December 8, 2014

This week has gone bye so fast and I cant believe i have three months already in my mission. Time goes by so fast and Im excited to be here in Peru. This is going to be my first christmas away from my family but its going to be exciting to be with more than 200 missionaries doing activities and eating a lot of food.

This week some interesting things happened with our investigators. The Lord truly blesses those who are obedient all the time. These past two weeks me and companion have been super obedient and miracles have been happening with our investigators. This week la familia Villa Trujillo got married in a massive matrimony. We are so happy for them cause now they are following a commandment of God and will receive the blessings that they deserve. We actually already saw one of the blessings that they received which was that they got a car because they were getting married. They are progressing really well in the gospel and we will be able to baptize them in two weeks which is going to be really exciting.

Im sending some photos so that you guys can see how it was. The matrimonies here are so much different that in the united states. They were blasting music so loud that i couldn't hear and 30 couples were getting married at the same time so there was a lot of people.

We have also received blessings from our heavenly father that we are working with 3 other families that are getting ready for baptism. Two of them need to get married but they are open to the idea. I know that these blessings come from me and my companion being really obedient.

The mission is a great place to make habits that will change my life forever. I cant believe that this transfer is going to end in 1 week. We will see what happens or if everything stays the same. Im excited to finish my 12 week program that has been helping me become a better missionary. My companion Elder A has been helping me and we both get along really well. I hope you guys are receiving all the blessings that our heavenly Father is giving to you for letting me go on a mission. I know he will give you those blessings but that depends on you guys. There is no excuse for my heavenly father. A scripture that I love to show to my investigators is in Lucas 24. You should read that chapter and ponder how a ton of people that said that they were going to go to the last supper were going to come but at the last second they made an excuse for not being able to come. We have no reason for not following his commandments to the fullest. God will never give us a commandment that we cant do. A quote that i love is one that our president has said which is "El hombre mas intelligente del mundo, es el que hace la voluntad de Dios, porque en al final es mas facil" (The smartest man is the one that does the will of God because at the end it is the easiest way). This quote is so true.

Thanks for all your support in all the things i do. I love you so much guys and I hope you have a good week!!!!


Elder Parra