Ice milk & Milagros

Hi guys!! What a fun week this past week was! Peru is just as SCORCHING as ever but esta bien! haha! Okay so for starters ice milk. A lot of the ice cream machines here say ïce milk" on them and we just thought it was so funny hahaa so we had to try and well. We loved it! haha!

11(Tuesday)-

We had a cita with Roberto and he gave us pepino. Pepino is cucumber but DID YOU KNOW there is a cucumber fruit too? Like not the cucumber you put in your salads haha weird right? But so yummy!! Roberto passed his practice baptismal interview and we are so happy about it!!! He is so good!!

12(Wednesday)-

We had the funnest district meeting! We stayed together as a zone today and it was a party. We did teaching practices and heard from the 2 district leaders and our zone leaders. We also had lunch all together! We had a Venezuelan dish called Pepito. Guys. Think of every type of meet with tomatoes, veggies, fry looking things, and this red and white sauce on bread haha! It was yummy! I didn't ask what was in it until after hahah! We had such good citas with some people that were SO promising. GOLDEN PEOPLE! Buttttt they live outside of our sector gosh darn it. 

13(Thursday)-

We had another cita with Roberto. It was so good! We talked about fasting! I challenged him to fast about his baptism that is in 2 weeks and the reply we got was "yes for sure, I will do that in 2 weeks"hahaha we laughed and explained that he should probably do it before he is baptized haha! No worries he accepted the challenge to fast this week haha! On our way home, a guy from his shop stopped and asked us where our church was and when. He had talked with every other church and he felt like they weren't right. He told us his mom passed away in January and he felt like our church was the one for him. WHAT!! Yes!! His name is Jorge and we love him! He told us we were his angels. SWEETEST OLD GUY.

14(Friday)-

We had the funnest service today! We sanded CONCRETE haha! Welcome to Peru! It was actually really fun! Any service is fun with our district. We are just down to serve anyone doing anything! Never have I ever really celebrated Vday until I got here hahaha! We came home and decorated a wall in our room and got dressed up for the holiday haha! How festive right? hahah! As we were walking down the street we decided to pass by for one of our amigos named Rafael. He told us right of the bat he GOT HIS TESTIMONY ABOUT THE BOOK OF MORMON!!! Guys what a miracle!! We have been working with him since I got here!! He is the best!!! So proud of him!!!! We had a cita with our friend Jorge! I told him the 1st vision and he loved it. I then extended the baptismal invite and he accepted with the biggest smile!!! March 7th the church will have another member that is so strong. I feel so lucky to be able to work with these friends to help then obtain the truth!!! 

15(Saturday)-

We had such a fun ward activity today! We did the tree of life and had the ward members in blind folds and they had to find the iron rod! After the activity, Hna Luke and I talked to them about 1 Nephi 8! On our way home from the activity about 10 little kiddos ran up to us and so we talked to them for a bit! They were so intrigued with english haha as is everyone here! They are our little best friends that we see almost daily! 

16(Sunday)-

Today marked 2 months in Peru!! I cant believe it!! I have loved everyday here. We sang in church! Jorge came to church and he said he wanted to stand up and clap for us after we sang. Haha! We had lunch with the sweetest family! I don't know if you've ever seen chicken feet as a meal but one of the pieces of chicken that the member ate was the feet haha! We had a cita with our amigo Carlos and his mom! He is the most ready person I have ever seen to get baptized! We are just waiting for the permission of the mom. We were able to meet with her today and we made a LOT of progress! Miracles EVERY DAY!! We also had a cita with Rafael and he is just the best. Slowly but surely. We had a noche de hogar as well! It was so fun! We had our other Jorge amigo there and 3 member families! 

What a good week!! Today we got woken up from a call at 7:15 from Rafael asking how we were hahaha. We couldn't help but just laugh. Our day started a lot earlier than expected but thats okay haha! We had lunch with our district today which was so fun!! 

My spiritual thought is this!! 

2 Nephi 4:20-21

"My God hath been my support, he hath led me through mine afflictions...He hath filled me with his love." God supports us and leads us through everyday! How do we grow if He does it for us? He is there to be a guide because he knows just how strong we are. God knows our potential and what our capacities are!! 

My challenge for you all!!!!

We all have trials and afflictions, I know God will support and lead us through them. I know this because we are all his children and He loves us very much. I challenge you all to kneel down and ask God, our Heavenly Father "Do you love me?"This is a question I promise you God will answer. This week, keep an eye out. When, not if, when you get your answer write it down and then thank God. 

You guys are all the best!!! I hope you guys have the best week ever!!!!!