Week 62

Hey!!!! So the sun actually decided to come out today for the first time in a while, and I definitely have a pretty bad sunburn!! I kind of look like a tomato, but it’s all good!! We also went to Cristo Blanco and the beach again!! I really do love living close to the beach!!

This week was long and pretty wild, but it was also pretty great!! This week my companion felt like we needed to try to reach out to someone she had contacted with her old companion before I got here. So we did even though she had forgotten her name. When we got there we saw a little girl literally screaming from the 5^th floor of the building. She was home alone and was scared. She didn’t know where her parents were. We asked her for her parent’s name, and it turned out her mom was the lady we were looking for. She then threw her mom’s ID down to us so we would know who she was. We sat and waited with the girl for about 40 minutes for her mom to come home. She finally did and we have an appointment with her tonight! Also...... She wasn’t being irresponsible, her 14 year old daughter was babysitting, and apparently left without letting her mom know!!

Anyway, I also saw quite a lot of drugs, and drug deals this week. So that was interesting. I am just glad the drug dealers and the stoned men are kind!!

We have a few friends that are progressing really well!! Literally we have three people who are READY to be baptized, two of them just need to get married. We are trying to help them plan a wedding, and the other one honestly just needs to get baptized. We are working with her on a date so that her boyfriend’s mom can also come!! One of my favorite parts of this work is when people truly understand and are willing to follow Christ. We were with a lady this week and my companion had told me that they have asked and asked her to get baptized but she has never accepted. So in the lesson I just asked like it says in Mosiah 18 what is stopping you from being baptized. She looked at me and said, “Honestly nothing”. So we invited her to be baptized and she accepted!! This is the work of the Lord and I am so grateful to be an instrument in his hands!!!

Love you all so much!!

Hermana Jacey Petersen