Elder Jones week 71

Hey guys! We had another great week. On wednesday the zone leaders and sister trainers were supposed to have a meeting with Elder Waddell from the Area but he was called to the presiding bishopric so he wasn´t able to come. So we just had a normal mission conference. Last month our mission was the lowest mission in the area for new investigators, but this last week our mission came out as the highest in the area in several key indicators. The zone is doing a lot better. We were supposed to have 4 baptisms as a zone on saturday but all 4 of them fell through. The district leaders are making sure that they´ll get baptized this week. This next sunday there is going to be a conference for all the stakes in Peru and Bolivia, so no one is going to get confirmed this week and the next sunday will already be november, so October is pretty much over already. We´re meeting a lot of new people every day and a lot of them tell us that they want to get baptized but they just don´t show that with their actions, like coming to church. Lucio and Sulema were thiiiiiis close to making the decision to get married this week but something happened and they changed their mind. This week for the first time in the time we´ve been teaching them they read the book of mormon together as a couple, and that is what made them want to get married. On thursday we were on a companionship interchange and I was with Elder Torgersen and he asked Lucio how much time he has attending church and he said 5 sundays, but when he gets to 10... baptism. hahaha. I was soo happy. They started planning their wedding and their baptism and everything, but when we came back 2 days later something had happened and they felt like they needed to wait more time before they make the decision. The bishop talked to Arantza on sunday about it and he told us that Lucio has the desires to do what is right but he made a bad decision a couple of days ago and that discouraged him a little and it made him feel like he can´t change and that he´ll never be ready to be baptized. So this week the bishop is going to visit him to try and help him out a little. Their daughter that is in snow college in utah is getting baptized on saturday! so that´s exciting. We´re planning a trip to the temple with all the recent converts and we want to bring the Ortiz family. We think it will really help them. Also speaking of the temple. Jesus Pachas completed a year of membership this week and I called the elders in Caja de Agua to ask about him and they said he´s almost ready to get his endowment. He just needs to finish up some of his temple preparation classes. I hope you guys have a great week!

Elder Jones