June 8, 2015

Transfers have me coming at you live preaching the gospel in the deepest canyon in the world inside a valley of active volcano. Chivay.

I am here in the land of alpacas and panachai and loving it. My new companion is Elder Diederich from my group! He is from SLC and is a spiritual giant. I am stoked to be here with him. 

Yesterday we met Teresa. The mother of three small children. She came up to us in the street asking to be baptized and tried to buy us some bread but once again fast Sunday set us up for an awkward first lesson. haha. She invited us into her house which was a small room with two beds a dirt floor and a dresser. She opened up to us about her abusive husband and basically how ruff life is for her right now. We shared with her, through the spirit, the words she needed to hear. I am a child of God. We sat with all her kids huddled around my hymn book and say "Soy un Hijo de Dios" the spirit was so strong even as her kids went back to fighting and pushing. That's why we are here in Chivay, here in Perù, here in the mission. To let everyone know that we are Gods children. We have a father in heaven who has a bigger plan for us, someone who can see all the pieces to the puzzle. 

Weekly highlights: 

1. Teaching the branch how to make smores Saturday night. 

2. Sunburns and Cow tongue lunches 

3. Runny noses and icy river water cold showers for days. 

4. 7 people members came to church yesterday! WORK TO DO PEOPLE. 

5. We basically have a pet dog named scrappy that follows us to every lesson and waits outside the door. Oops. 

there is so much work to be done here in our little branch, but the Lords work is moving forward everywhere. 

love you guys so much. 

happy, cold, and preaching. 

elder malloy.