Dear Family,
Mom, there is no such
thing as the worst Mom ever award, and there’s no way in the world for you
specifically to earn it. Don´t let me catch you down on yourself again, and I
type that with as much love in my voice as I can. You are the best mom, the
only mom I have, and irreplaceable in my personal plan of salvation. In regards
of Braden and Ashley, thank you for sending the announcement, I’ll await its
arrival, also I wonder about Braden´s side of his engagement story still. I
have a word document with each account, and I´d like to hear his.
The story of Darci and
Joe finally getting pregnant is as follows from Peru:
From the time my
mission started I knew that the families of missionaries receive special
blessings, but also that Heavenly Father doesn´t just give blessings without us
asking for them. Every fast Sunday from the start of my mission, I
have fasted for two things: for Braden to find his wife, and for Darci and Joe
to have success in their efforts to get pregnant. At first I didn’t think it
was working, and then Braden got engaged, surprise! Then I didn´t think I was
fasting right for Darci and Joe and I fasted for comfort to withstand this
trial and for them to be eventually blessed with a family even if it means
adoption or otherwise, surprise!
Our Heavenly Father
loves and looks out for each of us in an individual form. He wants what’s best
for us and for us to know true happiness at the end of this life. He knew that
if Darci got pregnant before she did, she wouldn’t have gone on the trek, or
she wouldn´t have had some other experience. The same applies for Braden
meeting Ashley when he did, and we all know she had a direction to go as well.
He loves us. He wants us to understand and know him more than we can even
comprehend.
Arturo´s Catholic
marriage doesn´t count because as a church, we respect the law of the land as
regards marriage, not the law of other churches. That’s as best I can
understand of that situation. His wife is very very Catholic and wants to know
absolutely every reason why there should be a restoration and the Book of
Mormon. We´ve given her some more scriptures to read, and it scares her a
little, the change. I personally hope she has the faith necessary to accept
them as true, because I know that without faith, she won´t remain active in the
church even if she gets baptized. Faith is the power that keeps us clinging to
the iron rod, even when our own family is in the great and spacious building,
mocking us for choosing to be righteous. She needs that kind of power, and I
hope and pray she gains it.
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| The Gonzalez Family: Juan, Ericka and Joyce |
The Gonzales family
got baptized this weekend. The dad told his boss that he will be traveling into
Lima to come to church every single weekend until the end of the 4 months even
though the project is already 20 days behind schedule. He has that kind of faith.
The mom went under the water two times and the daughter three times. It scares
people to have that kind of trust in the person baptizing them, but really that’s
symbolic of the trust we need to have in the Savior as the redeemer of the
world. Elder Gaibor baptized the couple and a youth from the ward baptized
Joyce. They were confirmed the next day, and now they are a complete family as members
of the church. They will be sealed next year in the Peru Lima temple if they
keep their baptismal covenants. I have no doubt they will.
There are mainly
services here for work, and the majority of people work for small businesses.
There are big chains for things like ice cream or sweets, but those are sold by
individual vendors. The most valuable jobs to train for in college are
engineering type jobs, trades like electrician, but the jobs that give you the
most time flexibility are as taxi drivers with their own cars. The majority of
drivers rent a car and that means 16 hours a day driving to pay off the car and
gain enough for a family.
I love you all and
continue to fast and pray for you as individuals. Keep reading scriptures and
conference talks, and praying as a family. Family night is super important as a
tool to unite families.
Love,
Elder Nelson
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