sorry i wasnt able to write you guys this last week on monday. i was in
Lima. i was working on getting my visa issues all taken care of finally and
guess what!!!! IM LEGAL! :) haha only after 10 months. but it really wasnt that
great of a trip...didnt sleep but 3 hours and they were hustling us around and
we were doing paperwork from 8am-4:30PM. but alll worked out well and we came
home monday night. i was so tired. but it was good to see lima again i guess. it
wasnt like the 1st time or 1st couple of weeks that i was there though...maybe
cuase i understand what everyone is saying and its just busy and dirty and
crowded...but hey the good part...i got to eat papa johns :)
anyways...that is what happened on monday but let me fill you in on this
last week. Changes happen. Elder loor went to Tacna. it was rough to see him go
and my new companion Elder Chavez came. he actually came from tacna as well and
we knew each other there as well. he is a great misssionary and i am excitedt o
be working with him this next change or 2. he is from trujillo peru from a
family of 9! haha we actually have a bunch in common which helps out. we both
will complete our year marks here togther in july (he only has 2 weeks more than
i do in the mission) and his birthday is the 14 of decemeber and mine is the
11th! and we are also the same age. :) cool stuff.
i was also called as district leader which has been great. i am enjoying
the area and the work here. we have worked really hard this last week and found
a bunch of new people to teach who are preparing for baptism.
one of them her name is joanna. it was later at night and we were passing
by her and we felt prompted to give her a phamplet. but you need to be careful
with the girls at night....cause i mean...think aobut it. its dark, 1 girl, 2
guys (guapos i might add :)) asking where do you live? we would love to visit
you. do you have a telephone number we can call you by?? how many people are in
your family?? :) usually they put up a defensive wall pretty fast on us...not
that i dont blame them. but we get to talking with her. turns out she had
recieved all the lessons from the missionaries a year earlier....all the way up
to her interview for baptism. but something happened...she got scared or sick
and never had it. and the missionaries never returned. so a year later, she
finds us again and still wants to get baptized. she came with us to the stake
conference that we had this last sunday and things are looking great with her.
we are excited and it was just another testimony for us that the lord prompts us
to talk to his chosen, those who are prepared for his work and to come unto
him.
we should be having a couple of baptisms here in the next couple of weeks
and we are being very blessed. perhaps we arent the best teachers or arent the
best missionaries but as we strive to do all we can (the very best that we can)
the lord will recompensate us for our efforts and help us learn and grow and
bring others unto the everlsting gospel.
i am still getting complements for the violin solo that i did last
sunday...which helps me know a lot more people in the stake. (one of the
blessings for playing the violin). but as for me...i am doing well. i am healthy
and excited to work everyday. i hate my alarm as it goes off too fast but thats
the life. the investigators are wonderful, the ward is great, peru is getting
colder but the smiles continue to show.
i wish all those who have graduated highschool a very happy
congratdualtions and felicitaciones, i wish i could have been there to have seen
it. thank you for your letters, support and love.
from peru,
Weston
1-4-3
--
Elder Birtcher
Perú - Arequipa Mission
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