This week we had exchanges twice (one planned the other last minute emergency) with our boys from Trujillo. Learned a lot and I got to know them more. I got to meet basically all of their progressing investigators in one day and they were all so positive! Good experiences!
Friday we were able to ball it up! We do every week but this week a ton of people showed up so we had some teams and it got competitive. It was super fun. There were some kids that we wanna start teaching that came so we'll keep you updated. My skillz have finally returned after about 18 months of nothing so I'm pumped now. It's such a good exercise too because after we finish our shirts and pants are pretty drenched and lately after we play we all go to the pulperia and mah boy Elder Beck and I get a liter of OJ and pound it. Awe man I love OJ! Deliciousness!
Saturday the other missionaries here had a baptism which was awesome. We got there right as they were finishing because we were walking. We were out at Guadalupe (45 minute bus ride from Trujillo) and we were waiting for the 2:00 bus that usually comes but we waited for 30 minutes and it didn't show so we started walking. We are walking about and hour and a half when we get to the halfway point and we see our Uncle Thomas. We stop and talk to him for a good minute and the he breaks it to us that if we keep walking were gonna get to Trujillo but it'll be dark and kinda dangerous so we called a taxi. Well we were far enough out that they charged us A TON! L200 is what he charged for the both of us. The bus is L30 each so L60. Yeah it definitely wasn't our day. But we barely got to the baptism and it was awesome! I love watching baptisms if they're one of our converts or not. You can feel the spirit and they look so happy and clean when they come out.
On our exchanges we had a cool experience. So we were going to get permission from the girls mom to be able to baptize her and we get there and they say she had just left. We then talk to the girl that came out and we teach her about the Restoration. We were teaching and the spirit was there guiding us what to say and man it felt super smooth. We were guided to scriptures that she needed and it was one of the best lessons I've had in a while. She was interested the whole time and at the end we invited her to read and pray about the book of Mormon and to listen for an answer. We also invited her to baptism there and then. It was so cool! Normally I wait until the 2nd or 3rd appointment to extend a date but we felt impressed to do it then and there. The cool thing was she accepted so openly and so we're pretty excited for her! I loved that experience because we were guided through the entire lesson and when we shared what the spirit impressed to us we shared and little by little she opened up. As we focus on listening to the spirit, we will not only have guidance in our lives but we will be able to find happiness and to be able to be a light for others.
Elder Beardall
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