hello- I am through another week of peru, and still doing great! Again, sorry for last week's letter I tried everything that I could to get it back, and there was no way. I am going to try to do my best to tell you everything I can- but, again,I got a screwy keyboard.... that the space bar only works half the time, and the same with the back space. Big news for peru: we got rain,,, and how sweet it was, haha. But, my week was great! we had a lot of fun, running around. my area is pachecutec (if you want to get really specific with my boundaries) and all the other part is the city of ventanilla, (which is my zone). but our area is actually two regular missions. haha before it was cedros 1,2 and 3 but cedros,my church, more or less is down to two. soElder sanabria and i have double the area to cover. but, we take it with pride and say that we are the best district, (because we are). our reason being- that there is only four- when usually there are6-8. but, this week was fun- because- we went all over the other area..... and had quite a bit of success. our mission president promised us this week: that if we open our mouths that god will put people in our way -so that they could find us, or we could find them. so,I took it to heart. and tried at nearly every opportunity. so, my first experience was Tuesday, we got off the bus that day and i started talking to a man, who was walking in our direction, and he was happy to reply... and then, we got talking about the gospel- and then walked right up to his door- where, all of a sudden, 3 more came- out so we taught our lesson to the four people as we were clear out in the middle of no where. then a couple days later we went back and there were two more people at the door to teach .so, just from opening our mouths, we have 6 new investigators from one simple hello. Then later on that week we had another fun experience, that was fun for me. we knocked on a door, and were talking to a man for a solid 7 min and trying to ask if we could teach. He was very reluctant, and kind of snide about it. but we asked if he would ask his wife if we could. so, he left, and while he was gone, i asked Elder Sanabria- what he thought- and he said: that it was not gonna work out, and i asked "why?". he said: "because this happens a lot" and then i replied kind of jokingly, but serious too, and I said, "where is your faith, Elder?, and he said, "I have it,, but, I have seen this before. And I said, "well i have faith, and just watch: these people are going to accept the gospel." so. i said my quick little prayer but, not even a little prayer., more so,,,,,, just, "please help them god". well a little later he came back with his wife and asked if we would come in. we taught a fantastic lesson and everything went smooth- and they happily accepted the date for baptism. so after we left, of course, I had to pester Elder Sanabria about it., and tease and joke about it. and he was a little dumbfounded., and said," that that does not happen often, if at all ". So, just goes to show you- even if you have a little, very little, faith- even if it is kind of joking, that God can touch the hearts of his children. Alright, now on to the best- most crazy- part of our week. So, after all of our hard work, came sunday.( now, 'normally' sundays are quite normal).... it is relaxed, we don't have to teach, or do much ,till about 3 but, it was stake conference this week in ventanilla, which is about 30 min away. well, we began at about 730 to gather our investigators for church. (and we rented a bus for them). well with stake conference at 10:00 this sounds early enough right? well,- you and me were both wrong. we gathered all of our 16 investigators, 7 children accompanying, also a recent convert, and a membe,r in our bus, And we left for ventanilla around 10:10 ,with a 30 min ride left, well, thankfully, nothing starts completely on time- so, we were only 20 min late. but, when we got there we walked directly to the front, where the investigators were sitting, because they were asked to, by president stauffer, Because, He promised: who ever came, would be baptized, haha. so, we got there, and all the other elders were sitting there in the front, because there was room, well, Elder Sanabria and Iwent in, and asked all of them to move, and they all look confused,but they did it., then we marched our (26 or so people) into the chapel, and sat them on the benches., taking up the first 2 and a half rows, haha. there was no room for us to sit. so, we, and the other missionaries sat outside. where. we listened to our president and the stake president speak., and it was so good. so, later our president came up after the session and congratulated us. because, there has never been 16 investigators in one meeting, let alone- a stake conference 30 min away- so ,it is a little nice, ( not going to lie), seeing some our hard work pay off. Then we rode back with all of them, plus, elder poma, and elder harri,s and their investigators. and all the missionaries stood on the way there and back. and my shoulders (not lying) hit the roof when i stand but, you still would not have a found a happier camper around. And that smile has pushed me, and will push me, through the rest of this week- haha.
With love,
elder Hyde
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