Monday, August 14, 2017

Volviendo a la Obra (Back to the work)

Hola a todos!

¿Qué tal? ¿Cómo están? Esta semana para mí ha sido bueno, ocupado y triste y muy feliz. ¡Como se cambia su actitud durante la semana!

Well, this has been a good week, a long week, a sad week and a very happy week. The normal pretty much. Other than one thing...

The sector is doing better! Friday I went with Elder Yangali on divisions and that went well, we contacted some people and taught some too. We went to visit yesterday also, and first off we knocked on the door where we´d contacted a 10 year old girl who was the only one home on Friday when we passed by, so we came on Sunday when she said her parents would be home. She answered the door again and said she´d go get her parents.

Then her dad came with the pamphlet we´d given his daughter on Friday, and told us that he´d been a Mormon before, that we were new to the area and that he wanted nothing to do with us. As we were trying to ask why he didn´t want to talk to us he just stepped back in his house, said that he wasn´t Mormon and that he was Catholic and then slammed the door in our faces... We went on, I thought we should maybe go back like some missionary stories talk about, I mentioned to Elder Lewis this idea and he turned right around and we knocked again... And nothing. So we kept going.

But later that night we visited with a young man whom some members had presented us to and had a very spiritual lesson and we have another appointment next week with them. We´re very hopeful for these two brothers Jim and Eric.

On Monday we went touring the downtown historical center and we went to one shop where they insisted that we put on Waiki (Incaish) garb and we got pictures. We also visited the 12-angled stone, which isn´t anything much to look at unless you realize how exact the Incas had to cut each rock to line them up like that. (photo where I´m next to a rock wall) The wall is still original Inca. We also got a tour of the Marriott hotel which was super cool. (free!) And then we went up to the White Christ on the hill. I learned this time that it was a gift from Palestinians who had been treated well by natives when they stayed in Cusco, they shipped it over seas to put it on the hill. (Elder Lewis has these pictures, so I'll get them when I can)



During the week there was a lot of stuff going on, but it´d going good. Basically I´m seeing that the more I strive to be like Christ and remove bad habits and even not great practices I feel better and am feeling the Spirit more. So, I invite you to take a habit that you have and would like to change, see what other habit(s) you can replace it with that are good, and ask God to help you change them out. And you´ll see that it happens, not all at once, but it will. And you´ll feel better because you´ll be better.

Have a great week!


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Hurrah for Israel!

~Elder Fincher

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