This week was super great! The work is starting to pick up a little bit here. We are finding some new people to teach. Lots of walking. haha. We are also beginning to find more service, which is super cool for me because I love it. There really is no better way to share the love of the Savior than to serve others humbly without expecting something in return. I am finding more out about myself now. Who I want to be, who I don`t want to be, and how to achieve my desires. I LOVE THE SCRIPTURES! I love studying them, praying about them, and receiving answers from them. I have such a testimony about studying the scriptures. If you aren`t studying them, I invite you to start now. 
We celebrated Peruvian Independence Day at the church with The Chavez and Cruzado family. :) We ate a bunch of Peruvian food. It`s literally amazing. haha. I ate pizza like four times this week...first time in my mission. haha We kinda went crazy.
I would like to share a miracle from the last seven or so months.
About seven months ago, at about 9:45 at night, Elder Soulier and I were walking to pick something up from Ivan`s house...I think it was some food or something they had made for us. We were walking by a park and out of nowhere we hear "HEY GRENGOS!" There was somebody yelling at us in English. We like messing with people who do that, so we went and talked to them. It turned out to be two young twin sisters and the boyfriend of one of them. We talked to them for a couple of minutes, explained what we do, got to know them, and set up a time to go visit them. We began teaching the sisters. Their names are Janis and Jailyn.
After a month or so, Jailyn decided not to listen anymore. It was a hard blow, but we continued with Janis. After Elder Soulier left, Elder Cabrera and I continued teaching her. It was a little tough, but she was progressing slowly. She started assisting the church every Sunday for like my last month in Ducaud. We had set a date to be baptized for her. Then Elder Cabrera and I both we transferred. She made me promise to her that I would return to baptize her, so I did. I found out about two weeks ago, that she hadn`t missed a Sunday and that her date was still set. I got into contact with her and she told me that she still wanted me to baptize her! I was super excited because I hadn`t heard anything about her since leaving.
This Sunday, Elder Soulier and I took a trip down to Ducaud to see this amazing young woman baptized. I had to honor and privilege to baptize her. It was one of the most special moments for me on my mission. The gratitude that I felt in seeing her dressed in white, dedicating her life to serving the Lord. I, for a brief moment, got a glimpse of how our Father in Heaven feels when we make those steps towards him in righteousness It`s unexplainable. I`m just so happy to see her happy and to have been a part of this process from the beginning.
I testify that the Savior lives. That the gospel works miracles. That the gospel changes you. I don`t know what I would do without these miracles in my life. I just want to invite everyone of you to never give up. Even if the odds are against you and your cause...NEVER GIVE UP...NEVER GIVE IN....ONLY BELIEVE.
Con Amor,
I know our Savior Lives!!
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