Monday June 18, 2012

Hola Familia!!!!!
 
well it was a great week for us. we had two baptisms so that will always
make for a good week. Jamil Alexander Taboada Taboada and Stefany Gimena
Santiago Giron were baptized on saturday. and yesterday to top off our
week. we taught the parents of jamil and chalanged them to baptism. they
both felt the spirit very strong in the baptism and confirmation of jamil
and for that fact alone i thought for sure they would say yes. . . . but
they didnt at least not directly. they said that they would like to but
that they have yet to arive at that point to change their lives completely.
they will soon follow in the foot steps of their son and also those of
christ and be baptised as well i know it i feel it every time i teach them.
and poor little Gimena i was the one to baptize her and as we entered the
freezing water she began to cry. i am so glad i was baptized in warm water
because i can only imagine poor little 8 year old Landon doing the same
thing. she cried but i convinced her to be strong and she was. she came out
of the water and hugged me and said i dont feel cold anymore i feel all
warm. . . . wow what a testimony builder.
 
Hermana Olga is still as stubborn as usual she is a amazing lady but she
just doesnt want to let her catholic traditions go. but i know that with
time she will come around to it. she KNOWS that it is true but she just
doesnt want to accept it. she has a very hard time understanding what she
reads in the book of mormon. as we all know the book of mormon speaks a
different type of language and it is very hard for her to understand do you
have any ideas for my companion and i? we have tried videos but she doesnt
understand them either. we have read with her and have sent sisters to read
with her too but she just cant do it. we have gotten to the point that we
have even thought about buying one of those picture books that you use in
primary. the ones i used to listen to as a kid. where for every story there
are 10 pictures but we dont want to make her feel dumb either. help us out
any idea is a good idea at this point.
 
this last week was transfers and speak of the devil Elder Petersen came to
my zone. he surprised me today as i walked into internet. he is still
awesome as ever and even more powerful than before you can see it. but i
havent had the opportunity to talk to him yet but i will fill you in next
week on how his is doing. as for Elder Calle he emails me every week and
tells me the same thing . . . that he is freezing. he is a little higher
than we are and he said that one morning they woke up with ice cristals on
their windows. he was amazed but i just thought that sounds like spring in
utah. but yes it is possible in peru, where a few months ago i was
complaining about the heat to now be talking about ice. havent seen any ice
here in ventanilla and i dont think i will but still kinda crazy.
 
in our new house we have a room that we arent using so the family that owns
the house is storing their things there as they finish the second floor.
well this week we needed a shovel to go and do service and the shovel was
in the room. well as always in peru we had a little earthquake a few days
ago and it wedged the door shut. well not knowing that we tried to open the
door but broke the doorknob. so me the grand genius that i am decide to
climb up and crawl through the small window at the top of the door in order
to have better angle on opening the door. so i brought my chair and i
climbed and as i entered the other side of that door i realized that i had
no chair to climb back. . . . and the door didnt open. we took the doorknob
completely off and thus the photo and i was stuck for about 30 minutes as
we pried and broke our way through the problem at hand. . . . lesson
learned when their is a earthquake open the doors and when a door is shut
better to just leave it like that until someone who knows what they are
doing arrives to help.
 
well fam it is misting outside but we are going to play futbol and i am
sure i will end up buying some fruit. but remember that i love you and i am
working as hard as i can
 
Elder Landon R. Welch
 
p.s. yes i got my other shoe :) thanks