Elder Wagner Arequipa, Peru : Week 22 The Hardest Thing I Ever Loved To Do

This really has been an amazing week for sure! we haveseen miracles for sure!

So for P-day last week we went to the big white Christ here in Moquegua! i have to say that statue was so cool! It is at one of the highest parts of the city so it was awesome to see the whole city from one spot!! it was absolutly gorgeous! then we went to a museum and that was the biggest waste of a sole fifty in my life! so i would highly recommend that you DONT go there if you decide to visit Peru! it was basically a few rocks, some pretty cool dirt, and a couple dead short people! haha but hey it had some nice dirt.....

After we went and played some soccer in the ghetto part of our area! we played for a bit and boyd and i were schooling it! then all the sudden this 10 year old and 12 year old boys came and they KILLED us !!! holy crap they were soooooooo goood!!!! i was like dude you are a beast!! and i asked him where he learned to play and he was like "right here". so those boys are examples of what you call someone who works hard for what they want! it was a really fun time and i learned some new stuff from them too!

Later in the week, we went to ilo for a training with the president and his assistants! The training was about the importance of the book of mormon! It was great to hear from him and his insight on the word of God. the book of mormon is the word of God! i know that with all my heart and i invite you all to get one and read it! it WILL change your life! i know it will!

After the training we went to pizza with all of us missionaries and that was super awesome! Then when we got back we went to talk to bishop and he took us to burgers! it was really yummy! not like america but it will do for two years haha!

Ok i am gonna tell you about some cool people that we came in contact with and had some cool experiences with this week!!

1. Nancy and her family! she is a mom of 3 kids who are all members but her and her husband are not. we found them and started teaching them last week. They are planning on getting married in February and want to be baptized right after!!!! so thats a huge blessing!! they are amazing! they have a 3 year old named aaron and he is glued to me everytime we are there! we just play the whole time, of course while teaching them the gospel. he is the best, i really love that kid.

2. auria! well we showed up to a menos activos (less actives) house and she was there visiting. so we taught her too and she COMMITTED to be baptized!!!! holy cow it was awesome!! we just got to get her to church! haha but gosh it is another blessing from my Father in Heaven!!

3. ok now my favorite from this week! Alcides, we were knocking on a door looking for a menos activo and she wasn't there but i was promted to knock the door next door and i did! a guy came to the door super happy but he was busy so he wanted us to come back! so we made an appointment and left, as we were walking away boyd said "that was straight from the spirit for you to knock that door." then two days later we came back, within two minutes in his house we were giving him a blessing for his health! he is 26 and he wants to change! then here is the cool part! He told us about a dream he had two weeks ago..... this is how it went, "i was in my bed and i saw a dove and two Angles out side of this door" he told us this and then said "you guys are those angels!" holy cow we were like ........ wooooo......... it was the coolest thing ever! he wants to change and he knows that we can help him, he is super humble and loves us already!! it was the most amazing thing ever!!!

Then we did service for our pension! we threw bricks for them! haha it was super fun! we had a good time with them! they are becoming like our family! its great!

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