Top of the Cristo
September 21, 2015
Well,
today we went to the top of this huge Cristo statue in our area without getting
robbed and it was SO PRETTY. It was amazing to see the beach, and see all of
the bazillion areas I have had in this little city. Chiclayo has taught me so
much.
This week
we had a noche de hogar (FHE) with Hermana Vilma, a recent convert who doesn’t
really ever get out and made smores with her which was so fun! However while we
were cooking a GIANT BEETLE flew in and freaked us out, we turned on the light,
she grabbed the beetle, took off her flip flop and stabbed her heel into it and
squished it back and forth. DISGUSTING. Peruvians are so great.
On Wednesday
my agenda fell out of my backpack into a moto, and I got a call from president
that they wanted money for it, so he told me just to get a new one haha... so
Hermana Yucra got to lead everything which was fun!
Also we
found a great family helping bring in some supplies for their store! Service is
always so great. They are MARRIED and have 3 kids. Two of them came to church
on Sunday! It has been so fun to teach the simple truths with them and see the
spirit light up their faces. We are so blessed.
And... I
gave my first talk in sacrament meeting! Bishop asked me to speak on faith, and
since that is all we studied for Elder Bednar it wasn’t too hard. However on my
way up I thought " I’ve never given a talk in Spanish before! What am I
doing?" then realized that is what I do every day, and it went really well
thanks to the spirit.
This week
I have just realized how blessed I am to figure it out. Heavenly father loves
us so much sometimes he just doesn’t give us the answers, but gives us the confidence
and nudges to keep trying and searching and eventually the pieces start to fall
into place. I have learned so much about charity and what it really means to
love your enemies this week, and also just how blessed we are to have the power
of prayer. That is one thing I am always grateful for and ever trying to
improve here in Peru. Such a sweet and tender blessing.
Thanks
for all of your support, keep up the good work!
Hermana
Clegg
Star gazing
smores with Vilma
