Hey everyone!
Well this week has been pretty good.
However, our numbers weren’t that great this week because we had some
appointments fall through and we also dropped some people that weren’t
progressing. But, on the bright side, we have 3 baptisms planned for this Saturday.
But we basically aren’t going to be in our sector this whole week because Wednesday
in the afternoon we have to go to Sicuani so that Thursday morning our whole
zone can travel together to Cusco for a conference we have with Elder Useda.
Then Friday morning, we will be coming back here. Also something that happened
this last Sunday was we had a change of bishops and the new bishop is super
sweet. He is also really young but this guy wants to get work done so hopefully
we will be seeing a big change in the ward and how they help us. As for the
power thing [last week], that’s actually pretty normal for smaller towns. It
actually happened quite often to me while I was in Choquehuanca. And I’m not
actually really sure why it happens but I think it’s because all their wiring
here just kinda sucks so whenever there is wind, the wires just crap out. Also,
I think I’m good with money right now, but I don’t have anything in my
account.
Ok, so I got a funny story. Today for
our pday, we went to a place called 3 canyons. Anyway it has some ruins there
but most of them weren’t original, they are just there to show where the old
original buildings were. So we found a spot where we wanted to take pictures of
us jumping off of a rock pile to look like we were doing Incan sacrifices.
Anyway, I took one of my comp but the missionary who was trying to take my
picture couldn’t do it very well (I’m including the best picture he was able to
take of me). Anyway, I kept trying to get a picture but the last time I climbed
on the wall I felt a rock move... And then I felt them all move... The whole
rock wall just collapsed from under me so I just jumped off. The bad part is
that there was a worker there that heard it and came over to us. He saw the
collapsed wall and said we had to pay for it and that it would be 1000$ (which
was ridiculous). But luckily our pensionista’s husband came with us and told
the guy that we were just taking a picture next to it and then it just fell
down and he let us go. (I’m also including a picture of the fallen wall.)
Anyway, it was super funny and I was really freaked out but it all turned out
good. But the rest of the day was really fun, I’m just super tired now and
burnt.
As for your questions, my most
spiritual experience this week would be in a family night we had with our
investigators that have the baptismal date this week. Anyway, that day their
dad came home from the mine and was super drunk and so the family was fighting.
So basically the whole night we were trying to cheer them up. But we talk about
their baptism a little bit and how it will help them and we are also going to
talk to the dad tomorrow and maybe tonight to see if we can do anything with
him. Another funny thing that happened this week was we were in the church one
day to have a meeting with the bishop and a crazy lady who we taught once came
in. She started shaking everyone’s hands but when she got to me I was wearing
gloves and so she didn’t shake my hand and started saying stuff like, oh sorry
my hands are dirty, and she also called me a robber because she thought it was
super offensive that I was going to shake her hand with gloves on. Anyway, she
said a bunch of other stuff that I don’t really remember but afterwards the
bishop just looked at me and said, don’t feel bad, she's crazy. My comp didn’t
help any either, he was just laughing the whole time. She would also be the
most interesting person I met this week.
But one night we also contacted a drunk
guy that started taking us to who knows where. He said that he wanted us to go
teach his daughter but he had no idea where we were so we just left him. He was
soooo drunk though that he could hardly walk. The three canyons was the new
thing I saw this week. This week my testimony has grown with the Christ-like
attributes. This week I was studying that and how I can better myself in the
attributes I am lacking. This is also a principle that our president’s wife
taught us in my first zone conference. She said that we need to be like a wheel
in our attributes so we aren’t lacking too much in one area or focusing too
much in another area. Because with Christ being perfect, all of his attributes
were equal and that’s also how we should be.
But that’s about it for this week but I
love you all very much and until next week!
Elder Halverson
P.S. Also as you can see I am sporting my moccasins because I
left my tennis shoes in Cusco and have to go get them this week :T
Jumping off the wall making Incan sacrifices.
The fallen wall.
Three Canyons.
The District.
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