Newness, adjustments and surprizes

Howdies and hellos to alls,

This week, very good, then I had an interview with President Herrera and got sick. :-| *cough cough*

First off, Elder Gutierrez helped us yet again this week to get out and do some great stuff in the field. We found a family on Sunday last week and we taught them a couple times this week and they´re super interested and excited to learn. They also indicated that they´d be willing to get baptized, that they´d talk about it and let us know. And we´ve been teaching two other people that have baptismal dates for the 24th of November! And even though Marco, a 12 year old who´s been actively attending church, even though we had to move his original date, he´s going to make it to this one that we´ve put. He´s only lacking a couple commandments to teach him and he´s just a great youth that wants to follow Christ. And Raul, more or less 60 years old, he´s been coming to church for the past couple weeks and he´s also super excited to get baptized, and we explained last night about enduring to the end and I feel like he understands and that he´ll keep on going well. It´s going well.

Then on Friday President Herrera called me in for an interview, which was weird, because he´d just talked to me the day before as well. So I was curious as to what would be happening in this interview. He started out asking about a flight to Juliaca that I´ve yet to get anything on (sometimes people don´t help you out when you ask them for flight options...). And then he proceeded to ask about how I´ve been doing in general in the office and after I told him about that he mentioned how I´ve been doing a really good job.

Then the kicker. He said that the time had come for changes in the office, me, Elder Fawcett and Elder Daybell the assistant who´s been here for 8 changes... I was a little surprised but also had known it was coming eventually anyway.

I was expecting to stay around until at least new years, so I´m a little disappointed, but I´m trying to continue how I should and trust in God. And with that I wasn´t expecting to leave the office for a while more at least, I think that´s a big reason that I got sick this weekend, just a lot to take in and I couldn´t quite swallow it. But I´m doing better and know that I´ll be here until whomever I train is ready, so I could be around longer or shorter. We´ll see.

All in all it will be interesting. We´ll be having a couple baptisms in a couple weeks, so that part will be done that I´ve been wanting to accomplish. And the other things I´ve been wanting to do will be done, or they won´t, but they´re not super important either way, so it´s good. This morning I worked on moving all of my stuff from the downstairs room where I´ve been my whole time in the office to the room upstairs where those leaving the office sleep their last bit they´re here. President said that I´ll be training at least 3 weeks, but that if whomever I train needs more time we can accommodate that so it works out right for them. So I might be out by December, or I might be around for a little longer, but it´s pretty sure I won´t be around for Christmas or New Years, which I was planning on, but one of those things that´s a good either way thing.

I don´t know what to think, other than to do stuff quick that I´ve been meaning to do and work hard in the sector so that the baptisms happen as planned.

Elder Gutierrez got an assignment finally and he´s in Bellavista in Puno now with Elder Diaz, the other office friend. :D

Other things, for Halloween I dressed up as a Wayqe, or brother in Quechua. We wrapped up Elder Pinedo in plastic wrap and I made a model picture for when the new executive secretary does the ending packets (without knowing that there would be that change)

I think that´s about it, other than the Gospel of Jesus Christ is true and the Book of Mormon has the fullness of said Gospel. So I recommend and invite you to read that inspired book. (also, I made it through all of the small plate pages last week at the end of the week in my goal to read it in a week, yesterday I was around the middle part, I´ll see if I can finish it this week. We´ll see.)

Take care!

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Hurrah for Israel!

~Elder Fincher