Hello My Family,
Life is good and hot. Today it will reach 100 degrees. I am sweating like crazy, but I did find a big tub of sunblock and bought it. It will help me from getting burnt. I thought at this time of the year I would be a little home sick for Christmas, don't get me wrong, I miss you all. But it helps that no one is really celebrating Christmas here. The temps are hot and people just do not consider this a season for celebration. Life here is as usual. So it makes it a bit easier not to be thinking about it all day long. I do miss you and cannot wait to Skype with you on Christmas Day! Here is my week in review for your viewing pleasure.
Monday
We had a good Monday, we visited members and got to spread a lot of illlumielmundo or illuminate the world pass along cards. We gave to friends and non-members it was great. We are only sharing scriptures and stories about the christmas time and it’s kind of really awesome to only talk and think about the birth of the Savior all day. Then we get to watch countless videos about him then once again try to share the story of Him to everyone. It's a truly special job and I feel like I am on top of the world because all that consumes my mind this week is el nacer de Cristo and I love it!
Tuesday
We had some great new contacts on Tuesday. We contacted a man and he asked us to come inside and to hear our message. We went in to his house and there was 5 beds in his front room and each had a mother and little kids on every single one. Come to find out they all live together with 6 families in a 2 bedroom house. It was super crazy but, it turned from a discussion to a sermon on the mount really fast. We just preaching to like 12 individuals and it was crazy. We then in the night decided to pass for a menos activo that hasn't been to church in 36 years. We had tried 5 previous times and he wasn't home or nobody answered. This time he was there and he told us he was having a really hard time in his life and he didn't know what he was missing. He told us that when we came he felt a little better when we stared talking about the birth of Jesus and we invited him to come to church and he came! He came about 5 minutes late but he came and sat right next to us and went to all of the classes!
Wednesday
We contacted most of Wednesday and we meet some potential leads and we ate with a family for lunch then in the night we went contacting some more! Haha, we also meet a man whom was an old investigator and just decided he wanted to talk with the missionaries again so thats really good!
Thursday
Thursday we had our weekly zone meeting and it was fun, the elders de bolivar came and stayed with us then after the meeting. We did splits and I went with Elder Calixto and we went to visit members and the contact until night then when we got home. Calixto taught me how to make Peruvian food and we had some type of stir fry for dinner and it was super good! It was like the meet of a chicken that nobody wants and lots of soy sauce haha but I liked it.
Thursday we all got up super early and headed to the capilla of the hermans and got on a van that took us to tres arosos and to our christmas party! haha it was super fun! We did some type of scavenger hunt part of the hunt was to sing hymns to people in the streets, draw the plan of salvation on the plaza, give apples to policia and then give out 5 pamphlets to women. We also helps by preforming service. haha. Then we watched Ephriums Rescue decorated cookies and the buscando a dory, then the winners of the games got to pick presents for the houses and since we WON first we got a new pot with soy sauce and rice! It was sweet! It’s going to revolutionize how we cook! Then we all took photos and then came home!
Friday
We had service with a man in our ward and we did more cement work for him in his back yard we once again tour up the old concrete and laid a new pad right where it was. it took a good part of our day then we walked home and passed by for our contacts we made earlier in the week and it was really fun to stop by and visit them again,
Saturday
We had a normal day of contacting in the morning and the visiting our investigators at night, it was hard to work this day because it is a day where they all don’t answer there doors. This is because answering the door is considered work. This is because it’s a day to think of the virgin Mary which is a great idea but not when you try to go teach about the story of her, so ironic ehhh!
Sunday
We had a great Sunday, we had investagoators come to church and the menos activo and it was great! The topic was about missionary service, so thats all ways a good week! We ate with a family and his friend that is not a member came over to eat with us. We have a cita with him tomorrow and I am excited to talk to him he has come to church with his friend for the past 5 weeks consistently, so I am super pumped for that!
Cannot wait for Christmas Skype with my Family!
Love you,
Elder Vance
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