Dear Family and Friends,
This week was definitely one of the craziest weeks I have had
on the mission. We were in our area just Sunday. Sunday was a great day.
I was able to give a baptismal interview. It was a super spiritual experience
for me. His name is Frandy. Although he passed his interview to be baptized,
President Williams wants us to wait to baptize him until he can be baptized
with his family. Hopefully, that will be in the near future.
The rest of the week was spent traveling to Chiclayo and
back. Last week after church we headed down to Jaen. Due to road blockage from
a mud-slide, we had to take a different route to Chiclayo. We were able to see
so many new parts of Peru. It was amazing. We took a three-hour dirt road trip
to a high mountain Peruvian town called Cutervo. It was absolutely gorgeous.
Peru is such a beautiful country. Afterwards, we took a six-hour bus ride from
Cutervo to Chiclayo. We drove past Tuman, the first area of my mission.
Arriving to Chiclayo was actually pretty sad. Due to all the
rainstorms, the entire city of Chiclayo is flooded. The people of Chiclayo are
trying to save everything they have. Chiclayo has no hills, so all the water
just stays in the streets. It is extremely hot and humid. The mosquitoes are
ramped and the sewage system is not functioning. Please pray for the people of
Chiclayo. The elders in Chiclayo are finding lots of service opportunities,
which helps them find new investigators.
The multi zone meeting was amazing. The highlight for me was
learning how to teach who God is. Probably the most important thing we do as
missionaries. I found this quote this morning by Jeffery R Holland.
"We need to learn who God is more fully, in order to love him more deeply
and obey him more completely." I love that quote so much. We arrived late
Saturday night back in Chachapoyas.
Monday, we were not able to write because Chachapoyas simply
didn't have internet connection that day - haha. I sure do love Peru. I hope
you all had an amazing week. I invite you all to learn with me more about our
loving Father in Heaven. As we do so, I know that we will be able to truly show
the pure love of Christ.
A nuestros semejantes:)
Elder Goold
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| Photos from the Multi-Zone Conference |
