Week 13 Elder Jones

Hey, that's awesome that Tyler finished his Eagle project! Oh my gosh that brings back stressful memories. And Congrats to Allie! That's so awesome. I remember the summer before 8th grade cross country was when I really decided to dedicate myself to cross country and that's really cool that Allison is doing so well and she likes it. Dan- that`s so great, keep with the violin!!

Okay so this week was great.  Tomorrow is transfers, but I'm pretty sure that Elder Torres isn`t going to leave, which is great because he`s my best friend. I got the package Wednesday! Thank you so much. Seriously. It felt so good to eat something that wasn`t rice, potatoes, or chicken. I'm sending some pictures. Oh my gosh American food is so good.

Friday nights here are the worst because all the Peruvians in Caja de Agua all have e a party starting at 10pm and it goes until 10am. And the music they play is soooo loud, it`s like the equivalent of having a stereo in our room blasting Peruvain music. Then Saturday after the party is over they all sleep for a few hours and then play soccer the rest of the day.

So we found a Cornelius this week!!! (someone that wants to be baptized right away). On Saturday we had 3 people that wanted us to visit them at 11am, and all 3 of them weren`t in their houses, so we decided to knock on a door. An elderly man, Jesùs Pachas, answered the door and when he saw us he was really happy and he was smiling a lot. He invited us in and showed us that he had a Book of Mormon from 10 years ago when the missionaries visited him, and he wanted to know what the Book of Mormon was about but his eyes are bad and he can`t read it. He said he always sees us walking around Caja de Agua and that he had been praying for a long time that we would knock on his door and that God had answered his prayers.

He told us that he had been baptized as a Catholic and Pentecostal but he doesn`t believe they have the authority to baptize and he told us that he believes that we have a truth that is from God and that if the Book of Mormon is coupled with the Bible, and the Bible is something great, then the Book of Mormon must be something great too.  He wants us to come to his house to teach him and to read the Book of Mormon to him.  He`s always wanted to go to our church but he can`t walk very well because his nervous system doesn`t work very well. He wants to get baptized the 27th of September. Yesterday we had told him that we were going to come pick him up and take him in a taxi to church. An hour before church started, he was just so excited to go to church that he tried walking to church on his own and we found him half way on his way to church when we went to pick him up. He loved church so much. He knows so much about what we believe, but he`s still so humble and willing to learn from other people. Last week we weren`t able to go to the temple because not enough people were going to go, but this Friday there are enough people that want to go and we`re going with Jesùs to stay outside the temple and talk and walk around while the ward members are inside.  Amazing that it's just 6 days after his first visit with the missionaries, and he's visiting the temple.  I`m really excited for him. He`s going to have an awesome experience at the temple and so much is changing for him so quickly and it makes me really happy.

So yea it was another really good week, hope you guys have an awesome week!