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, October 15, 2012

Monday October 15, 2012

Hola Familia!!!!

i am so so happy to be a missionary. we had a interesting week there was alot of travel for us we went to lima twice and so that cut out a good chunk of our week but we were still able to accomplish some great things. our wedding is all in order we are just missing a birth certificate for the Hemana Liliana so keep that small detail in your prayers because that is the only thing that will stop us from opening another group in sayan. we now have 2 groups opened and the third on the way. Centinela is still growing like a weed and have now reached out to the surrounding villages like 3 de mayo. our newest group is in Santa rosa and it is a awesome faith builder. as i have been comenting to president these last few weeks we are going to try and combine these two groups into a branch!!! it is so cool to see how the work is progressing. i am sorry i havent been keeping you up to date on baptisms and i dont want to sound prideful when i say that there has just been too many. we are rounding the corner on 50 people baptised in the last 3 months and that number keeps growing.

Sayan is a small piece of heaven on earth too and if this sweet family can be baptised that meens that it will be another powerful group in zion. this week i was talking to president by phone and i expressed our goal is to have Sayan be a branch too by the time i finish my mission he asked me "do you really think you can do it" i just asked him in response "do you have faith" he just laughed.

but with our vision and goals growing has also brought some bad news i have waited a week to tell you because i wanted it to be a bad dream. . . . my extension has been withdrawn. president dorius said that he didnt feel comfortable saying to some that it was ok to extend and then having to reject others. so we are back on schedule for february. that made the number my companion yells every week seem so much more real. yesterday he yelled 24 which means 18 weeks for me. i am scared. 

today was transfer day but obviously we are staying the same. and for that i am greatful. it is always dificult to find the rythem with a new companion especially after a awesome companionship like the one i have now. 

well fam it is off to . . . . once again no idea what we are going to do today. i am going to send a letter home for the bishop. once again i dont know his address so i am sending it to the house so if you could pass it on to him i would be very greatful. i love you all so so much and remember that i am working as hard as i can

Elder Landon R. Welch

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