This has been a rough week, with one bright
spot, which was Alvaro`s baptism! The service went well, and he even got his
family to come. His fam loved the baptism, and we actually able to talk to them
for a while after the baptism and they invited us over for a family home
evening tonight, which is really cool because none of them are members. They
seem to be pretty interested in what their son has gotten into, so we could see
some real progress in the family as well. Alvaro is super awesome, and we ended
up going to our stake conference here. It was actually a regional conference
that they broadcast to all of Peru and Bolivia, featuring speakers from the
Seventy and Elder Andersen as well. Did you know that Elder Andersen speaks
Spanish? He speaks Portuguese and French as well (his spanish is terrible, but
he gets his point across). They were talking so much about temples and the plan
of salvation and covenants that we were all sure that they were going to
announce something about the temple here in Arequipa, but nope. I guess we’ll
have to wait a little longer.
Well, Elder Jenkins is still hurt so
it’s been hard to get out and work. I think we are both a little discouraged,
and more than anything, just really bored haha. I have been able to leave to
teach a few lessons here and there, but it hasnt been what I have wanted. I
didnt come on my mission to stay in my room all day. I just really want things
to go back to normal, because in all honesty, these last few weeks have been
quite a trial. Just super frustrating. Oh well, things will get better!
In other news, 9 months remaining in
my mission. CRAZY.
Well, hope everyone has a great week!
Elder Matheson
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