This week has been amazing!

Puchica!!!

So... I'm back In Reu. again...this time in an area called Perú and my new comps. name is Elder Guerra. He's from El Salvador...pretty sure hes going to be the one to kill me off..oh no!!!
(Last companion..will send him home) This week has been amazing! As I'm sure you know we had a baptism this past week for Raymunda which was super amazing. It is the first time I think in my mission that I've come to an area were there was a fecha waiting for me lol. But we also found one of their old investigators and taught him and baptised him this Sunday past, which was a miracle because the members and missionaries have been trying to get this man baptised for over 9 years! His whole family was super happy that at last they were all baptised!

One of the best parts was at the end when it was only him and us there he walked over and unplugged the drain and said, YA ESTUVO, which is like THAT'S ENOUGH, and watched all of his sins just drain away with the biggest smile on his face, lol it was so cool!!! I don't know...there's such a great feeling of accomplishment when after working and working and working to finally see the fruits of your labor...like to finally see another baptism after all this time, my body was just tingliing, lol, no se...but its just a great feeling!

We also had about four investigators that came to church with us which is always a good feeling. But the best one was this hermana named Amanda. We contacted her this past week and taught her but when all was said and done, she was like, you know what...If you come to my church on Saturday( She's a 7th day Adventist ) I'll go to your church on Sunday...and we were like, Ok thats fine, lol, and her mouth dropped and was a little taken back that we accepted, lol.

But anyways, Saturday rolled around and we showed up at her house nice and early, and the first thing she said was, you guys are really going to go...then anwsering her own question..obviously you're going to go or you wouldn't be here....but then we got into the tuk tuk and headed off for her church.
Now, we always walk past churches and the pastors and everyone always says hi and what not...but when they said hi to us this time...and then we entered their doors, lool, their jaws just BROKE! and about smashed to the floor!, lol. As soon as we walked in it was like there was a magnet attached to everyones heads...and everyone just about broke their necks to look at us wondering why the 2 little mormon boys are in their church, lol!! But the best part is how when the preachers began preaching, not one of them would look us in the eyes, kinda strange, but not really, lol.

Anyways, Sunday rolled around and Amanda did come to church. I know she felt the spirit and I know that she knew that the lessons were real...but she just had the look of no matter what happens I AM NOT GOING TO ENJOY THIS!!! Which actually made it really enjoyable....it's like when there's a little kid that wants to laugh but he's just not going to do because he knows that your trying to make him laugh.....type of situation, lol.

Then after church some of the members offered to take us to another part of our area called, Aiyutía. And OHHHHHH BABAY!!! It's a good walk, lol. Just getting there was a trial of crossing not one but 2 rivers and then once we got to the other side it was an hour walk to the village, but it was fun, lol!! Most of the walk was through sugar cane fields which kinda made me think of Fenders Farm and doing the maze walk lol, baggy moment, lol, but yeah it was totally worth it. Because apparently the Elders here never came out here so the members were super happy to see us and we found a couple families where the spouse still wasn't baptised which is always a nice little treat for lil ol Marquis, lol. Then the walk back was nice, a little rain drizzle and moon light to light our way....it was pretty cool!!

Overall, I really love this area, and the members here are really llenado with the doctrine. This really is a great area and my comp. is quite the character too. I'm really going to give it everything that I've got. I have about 2 months left and still need to reach my goal of 30 baptisms so...lol...obiviosly 'Im going to have to burn some rubber to find those elected 6...or more, lol!!!

Anyways, love you guys tons!
Elder Marquis


P.S. That photo of Russi got me for a second, lol, I thought that it was Sonney, lol!!
And Lauren oh my goodness, she is getting sooooo talll!!!!!