We only could meet with Lolo on Friday, and haven't seen him since. Please, please, please pray for him!! I'm a little worried, but not a ton because I know that the Lord is in charge. He's got Lolo in His hands:) We will be passing by today. Thanks for your prayers in his behalf these past week, but let's keep begging together and in the end, the results will be even sweeter, the happiness even more pure for all we have gone through to help him.
We are continuing to teach Elizabeth. She has trouble understanding everything completely but has a lot of faith and feels good when we pass by:) So little by little we will continue to help her.
A lady from the ward came up to us and said, "My daughter wants to get baptized, what do we need to do?" So we are going to start going over tomorrow to start teaching her! We are really excited about that.
The miracle of the week is a man named Roberto. He found us on the metro, he called out to us, "mormones!!" and started to tell us how he had been to all sorts of churches and he hasn't liked any of them yet. He came to our appointment the next day. Had started to read in the Book of Mormon. He began to explain to us that he has been an alchoholic for much of his life. He isn't allowed in his parents house. He doesn't have contact with his 20-year-old daughter and has hit absolute rock bottom but he says despite his depression, he knows God exists and he wants to find the Savior. He is reading and praying and is really excited. We gave him a white shirt and a tie and he put it on and was almost in tears. He is so happy to just come and speak with us and read in the Book of Mormon because it brings him peace. Pray for his happiness. He is struggling but I know he will find healing. He has such sincerity and real intent!
It's been a good week. My companion is doing good! He makes awesome Peruvian food and is a great kid:) I've really enjoyed my time with him. I'm learning so much!! It's pretty cool to have a native companion. It's a really neat experience!! 100% of my life in Spanish right now. Like every bit. It's super awesome. I feel beyond fluent in Spanish at this point in my mission but don't worry if I come home and my English is a lot better than most foreign missionaries, (it won't be perfect I don't think, but it will be good, and I don't know if I'll have issues with remembering words!) Thanks to my translating experience I've maintained my English pretty well:)
Keep the faith!! My spiritual challenge this week is simply that we strive to have daily scripure study, and as we go to the scriptures we need to take our problems and that which we are pleading with our Father to the scriptures and seek answers. It's something simple, but that's the beauty of the restoration of the gospel, it's a gospel of beautiful simplicity. I want to hear from everyone this week how they found answers to their questions, or trials, or problems in the scriptures.
May God bless every single one of you. I love you all! God lives. Jesus is the Christ. He is risen.
Love,
Elder Jarrett Anderson
¡Hurah por Israel!
¡El reino de Dios o nada!
