April 13, 2015

Hola Familia,

My week was pretty good. Victor passed his baptismal interview and was able to be baptized on Saturday. He even asked me to baptize him. We met him on my first day in this ward so I have been able to be here the whole time we taught him. The baptismal service was supposed to start at five in the afternoon on Saturday. People didn't show up until at least seven. It was awful. With conference, we weren't able to broadcast it as well that there was a baptism. I started showing Mormon Messages on a TV while we waited for people to show up. Finally the Bishop showed up and some members. (We, the missionaries, burned the members a little bit the next day in ward council). Just a little more Peruvian Standard Time (PST) for ya. It was a simple service that ended up going really well. The baptismal font was completely full, so when I baptized Victor, I had to drop him really low. I was worried I would have to do it again but all went well and he was baptized the first time.

Mirella's mom is doing all right. She is not progressing as well as some of the other investigators that we have. She still hasn't decided if she wants to get married yet. I will still be going to the wedding though because we registered a less active family to finally get married. They have been less active for more than 16 years. They are finally starting to come back to church and have finally decided to get married after almost 14 years together and 2 children. It is way normal for people to live together their whole life without ever getting married. They are going to get married and we are going to help prepare them to go to the temple and be sealed.

May is looking really good for us. We have at least three families who are very interested in learning more. One of them, The Crisostomo Family, is super cool. On just our second visit, the mom told us she was going to miss us when we get transferred. Whenever we go over there they always give us something to drink, and some crackers or fruit. They didn't go to church this week because their 14 year old daughter spilled boiling water on her leg and burned it really badly. It was all blisted and she could barely walk. I usually don't except excuses from people when they don't go to church but I could except that one.

I did get a little sick this week but nothing serious. Thursday and Friday I had a stuffy nose, sore throat, and a headache. It was super hard to get out of bed, focus, and go outside to work. It passed really quickly though and I feel a lot better now. I am amazed at how healthy I have actually been for being in a foreign country. I am suprised that I haven't actually got even more sick.

I still haven't recieved my packege yet but it could be in the mission office. The sister of the lady who lives below us is going to Utah tomorrow to study at BYU. She asked me if I wanted to send anything with her. She will be going up to Ogden for a friends wedding at the end of the month. I think I will buy a USB today and put all my photos on it in their computer tonight. If I end up doing that I will write a short email to you guys tonight with her information so you can contact her.

Love you lots,
Elder Karter Isaacson