Elder Wagner Arequipa, Peru : Week 38

I gotta say friends, that i love love love arequipa!!!! this place is the best place on earth!!! we are going in to winter now so it is a bit colder, but not terrible! it is soo beautiful here!!! So this week elder Sookhoo and i have been kicking some booty with some rockin lessons and fun times!! we are trying to have a funner time while we teach with actions and examples and acting it out, its a blast!! our saying is "there is not a rule that says you have to be boring, so why do we do it?!" its so much more fun! the people understand better and they love listening to us now!!! the work is taking off!!!

(Matias baptism!)

this week we had the baptism of a boy named Matias! he is super smart and has a testimony that is super strong!!! we worked super hard with him and his brother, his brother didn't want to yet, but with time we will see!:) now we have 3 other dates that we are focusing on!!! the work is beautiful here! the people are ready to change their lives to the right path!! i am soo grateful for this time that i have to teach these people and watch the growth in them spiritually!! this work is amazing!! it makes me so happy to be here!!!

(Birthday party with my zone on the roof)

we had a birthday party this week for elder sharpp and he got his face SMASHED hard in the cake!! it was soooo funny!!!!!!!!! then Sookhoo and i are planning our act for the talent show that we have coming up. Its going to be funny!! i am going to be a Peruvian lady and he's my son!!! then we are going to end it with a spiritual song!!! we got a lot to do this week and a lot to practice!!! haha this morning we missed the bus so we went sprinting down the hill and we caught it!!!! what a miracle!!!! it was awesome!!

(Lucho the awesome monkey)

we also got to play with a monkey thats named lucho!! he is a less active members pet, he is so cute and is super entertaining.... we fed it and played with it and held it!!! it really was a party!!!

(Traditional dance team, we challenged them and we passed)