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.

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

August 9, 2011

hola Familia!!!!

wow what a week. another one gone by with a lot of success. we are working harder now than anyother time in my mission, but honestly it doesn´t seem like work. i have decided that the opportunity to change peoples lives can never be considered work. the reason i am writing a day later isnt because p day changed, it is because i have become the presidents personal band aid. i went on exchanges with one of the assistants yesterday so president could go with the other to solve some problems they are having in

my companion is awesome!! he loves to work and that makes me happy. the two weeks i was with elder gonzales seemed like a lifetime because it was a fight everyday to get him out of bed and ready to work. but elder portillo is spot on, a great missionary, and with a good spirit.

the area is booming, and honestly it is a fight sometimes to keep it from getting out of control. our Branch is one of the best in all the mission, and that sure does help alot. we rairly are walking alone, we always seem to have a extra companion, and i love it.

we have a few baptism dates set. one for a girl named romina, she is 16, and being 16 we need parental permission to baptise her. elder portillo has been trying to get permission for almost 3 months (almost as long as i have been in the field!!) but finally her mother concented. woo hoo her baptism is for this friday and i hope and pray that nothing goes wrong!!!

well i love you all dont ever forget that i am working as hard as i can.
chau
Elder Landon R. Welch

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