MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Merry Christmas yall I hope you are having a great day with all of your fam. Its been over a week since pday and im happy ita finally here haha. Here are some updates for yall

We had a baptism!! I baptized the 2 kids that I have been really close with and I am so glad they made the covenant of baptism! (Ill put some pics down)

I hit my 6 month mark (including MTC) in about 2 weeks which is insane for me, time is flying

I had intercambios with Elder Arias and i was like "lets play soccer with these kids and if we win we share a lesson with them, and if we lose we buy them soda" we ended up losing buttttt we bought them soda and shared a lesson with all and they all want a future lesson as well 

In Peru i have eaten turtle soup (with turtle meat), sea snake, ants, chicken feet, raw squid, and now i have the choice to eat monkey or crocodile in the future, so hit me up

Me and my trainee have been getting along really well and time is going by fast with him

Spiritual Thought: I have been learning the importance of desires and efforts out here. If im being honest I dont know too much about the scriptures or the Bible but I just wanna teach and help people and i know with my desires and efforts that I can learn what i need to learn

Anyways I hope yall have a great day and a even better Christmas, I love all of you

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SOCCER VS A LESSON!

I had intercambios with Elder Arias (hes from Ecuador) and i was like "lets play soccer with these kids and if we win we share a lesson with them, and if we lose we buy them soda" and so i asked them and they were like let's do it. We ended up losing so we bought them 2 liters of Inka Cola and they still wanted a lesson so we shared one with all of them and they all want a future lessons as well . This is 100 percent a memory I wont forgot. It was so fun and cool just to play soccer with these kids

MY FIRST BAPTISM!

My first day of the mission i knocked this families door. 9 times in a row they didnt answer, I kept having a feeling to keep trying and they finally answered. And now 4 months later they are baptized. My favorite day so far, all of the hard work of praying and fasting and knocking payed off

Kheytlann y Joseph Madueño (Elder Que Rico)

SMALL PRAYERS ANSWERED!

From mom:

Hey! Just thinking of you and hoping you get your baptism this Saturday! 

Love 

Mom 

From Eli:

Thank you momma I really appreciate it! Last night was rough and I prayed for support and just more strength in general, and you and Lydia both texted me today. Did you guys plan that?

From mom:

Not even in the slightest!!!! That’s the Lord answering your prayers!!! The thought came to my mind to email you, so I did! I went to the temple today with Sara and put your name on the prayer roll 

From Eli:

Thank you mom I really appreciate it and thanks for listening to that prompting. Love you guys so much! Talk to you sunday!

From dad:

I’m glad Mom follows her promptings. Hang in there Eli. The Lords loves you. You’re being refined to be a better servant for Him. Love you

From Eli:

Im glad she follows them too, also thank you dad, im working on being the servant I need to be and its getting better. Love you guys a lot!!

TRANSFERS!

Sorry chat its been pretty crazy and I keep forgetting to write. To start off last week we had transfers and im in Villa Maria still, butttt I am a trainer now . I love it so much and im super excited to train my kid. He is from Texas, his name is Elder Roberts, hes a white and doesnt know too much spanish but you just gotta love it. I actually am really excited to train though, and have the opportunity to help a new missionary and shape him for the future. Nothing too crazy has happened other than the transfer news but here are some updates:

I ate fried ants (im not kidding, and these were some giant ants)

I took a convert for the first time to the temple and after i finished baptizing him, the worker was like "can you please baptize more people?" And i was like oh yah, and next thing I see is a lady in a wheel chair with only one leg, then she gets out of her chair and hops into the font and I baptized her. That was my first baptism with someone with one leg, it wasnt like she had a prothestic one on either

Elder Parra is leaving today to the offices, and on Saturday he goes home . After 2 years he finished his mission and ill miss him a lot

We put a baptism date for the 20th of December so let's hope that pulls through

Christmas and New Years is supposedly super crazy in Peru, so stay tuned to see what that looks like

Spiritual Thought: I had a question about revelation and how i can receive it and when to know if something is revelation or not, like a dream or just an answer in general. And I learned two things from two places. 1 was 1 Nephi when Lehi says "i have dreamed a dream, or in others words i have seen a vision." For me this was a direct answer, because dreams can be answers to questions as well, and the second part was a devotional by Elder Bednar, and he gives the steps to receiving revelation and what it actually is. He said revelation has two parts, 1 a lot of time we dont know we receive revelation until after it happens, and 2 repition is a pattern of revelation. So if i keep seeing the same stuff or preaching the same stuff, that turns into a pattern of revelation. My challenge is for you guys to try and recognize revelation in your life and see what can happen

Anyways hope yall have a great week and know that I love you all and thankful for all of you 

Prayer List:

1) Joseph

2) Alejandro

3) Karla

4) Rosario

5) Isabel

6) Julio

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ELDER PARRA!

Well Elder Parra left, I didnt think id cry with an Elder I only know for 2 months, that wasnt even my comp would make me cry. But I did . He is the goat and a true meaning of a missionary, you can tell by the way he acts and the way he is now that he had a great mission

MI CHIBOLO!

Just a quick update, my kid is named Elder Roberts, hes 19 and from Utah. Hes a little different but seems chill haha. Im very excited to train still and love doing all of the big boy things on my own now. I now can order something called an InDrive, its literally just Uber but Peruvian and talk to the guy and pay him. I feel very professionally especially with the spanish . Im not gonna tell my kid how much time I have in the mission because I dont wanna worry him, but I have a feeling ill be secretary of finances next transfer . And if not then its chill. The spanish is gonna move leaps and bounds this transfer because ill be doing all of the talking basically, because he doesnt know too much haha. Its so funny how the perspectives have changed, he said "woah the area around the offices is poor" and i looked at him and laughed and said " just wait to you see the actual mission." Its funny because now when I see the area around the offices im like wow this is super nice

Love you all, have a good week!