Monday July 18, 2011

Hola Familia!!!!!

Well last week was transfers but i didnt change i am still in Lampa de Oro. however elder guerrero changed he is now in a area called ventanilla, it is really close to the ocean so it is really cold but i guess in his first week there he has had 3 baptisms and has 2 more on the calender for the next week!! crazy the work is really moving in ventanilla. my new companions is elder Gonzales. he is from santa cruz bolivia. even though he has a year and a half i am the senior companion. (i am just guessing it is because i have more time in the area). but so far we seem to be getting along. unlike elder guerrero he knows no spanish. but i guess that is a good thing it will force me to learn more spanish.

i cant believe my baby sister is getting married this week!! crazy how life continues to go on even though i am not there. :) i thought i was your only entertainment. no but seriously carrie way to go. i am glad that you have found a great guy but you need to promise me (one of you) that you will send me pictures of the wedding. and also have a card board cut out of me in the line. (that part is a joke) but hey look at the bright side if it is a cardboard cut out of me i cant go hide in the bathroom. (i am not admiting anything.)

well the work in lampa is still tough as ever. we had a inca in church this week and he was our first one for probably 3 or 4 weeks. but elder gonzales has a few good ideas on how to get the area moving so i guess we will just work and see. i really do love being a missionary, even though sometimes the work is more than i can handle. but i always look to second nefi 25 ´´we are saved after all we can do´´ and i really believe that with all my heart.

well it is off to fruit and then futbol!!!! i love you all, talk to you next week. always remember that i will be working as hard as i can.

chao

Elder Landon R. Welch

Monday July 11, 2011

Hola Familia,

well i dont know if i am getting transfered or not. . . . the zone
leaders are going to meet us at the church later and tell us but as of
right now i have no idea i hope not but at the same time it would be
nice to be in a little easier area. who ever said south america is a
baptism heaven is a lier.....

but we just keep on trying. we had more lessons than anyother area in
the mission this week but this intire transfer we have had 0 baptisms
and only 1 person in church. we have a few baptismal dates on the
calander but if they dont go to church they cant be baptised.

my time has been cut and i only have 1 hour to write but just for
this week only. so i will write more next week and send some pictures.

i love you all and i am working as hard as i can.
chao,
Elder Landon R. Welch

p.s. i did not get a email from dad this week. i am not sure if you
sent one or if i just did not get it???

Monday July 4, 2011

Hola Familia
well . . . i am not sure what to think of this week. it was hard to say the least and i want to share a expierience with you.
thursday was one of the hardest days of my mission yet. we had probably 6 or 7 lessons set and all of them fell through and i was sick of it. my companion always has a positive attitude (but you know me i am usually pretty negative when things arn`t going my way. and i only get grummpier when people are happy around me). so it was another day of cursing under my breath i cursed my companion my investigators the fact that i was sweating my back pack seemed really heavy, and the freaking stairs never seemed to end. i had about had it.
we get back to our room and directly after planning i go out to my balcony to calm down and just kinda figure out what i need to do to make the next day better and i came to the conclusion that i had done every thing i could all i just needed was help so i asked . . . and the following expierinece happened. it felt like someone was talking to me and later i figured out who it was. it said: " i know you don´t like to sweat and i know that for you it is something that really disgusts you. but do you remember the time i sweat blood? i know that sometimes your companion bugs you but do you remember my companion his name was judas? i know that your backpack is heavy but do you remember the cross i had to carry? your tired of climbing stairs, do you remember my walk to calvary as i was spit on and hit. and i know that sometimes your hands hurt from knocking doors to no avail. do you remember the time they nailed my hands to a cross? but elder welch the big difference between me and you is i did it alone, so you didn`t have to. so just one more question why did it take you so long to ask?"
mom i just want you to know that you gave your lession in church for a reason not only did you help your young women but you helped me too. we aren't alone don't ever forget that.
the last week of this transfer and i am kinda worried. our area has just started to move and i want to be here when it bursts into a missionary heaven. but all is in the hands of god.
i love you all and know that i am working as hard as i can.
Elder Landon R. Welch
p.s. the pictures
we went for a eye check up this week and we got to explore a little bit of downtown lima and we found this little cathedral but apparently it is pretty popular.
this picture is of the baptism from last week and the lawnmower is in the chaple :) it is the only place they have to store it.
and the last one is of jessica and jannet. we are teaching their parents but i just thought it was a great picture to show a little more about the people here. they are humble and as you can see from this picture they don`t have much to play with, just dirt. sad but they are happy good testimony builder.
and the last on is of two people you should recognize. it is jacob and i and yes we are in the MTC so it is a little old. but i wasn`t sure if i sent it to you or not.
i love you!!!