Hola Familia,
It sounds like it was a fun, busy week back home. Sports never stop. I can't believe it is the Super Bowl again. That is great that the Broncos are in it. I hope they win it. I can't believe Kenzie is going to turn 18. She isn't that old. Ice fishing sounds like it was pretty fun and at least you had a little success.
As a fisher of men, this week we also had success. We had a great baptism. There were 7 baptisms in the ward this week. 4 by my comp and I, 2 by the other companionship, and an 8 year old girl. The baptism was great. I have never seen so many people come to a baptism. Normally, people never come to the baptisms and we struggle to fill the room. This week, we had to move the meeting to the relief society room so everyone could fit in and then go to the room with the baptismal faunt. The baptisms were great. Everything went great and we didn't have to repeat one baptism. The Zavaleta family was so happy. Every single one was smiling and laughing. This is one of the best baptisms for my mission.
The next day, we went and got them so they would get there early for the confirmation. Andrea and her granddaughter, Andreita, were going to follow us down in a moto. We got to the church and only Andreita was there. She said that her great aunt had gotten to the house. Her great aunt is in a wheel chair and Andrea had stayed home to take care of her. After we confirmed everyone and took the sacrament, my comp and I ran to her house. We got her to church just in time to be confirmed. It was a close call but we made it.
While we were walking up to Andrea's house, a talk came out and started barking at us. That is normal. We just ignored it and kept on walking. It kept on barking and then out of no where it lunged at me and bit my leg. Luckily I reacted quickly and it didn't puncture my pants or my skin. It just left a bruise on my leg of where it bit me. The next time I see that dog, I am going to get my revenge.
We also got a few really good references this week of people that their friends have brought to church. We ended up having five baptisms this month and we have potencial for a lot more baptisms in February. There is a 10 year old girl that is a members daughter that was never baptized, Evelyn, a reference from a member, and Darwin, another reference from a different member. Hopefully everything works out well.
We had a lot of meetings this week. We had a training by President that helped motivate the whole mission. We also had a whorldwide training by the apostles. They helped us learn a lot more about finding new investigators and helped us improve our teaching techniques.
Hopefully next week is just like this one, minus the dog part...
Love,
Elder Isaacson
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Thursday, January 21, 2016
January 18, 2016
Hola Familia,
It sounds like you have had a good week. I am kind of jealous. It would be really fun to go ice fishing. You will have to tell me about it next week. That is fun that the whole family will be going. The three day weekend should be nice too. I don't know what I would like to do for housing. I know Harrison is going to go to USU so maybe you could talk with his parents. I know of a few other kids who were going to go there but you don't know them. Until when do you have time to sign up for housing? I trust you to make the right decision.
Make week was pretty good. Lilian's whole family came to church again this week. Lilian, her mom Andrea, and her two kids, Andrea and Reynaldo are all set up to get baptized on Saturday. I am pretty confident in three of them but Andrea, the young one, is a little worried and we don't know if she will be ready yet. We will do our best though. If everything works out between all the people that have accepted baptism for this Saturday, we could have up to 10 baptisms in the Progreso ward this week. That would be amazing. We will probably have about 7 which is still amazing. Hopefully it all works out.
We only got to meet with the 12 year olds once this week because they went on a trip with their families. They get back today and we will go visit them tomorrow. They are pretty cool. They should get baptized pretty easily. The only thing that could hold us up would be getting the parents to sign the permission slips.
A less active showed up to church yesterday and brought his wife. He told us that he wanted to come back to church and wanted his wife to get to know it. She seemed really excited. It could be another baptism for next month. The only problem is, like always, they have to get married first. We will start working with them this week.
I still feel really tired but am starting to feel a little better. Today is the first day in a long time that I haven't woken up tired. It felt really good. Hopefully everyday will be like this.
Con amor,
Elder Isaacson
It sounds like you have had a good week. I am kind of jealous. It would be really fun to go ice fishing. You will have to tell me about it next week. That is fun that the whole family will be going. The three day weekend should be nice too. I don't know what I would like to do for housing. I know Harrison is going to go to USU so maybe you could talk with his parents. I know of a few other kids who were going to go there but you don't know them. Until when do you have time to sign up for housing? I trust you to make the right decision.
Make week was pretty good. Lilian's whole family came to church again this week. Lilian, her mom Andrea, and her two kids, Andrea and Reynaldo are all set up to get baptized on Saturday. I am pretty confident in three of them but Andrea, the young one, is a little worried and we don't know if she will be ready yet. We will do our best though. If everything works out between all the people that have accepted baptism for this Saturday, we could have up to 10 baptisms in the Progreso ward this week. That would be amazing. We will probably have about 7 which is still amazing. Hopefully it all works out.
We only got to meet with the 12 year olds once this week because they went on a trip with their families. They get back today and we will go visit them tomorrow. They are pretty cool. They should get baptized pretty easily. The only thing that could hold us up would be getting the parents to sign the permission slips.
A less active showed up to church yesterday and brought his wife. He told us that he wanted to come back to church and wanted his wife to get to know it. She seemed really excited. It could be another baptism for next month. The only problem is, like always, they have to get married first. We will start working with them this week.
I still feel really tired but am starting to feel a little better. Today is the first day in a long time that I haven't woken up tired. It felt really good. Hopefully everyday will be like this.
Con amor,
Elder Isaacson
Monday, January 11, 2016
January 11, 2016
Hola Familia,
It sounds like everything is going well back home. Everything is back to normal there and everyone is back in school and work. That is cool that Mayor Godfrey will be the new mission president. I remember a little bit about him. He should be really good. He will probably get here about right before or right after I go home. He will be really good for the mission though.
I had a pretty good week. I am super tired though. I know I have done a lot of vigerous things in my life and have felt tired before, but I feel so tired right now. I think this is the most tired I have ever been. We are working really hard so we can get more baptisms and to find more people so I don't leave the area with nothing. My body aches and I always feel tired but it is a good kind of tired. At least I know that I have done all that I can.
Lilian and her family are doing well. They didn't come to church this week. It was her daughters quinceñero. They held a huge party at their house and were setting up for it all day Saturday and Sunday. They were really occupied this week with the party but this week we will be able to visit with them a lot and help them get ready for baptism. We still don't know if we are going to have them get baptized this week or wait til the 23rd. We need to visit with them and see how they feel.
We also had two new kids in church this week. They are two references from a less active. They are both twelve years old and want to learn more. We were only able to talk with them for about an hour on Friday but they came to church on Sunday. We are going to work with them and maybe they will be able to get baptized before the end of the month.
We have so much potential for this month. Just the two companionships in my district have potential for 10 baptisms. That is a ton. We could baptize more than a whole zone baptized last month. We are working hard so we can do it but I feel it.
It would be fun to go out to the mountains when I get home. There are a lot of things that we could do but there is still a lot of time to plan it.
I hope you have another great week.
Elder Isaacson
It sounds like everything is going well back home. Everything is back to normal there and everyone is back in school and work. That is cool that Mayor Godfrey will be the new mission president. I remember a little bit about him. He should be really good. He will probably get here about right before or right after I go home. He will be really good for the mission though.
I had a pretty good week. I am super tired though. I know I have done a lot of vigerous things in my life and have felt tired before, but I feel so tired right now. I think this is the most tired I have ever been. We are working really hard so we can get more baptisms and to find more people so I don't leave the area with nothing. My body aches and I always feel tired but it is a good kind of tired. At least I know that I have done all that I can.
Lilian and her family are doing well. They didn't come to church this week. It was her daughters quinceñero. They held a huge party at their house and were setting up for it all day Saturday and Sunday. They were really occupied this week with the party but this week we will be able to visit with them a lot and help them get ready for baptism. We still don't know if we are going to have them get baptized this week or wait til the 23rd. We need to visit with them and see how they feel.
We also had two new kids in church this week. They are two references from a less active. They are both twelve years old and want to learn more. We were only able to talk with them for about an hour on Friday but they came to church on Sunday. We are going to work with them and maybe they will be able to get baptized before the end of the month.
We have so much potential for this month. Just the two companionships in my district have potential for 10 baptisms. That is a ton. We could baptize more than a whole zone baptized last month. We are working hard so we can do it but I feel it.
It would be fun to go out to the mountains when I get home. There are a lot of things that we could do but there is still a lot of time to plan it.
I hope you have another great week.
Elder Isaacson
Monday, January 4, 2016
January 4, 2016
Feliz Año Nuevo,
Well, to be honest, it sounds like your week was pretty boring. Who goes to bed at 10:30 on New Years. Even the oldest people here in Peru stay up to at least 1 in the morning. Usually they are all drunk. New Years was pretty fun. We had to be inside at 9 because it gets pretty crazy at night. I ended up falling asleep at about 10:30 but woke up at 11:30 to see all the fireworks. There were so many. We watched them from our roof. It was really fun.
I had a really good week. We started off the New Year with a baptism. Nancy was baptized on Saturday. We hadn't baptized for three months. It was really nice to baptize. The first baptism of the year shows just how good of a year it is going to be. Our church is now at 10:30 and we were a little worried that Nancy went to the ward at 8:30 but she showed up at 10:40. Just late enough to about give us a heart attack.
Lilian Zavaleta came to church again this week. She also brought her three kids. They all really enjoyed it because at the end of the meetings they were all smiling and talking with all the members. It is good that they are making friends in the church. They are all really close to getting baptized. It would be the best to baptize all of them together as a family. We are working toward getting them baptized January 16. I think we will make. They just don't quite feel ready to make that kind of commitment. I have heard that before so I know exactly what I am going to say. Hopefully everything works out and they get baptized in a couple of weeks.
Nothing really changed with transfers this week. I will be finishing Elder SanJuan's training and will be here in Progreso until February. I am excited to be able to stay because I will now be able to reap all the fruits that I have planted here. We have a lot of potential and it looks like we will have a really succesfull January. The only thing that changed is that I now have a new district leader. It is a new district leader and I feel like I am training him on what to do. It will be good though and the Progreso ward will finally progress.
We did a little service this week. We stripped the paint off of The Zavaleta's house. They are preparing for their daughters quinceñera party. They are super busy preparing for the party but they also find time to listen to us and come to church.
That is about my whole week. It was succesfull even though it was New Years. I can't believe it is already 2016 and that my black year has ended. Sometimes I wish I could go back in time.
Love,
Elder Isaacson
Well, to be honest, it sounds like your week was pretty boring. Who goes to bed at 10:30 on New Years. Even the oldest people here in Peru stay up to at least 1 in the morning. Usually they are all drunk. New Years was pretty fun. We had to be inside at 9 because it gets pretty crazy at night. I ended up falling asleep at about 10:30 but woke up at 11:30 to see all the fireworks. There were so many. We watched them from our roof. It was really fun.
I had a really good week. We started off the New Year with a baptism. Nancy was baptized on Saturday. We hadn't baptized for three months. It was really nice to baptize. The first baptism of the year shows just how good of a year it is going to be. Our church is now at 10:30 and we were a little worried that Nancy went to the ward at 8:30 but she showed up at 10:40. Just late enough to about give us a heart attack.
Lilian Zavaleta came to church again this week. She also brought her three kids. They all really enjoyed it because at the end of the meetings they were all smiling and talking with all the members. It is good that they are making friends in the church. They are all really close to getting baptized. It would be the best to baptize all of them together as a family. We are working toward getting them baptized January 16. I think we will make. They just don't quite feel ready to make that kind of commitment. I have heard that before so I know exactly what I am going to say. Hopefully everything works out and they get baptized in a couple of weeks.
Nothing really changed with transfers this week. I will be finishing Elder SanJuan's training and will be here in Progreso until February. I am excited to be able to stay because I will now be able to reap all the fruits that I have planted here. We have a lot of potential and it looks like we will have a really succesfull January. The only thing that changed is that I now have a new district leader. It is a new district leader and I feel like I am training him on what to do. It will be good though and the Progreso ward will finally progress.
We did a little service this week. We stripped the paint off of The Zavaleta's house. They are preparing for their daughters quinceñera party. They are super busy preparing for the party but they also find time to listen to us and come to church.
That is about my whole week. It was succesfull even though it was New Years. I can't believe it is already 2016 and that my black year has ended. Sometimes I wish I could go back in time.
Love,
Elder Isaacson
December 28, 2015
Feliz Navidad,
Well, it feels like I just talked to you but that is because I just did. It was so nice to see all your faces and hear your voices. I am glad to see that everything and everyone is doing well back home. It sounds like the rest of your Christmas. I had a good rest of Christmas too. We went and ate the traditional Peruvian Christmas dinner, which is a whole turkey. It was really good, even though it was served with rice. A Peruvian meal isn't a meal unless it has white rice. Afterwards we visited a few people to wish them a merry Christmas. Then my comp went and called the rest of the night. I sat and talked with the family that we were with in the other room. It was a great Christmas. I am glad that next Christmas I will be home but it is also sad that I won't be able to enjoy another Christmas here with these great people.
It sounds like the Maughan Christmas party was really fun. I enjoyed all of the photos of my cardboard cut out. It looks like I was pretty busy there giving talks, playing the piano, and just hanging out. I also love the story about Uncle Brent's tooth falling out. I loved so hard. It is kind of sad but at least it made me smile. Also Kyle is still the same even though he got married.
While Mom may have had one of her best lessons yesterday, I had my worse lesson yesterday. We are teaching a couple less actives. They are an elderly couple and her husband cheated on her. They were working through everything and were back together. Well, yesterday we were teaching them and they started to fight and yell at each other right in front of us. They were accusing each other of their faults. It was really, really awkward and uncomfortable. We didn't know what to say because we have never been in a situation like that before. We are thinking we might just quit visiting them and let the bishop deal with the problem.
We ended up getting three investigators to church yesterday. Nancy, Lilian, and Victoria all came to church. Nancy had one of her interviews and it looks like she will be getting baptized on Saturday. Lilian was up late with a visit but still woke up early to come to church. She is really showing her dedication but just doesn't quite feel ready yet. We are going to work with her on that this week. Hopefully she will have a baptismal date by my next letter.
Transfers are today but I won't find out if I am going until later in the day. I will let you know what happened next week.
Love and miss you,
Elder Isaacson
Well, it feels like I just talked to you but that is because I just did. It was so nice to see all your faces and hear your voices. I am glad to see that everything and everyone is doing well back home. It sounds like the rest of your Christmas. I had a good rest of Christmas too. We went and ate the traditional Peruvian Christmas dinner, which is a whole turkey. It was really good, even though it was served with rice. A Peruvian meal isn't a meal unless it has white rice. Afterwards we visited a few people to wish them a merry Christmas. Then my comp went and called the rest of the night. I sat and talked with the family that we were with in the other room. It was a great Christmas. I am glad that next Christmas I will be home but it is also sad that I won't be able to enjoy another Christmas here with these great people.
It sounds like the Maughan Christmas party was really fun. I enjoyed all of the photos of my cardboard cut out. It looks like I was pretty busy there giving talks, playing the piano, and just hanging out. I also love the story about Uncle Brent's tooth falling out. I loved so hard. It is kind of sad but at least it made me smile. Also Kyle is still the same even though he got married.
While Mom may have had one of her best lessons yesterday, I had my worse lesson yesterday. We are teaching a couple less actives. They are an elderly couple and her husband cheated on her. They were working through everything and were back together. Well, yesterday we were teaching them and they started to fight and yell at each other right in front of us. They were accusing each other of their faults. It was really, really awkward and uncomfortable. We didn't know what to say because we have never been in a situation like that before. We are thinking we might just quit visiting them and let the bishop deal with the problem.
We ended up getting three investigators to church yesterday. Nancy, Lilian, and Victoria all came to church. Nancy had one of her interviews and it looks like she will be getting baptized on Saturday. Lilian was up late with a visit but still woke up early to come to church. She is really showing her dedication but just doesn't quite feel ready yet. We are going to work with her on that this week. Hopefully she will have a baptismal date by my next letter.
Transfers are today but I won't find out if I am going until later in the day. I will let you know what happened next week.
Love and miss you,
Elder Isaacson
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