My name is Elder Welch. I am a member of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints. I am currently serving a full time mission, sharing the gospel with the people of Lima Peru West. Here you will read about my experiences in my letters home. Please feel free to write comments, but know I wont see them until I get home in February 2013.

Monday, May 09, 2011

Monday May 9, 2011

Hola Familia!!!
well it was a rough week to say the least and we really didn´t have much happen out of the ordinary. we had one investigator at church. but our main focus right now is finding less active members. which means a lot of walking and a lot of stairs. i have never seen let alone climbed so many stairs.
it is cold today!!! see i told you it is a day and night difference yesterday it was scorching and now i am struggling not to shake as i sit here in this tiny Internet cafe. and wouldn´t you know it there is two dogs in the same room...... they really are everywhere.
We had kinda of a funny moment. a lady in our ward was going to church in a mototaxi (basically a motorcycle with a carriage attached to it.) and she fell out. the back wheel ran over her and she was being a hypochondriac (how ever you spell that) she was certain that her back was broken and that she couldn´t walk but talking with her Doctor she just had bruising. so E. Guerrero and i thought why not make this a testimony builder. she had asked for a blessing to ease the pain but e. Guerrero and i thought why not ´´heal´´ her so we gave her a blessing and in the blessing we told her to stand and walk.
we closed the blessing and helped her to her feet and what do you know she walked. i can tell you right now that she will never doubt the priesthood power. it had healed her spine and allowed her to walk again :).
well i´m off to grab some fruit for lunch ( have i mentioned how amazing the fruit is here??? one word heaven) and p day is the only day we get to choose what we get to eat. so we choose to let our stomachs rest. the food is really good but the aftermath could be compaired to that of world war II. i thought the MTC food was bad.
i love you all and i have each and everyone of you in my prayers. kiss the kids and always remember that i am working as hard as i can.
Elder Landon R. Welch

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