Week 53

(An awesome family in the ward!)

well this week has been a party, not literally but it was a good week!  we played football on pday, had divisions with elder Meidell which was awesome, got a reference of GOLD from a member, did a cool service project, and celebrated the 15 of augost which is the independence day of Arequipa!   also this week an area Sevenety, elder Uceda, 

came to the mission and gave some awesome words to help us get better and be better missionaries! It was a busy, which makes it a good week! 

(Playing football on pday)

(Divisions with Meidell) 

(Ran into my old comp elder Andrade)

(Service project, cleaning up the aftermath of a house fire)

(Celebrating 15 de agusto with the zone, love our Arequipa flags)

(Celebration dinner)

I wanted to share with you an experience that happened when we were visiting the members this week.   i went with angel and we visited an active member who is blind.  his name is Julio, he goes every week to church and sits right next to the door. when we knocked on his door he told us to come right in! we went in and sat down, there was no light, it was 8 at night and he had no light in his room.  All he had for light was the tv on mute which we used for light. he can see some shadows of things, but in a terrible blur, so he has to use his stick to guide himself or else he will fall! we started talking about faith and he told us that he had lots of faith!  One thing about people in this world, is that all people "say" they have faith, but when he said it, I could feel it in my heart! he spoke with such a power that it blew me away! he isdoing treatments for his eyes and he said when he is in the clinic he always sings, Nearer My God To Thee, he loves that song! So we sang that song together and the spirit filled the room even more!  He Didn't just "say" that he had faith, he lived it! he showed it and julio showed me what a faithful person looks like! he helped me want to grow my faith like his! Julio Wants to be NEARER to his God, and so do i!! that was an amazing experience that I wanted to share this week! i love the mission! 

(Fun guy in our ward!) 

Food of the week:  

this week i ate rocoto relleno, its a stuffed spicy pepper thats stuffed with meat and topped with cheese, and a pastel de papa on the side! which is potatoes slices and stuffed with cheese in the middle and milk and cook! its kinda like funeral potatoes! 

thanks for your love and prayers! ilove you guys!! have a great week!!!

Love Elder Wagner