interesting. We did divisions and my companion stayed in Sicuani while I went
of to do baptismal interviews in PITUMARCA! We got there and waited in the
adobe capilla until the investigators got there. They came from a two hour bus
ride from a little village super high up above Pitumarca called Hanchipacha.
First I interviewed a little boy, 8 years old. His aunt and uncle are members
but his parents aren’t. Cutest little kid, his name is Ronald, spoke more
quechua than spanish but we worked everything out haha. Then I interviewed the
husband of one couple that was going to be baptized as well. This turned out to
be a little more difficult haha, because he spoke even LESS spanish. I had to
stop on a lot of the points of the baptismal questions to try and help him understand
(we are talking about people who never went to school, and lived in a little
peruvian village their entire lives... they have a very limited understanding
of a lot of things), and then things were even more difficult with the wife
because she understood 0 español and someone had to translate.
I have to say that I am very
grateful for the example of one of my friends Elder Ward for something that he
wrote in one of his letters home... that in everyone of his baptismal
interviews he has felt the spirit of whether or not someone should be baptized,
or if they weren’t ready quite yet. With these people I had to rely 100% on the
lord and the spirit. I was doubting, and a little nervous to make the decision
with out too much knowledge of what they were saying and all of their needs. I
weighed the possibilities of the situation and decided that it would be better
for them to be baptized. As the sister left the room and I waited for the
district leader to come back so I could talk to him about a few things... I
just had the strongest feeling that I had done the right thing, and the Lord
taught me a great lesson about how important it is to him that his children receive
the saving ordinances.
Well when I got back the
situation of my own baptisms was a complete WRECK! The Elders were filling the
font with buckets of water because the water system wasn’t working, the
investigators were arriving late, haha and I could honestly just laugh. But we
worked it all out, baptized Joel and Rosalinda, and about 60 people attended
their baptism. Wow I was so happy. At the end I offered to sing and sang Las
familias pueden ser eternas.... Awwwwwww..... But for real it is the greatest
song to sing at a baptismal service, I love bringing the spirit through music.
I hope you all had the
chance to think about the savior this week. For me, I am just so grateful for
the knowledge that he lives. And that is all that I am going to sayabout that.
:)
Congratulations to Beth for
her mission call!
No package yet but it is sitting
in Cusco!
I am going to take out money
soon so can you send me the info from american first about how much it costs to
take out money in an international location?
Nothing more just love you
all tons :)
Elder Neff
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