July 27~ The Mission Life

Que tal ? como están causas?

Whats up everyone! Wow, I am so tired but this week was awesome! I have never been this tired in my life but I am loving the mission!  This week was awesome! L. got baptized last Saturday and it was amazing! In his testimony he said, "I got baptized because I want to have an eternal family and want to be with my loved ones that have already passed away". It was awesome being able to baptize him. He was, without a doubt, prepared by the Lord a long time before I met him when he came up to me on the street one night.

 And it was super funny, a kid from the ward that turned 8 on Sat. also got baptized. So afterwards, he had his birthday party right after the baptism, which involved some clown that looked like he was high on something dancing around and saying weird stuff in a high pitched voice, but anyways... after the baptism an elder in my zone broke out with chicken pox and a high grade fever. So we had to go to some sketch hospital for the rest of the night!!  Fun days in the mission field seriously! 

We are expecting a couple more baptisms this month!  V. will get baptized in a week, and we are also teaching an ex-drug dealer form another country that kidnapped people and had police charges for years, but he has been attending church for a year now, and doesn't have any more charges and is super-repented now. So he will get baptized in a couple weeks!

Well, all I can say is I hope you all have a great week, the Gospel changes lives and allows us to have eternal families. I know that without a doubt!  Love you all and hope you have a great week. 

Love,

Elder Baca

I love you guys so much!! If you  could find another short sleeve white shirt that'd be awesome! I am down to 2 that fit me actaully! Thanks! Love you guys! The shoes dont have to be expensive or nice, just need some that'll last be until May! Love you, thanks mom, until next week! Tell everyone I love them and that I said Congrats to ANDERS! YAY!

 Elder Angel (comp.) and I on the way to hospital in a moto taxi

July 20~ Conversos!

Wow!! This week was super stressful, but realy rewarding! I was able to baptize M. (17 years old) this past Saturday, after SO much opposition from Satan!! But it was the most rewarding experience, to see him so happy to be baptized, and confirmed.  The bishopric also gave him the Priesthood yesterday! So, I went and did divisions with M. all day yesterday, and he is looking forward to baptizing one of our investigators this Saturday!

We are expecting 2 more baptisms this week!! L., and V.!  L. is awesome! He's 30, and his future wife, K. (who he was living with) is a member of the church already! They are planing on getting married in a couple months! We had an amazing lesson with them! K., (L's gf) really wants to have an eternal family but is scared she wont be able to have kids because of her age, and when she told us this she started bawling! But my companion and I made her a promise if she lives the Law of Chastity, and they do everything to keep the Commadments, and if they wait to have kids until they are married, that the Lord will give them children. It was amazing promising them these blessings. Afterwards, I felt really impressed to share a scripture I love in Doctrine and Covenants, "I the Lord am bound when ye do what I say, but when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise".  So they committed to live the Law of Chastity, and to first do all the things the Lord asks of them such as having faith, repenting, keeping the commandments, being baptized,etc. It was amazing seeing the hope and the faith Kelli had in the promise and for the action she is taking to come back to church, and for her fiance to be baptized this Saturday! 

There have been many moments in my life when I have been happy, but I honestly have never been this happy in my life to be here in the mission, to be serving the Savior, and to be an Instrument in Gods hands to help his children be happy and return to him! 

Love you all,

Elder Baca

THEN

Elder Morales (from Argentina) has changed my life.

Some of his catch phrases he says in English:

"Its crazy man"

Your life is farts

Together!

Teamwork!

I will sweep the room

And his classic Micheal Jackson face!

July 13~ Los Milagros

This week was awesome! 

We had our Missionary Leader Council in Huancayo on Tuesday and Wednesday, and Friday I had Interviews with my Mission President! President H. is awesome. My comp and I got to go eat lunch with him and his wife after all the interviews were over, and the conversations we have are hilarious. I bet you all didn't know that Coca Cola actually used Cocaine leaves back in the back in their soda? Anyways my President is awesome, and helps me out a ton! 

We had a miracle this week! M, our investigator that we have been teaching for the past 5 months, his parents FINALLY gave him permission to be baptized!!  With my past two companions we have been praying and fasting a ton, and finally we sent a member over to his house to talk to his parents.The member told us his dad was screaming at him at first but finally calmed down and listened, and then M's parents came to the conclusion that he can get baptized!!  Seriously, I was so excited, and I know without a doubt Heavenly Father answers prayers and fasts, but according to our faith! So M. is getting baptized this Saturday, and hopefully he will be in the mission field this time next year! He's really excited about serving a mission, he comes with us to appointments all day long!!   I love this work!

Love you all!

Elder Baca

relativefinder.org. 

Mom you've got to check this (link) out it's sweet, you can see who you are related to. We made a group in the mission and I'm like 9th and 12th cousins of some elders, and it shows HOW you are related! Sweet huh 

Hey mom! This week was really good even though I wasn't in my area that much. The mission is awesome, I have been reflecting on that a ton, I'm in that point where I really don't want to go home, it is just amazing seeing the changes within other people and realizing I am changing at the same time! So grateful for this time I have, and sorry for not sending pics! I will get better at that! Thanks for all the prayers and support and tell everyone I love them!  btw my ankle is still messed up, the bone formed back like a ball! Talked to Pres, and he's like ya there's not much you can do! It takes like 4 months to get it normal, no it doesnt really hurt but itll just be weak for awhile!

July 6~ 4 de Julio

Feliz 4 de Julio mis Causitas! 

Hope you all had a great 4th of July! 4th of July here in Peru is the 28th of July soooo yah, I will have to wait for that. Sorry but this email will be short! I'm heading to Huancayo this week again for Missionary Leader Conference, so that should be fun. As for people I am teaching- the guy we were able to find last week by helping push his car, his name is M.! He is such a sweet Investigator! Our first lesson with him, the first thing he asked was "sooo, how do I belong to your church?"...that is a question any missionary loves.  He's here in Huanuco working while hes family is in Trujillo (coastal), we are hoping to help him out so when he gets back to Trujillo he can go to the (newly dedicated) Trujillo temple! Golden Investigator! Well, sorry for the quick update, les quiero bastante pues! Chau! 

Elder Baquita

June 29~ La Mision Pues

Buenos Dias! 

This week was a solid week here in the mission Peru Huancayo! We had a Seventy come and talk to us for 5 hours, which really changed the outlook on my mission. We also had the President of the mission come and talk to my zone, which was awesome! He had me share my testimony at the end of the conference, and bearing it just made me realize the mission really has changed my life! The mission I know without a doubt has eternal consequences, for the missionaries, and also the people we teach! Something I really have learned.

This week with my companion, we were able to have some sweet experiences finding new people to teach, without a doubt thanks to the Spirit. We were contacting and had this man pass by us, we both had the impression a couple of times to go talk to him! So we did, it ended up that he just moved here from Lima, and lived in San Francisco, Ca for 10 years, and got his battery robbed from his car and needed help moving it to a repair shop! So we told him don't worry, the church is around the corner! So we ran to the church and got some other missionaries to help us push it to the repair shop 5 blocks away! It was probably a funny sight seeing a bunch of white/Latin guys in white shirts pushing a car, I bet everyone that saw is was probably saying "oh no, the Mormons are at it again"... but the man was eternally grateful after we helped him with his car! He wanted to come to church, and he ended staying the last 2 hours of church from the other ward! Sweet! 

Well, I hope you all have a great week this week! Happy 4th of July! Love you all! 

Elder Baca

Btw, it was more than his battery that was robbed from this guys car, it was a bunch of wiring and other things as well...