This week was awesome! Seriously, we worked crazy hard, and we saw the results, and I loved it. I'm not gonna go through every day individually, cuz I want to talk about some of the people we are teaching.
First off, Benedicto, Juana, Alex, y Lizbeth. They are a family we are teaching right now. Alex, is like, 10 and he comes to church every Sunday. He has a baptism date for the end of this month, but we're working hard with his family. His family struggles to understand a little, but they always tell us how happy they feel when we come and teach them. I feel like they just need a little push, so we're gonna keep working with them. I'm excited to see where they go.
Rosa Gregoria. She is another investigator we're teaching. She has a huge amount of faith, but struggles to understand kinda too. She is progressing well, reading her scriptures, but she doesn't seem to understand how important the things we are teaching are, so we have to help her to realize that. We have a member called Brother Valera who has been helping us out a lot with her, so I've seen a lot of the effectivness of the missionary with member team going on. It's sweet.
We're working with a ton of less actives right now. We have Manuel, Rosa, Saturnina, Americo, Lizbeth, Jimena, Eva... lots. But, this Sunday, Americo, Saturnina, and Manuel came. Manuel is now reactivated (SWEET), and Saturnina and Americo haven't come to church in YEARS. So, it was way cool. Really, we just have a lot of people who are progressing really well.
This week rocked! We had citas almost the entire week for every hour, so it was way busy. There was times that we were running cita to cita, from one end of our sector to the other, but I seriously saw so many blessings for our sacrifices. This work is real. I love it!
I saw a sloth this week! So that was cool. I wanna have a pet one now. I hope my future spouse is gonna be okay with that. My comp and I also were invited to some strong chicha this week. It's like, a drink made from corn, but when it is hot for like, a day, it ferments. So, Juana our investigator invited us to some of her chicha (which is usually REALLY good) and we both took a drink, and almost threw up. It was WAY strong haha. So, we had to tell her that we couldn't drink it. But it was funny. Speaking of my comp, we're getting along really well. I'm having a lot of fun with him haha. We have a good time, but we work way hard, and teach well together. We put up Christmas decorations in our room this week, so that was cool. I have pictures, but I can't send em. We also have planned a big Christmas lesson that we're gonna start giving to people, with a box! We've wrapped up a big box like a present, and inside have built the Nativity. We're gonna talk about "Venid, Adoremos" or "Come Let Us Adore Him" and how we can do that now, through our church attendance, baptism... basically, it's a super well rounded lesson that we can use in whatever situation. I'm really excited about it, and I'll send some pictures when it's done.
This week, the weather was nuts. We would leave in the morning, start sweating like a couple of animals, and then at like, 12 every day, the rain would start falling. Like... a lot. Since all the roads are dirt, the roads turn into rivers almost instantly haha. I'm not exhagerating(?) either haha. Like, a foot of water running down the roads. Fortunately, we have big old boots we wear haha. So it's sweet.
Well. Time is a little short today, and I'm not sure what else to write. I'm excited for this next week, we already have lots of citas lined up again. It's gonna be a good one. Thanks for everything, love and miss you all, but I'm having a good ol' time down here in the jungles of Puerto Maldonado. Keep my investigators and the people I'm teaching in your prayers. As time progresses, I'll keep ya'll posted about it. Anyeways, until next week!
Con amor,
Elder Richman
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