Elder Jones Week 51

Hey guys! 
I had a really great week! Dominic got baptized! I don´t have that many pictures because the person that took the pictures took them in a way so that they turn out really blurry but one of them turned out well! It was a really great baptismal service. His grandma came from another part of Lima.  She´s a temple worker.  When he gave his testimony at the end and talked about wanting to serve a mission his grandma started crying.  He was really well recieved in the ward and the ward council is doing everything they can to help his mom, Liliana. I´m really happy with this ward and the diligence they have in recieving the people we teach and baptize.

So the biggest challenge we had this week was that everyone, including me, was sick.  Two of our investigators with a baptismal date weren´t able to come to church because they were sick.  BUT their baptismal dates still stand because they have enough church attendances.  

I got your package this week! Exactly on the 28th.  Thank you so much. I haven´t eaten anything yet because I´m still a little sick but I´m going to the doctor today to get checked out.  That´s one thing I´ve learned on my mission: Go to the doctor and take medicine when you are sick.  But I should be getting better sometime soon.

This week we started teaching Rafael who recently moved here from Iquitos (the jungle) and he´s living with his distant relatives who live in our ward.  He´s 18 years old.  They invited him to church last week and he came.  I met him and invited him to a giant family home evening last Monday, which he really liked. Then we had a lesson with him on Tuesday with his relatives and the YSA leader in our ward, Christian.  It turned out really well because the Acevedo family is a family of full returned missionaries.  We invited him to baptism for June 27th and he accepted.  Later that day he called us and told us that he didn´t want to wait until the 27th, and that it would be better on the 17th! We had a lesson yesterday with his relatives, Christian, and Jairo (the 18 year old that was baptized 2 weeks ago).  We taught the word of wisdom and the law of chastity and he´s still really excited for his baptism the 17th! Leeloo will also be baptized on the 17th. 

I had a great week! Happy Birthday to Dad!  I wish you all the best of luck with the move, employment, and Allie with the karate. Love you guys! 

Elder Jones