Feb 15~ White Rice

What what ! Hey everyone! This week was awesome!

We had a Seventy (special witness of Christ who serves under the Twelve Apostles) come to our mission, Elder Godoy, he's from Brazil. He talked about the blessings of serving a mission, and wow! It made me really reflect on all the blessings my family and I are receiving. There are so many! He also taught us a lot of things we could do to be better missionaries. 

So I gave a talk yesterday about Forgiveness, I really realized I have a dry sense of humor and say really cheesy spanish jokes to make people laugh... but anyways it was good studying about Forgiveness this week. What keeps us from forgiving others? Well more than anything I think it is our Pride! Its probably one of the hardest things to do is forgive and forget, but that is what Christ wants us to do! 

Have a great week. 

Love, Elder BACA 

Heres the pics from the baptism last weeks, oh and idk its funny to see some food brands here as well.. take a look... 

CCM reunion! These elders were in the CCM together and have all been out 21 months now! Still working hard and going strong!

 pc:Elder Leonard's mom

Feb 8~ Baptisms and Huaytapallana

Alilachu  ? (how are you in Quechua!) 

Well this week flew by! We had a couple of baptisms! Ingrid and Yelitza, they are the daughters of the lady that has cancer. It was such a sweet baptismal service and there were a ton of members that showed up! They were super happy after being baptized and I am really happy for them as well! I was super excited for them! Well that was the highlight of the week! 

Also we hiked up to Huaytapallana Glacier today ( my 3rd time ).  It was super sick because we went through a different route that has a giant lagoon! Also I was hiking down and slipped on some mud and fell face first into a rock hahaahaha! It hurt but turned out to be a funny experience to be honest! I will send some pics next week!  Have a great week ! Love you all! 
<the pic he sent of the injury to his nose was not downloadable>.

Thanks for your lettter! sounds like everything is going good up there! Im doing good! the weeks are flying by tbh, its crazy! We have a seventy, elder Godoy who'd going to come talk to us this week so it shall be good! We are teaching a couple people right now that are progressing well. The mom of a recent convert and also the girlfriend of a member that is going to get married! Wow, defintely a learning patience seriously, its been rough but its going good now. Im happy that the fam is going good, time really goes by fast and I hope you guys are all still doing great! I pray for you all the time! Heres a pic of me when I fell, i was actually laughing pretty hard, dont worry !! 

Bus ride to Huaytapallana (Elder Baca in very back)

Feb 1~ The Healer

Hey everyone! This week was really good, I would like to share a couple of experiences that happened to me that I know will help you all out as well! 

So, we are teaching various people that are having a lot of problems, and they are all in different stages of their lives. We taught the mom of a couple of our investigators that has high stage cancer, she is a single mom of two teenagers. We were able to talk to another less active lady that lost her 30 year old daughter to an illness last week. We were also able to teach a young single mom that has a baby as well. 

In other words, I really learned more about the importance of the plan of salvation and the role of Jesus Christ in being able to "heal us" spiritually and physically this week. We are all in different stages of our lives, and there's always adversity and problems, but the invitation is the same for everyone:  

13 O all ye that are spared because ye were more righteous than they, will ye not nw return unto me, and repent of your sins, and be converted, that I may heal you?

 14 Yea, verily I say unto you, if ye will come unto me ye shall have eternal life. Behold, mine arm of mercy is extended towards you, and whosoever will come, him will receive; and blessed are those who come unto me.

These verses really helped me out this week and the people I taught as well! I know without a doubt that Jesus Christ didn't only suffer for our sins, but also for our pains and sicknesses. He knows us all perfectly and is willing to help us all out, but only if we are willing to turn to him. Have a great week! 

Chau

Elder Baca 

Pic! We baptized a family that the sister missionaries were teaching! 

Jan 26- Lagoon

What up everyone! Well, another week down in the mish!  It was a good week, we have a couple people with baptismal dates for these next couple of weeks! Umm nothing too exciting this week! For pday this past week we went to a lagoon in Jauja, it was sick! I got a sick pic. 

Well I put a goal to read Jesus the Christ! Its like a 700 page book about Jesus Christ and His life, I really have seen that when I learn more about the Atonement, I have a greater desire to share the gospel. I invite you all to do the same! 

Love Elder Baca 

Jan 18~ Hola Huancayo!

Hey Everyone! 

Well I got changed to Huancayo, my area is called Manti!  My companion is Elder P. from Peru. I learned a great lesson this week, when I got my change I was pretty upset to be honest because I have heard a ton of stuff about my companion. But I got to the area and just gave the guy a clean slate. It turns out he is awesome!! Hes really trying to get better, and I feel like I can really help him out and he can help me out as well! Well, my room is pretty sweet! Its like a nice apartment, and its nice not having to get out of the shower half frozen!  My pension is cool as well! Nothing really new happened this week. I just learned to not judge, because when we judge we dont allow people to change. Well I hope you all  have a great week! God bless! 

Love elder Baca ! 

Heres a pic of me and some of my buds! 

Saying goodbye's in Cerro de Pasco

(pc: Elder Christensen's blog)

with Elder Christensen from the zone in Cerro

Zone Leader Conference- Elder Roberts, Baca and Evans

Jan 11~ Bautisms!

Hey everyone! 

Well this is probably my last week in Cerro de Pasco. I have learned so much here seriously and am super happy that I got sent here to Cerro! This place has turned into such a sacred place for me because I have gone through so many trials but have felt so much happiness as well! 

On Saturday we had 3 baptisms in the River Rancas! (14000FT)!!!! It was awesome.  To get to the river we rented out a convo (just imagine like a super old hippy van) and we went as a ward!  Well I had the opportunity to baptize Steven. My companion baptized B. (hes a kid we have been teaching for a while, his dad is a less active member, but this kid is SUPER smart. Then Elder Christensen baptized this lady named Isabel. She was a less active that we were able to bring back to church, and it turns out all of her papers got lost so she had to get re-baptized. It was such an awesome experience seriously! I really felt the love God has for all these people last Saturday! Thats what its all about honestly. Well I love you all. Have a great week! 

D&C 123:17   Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed.

Elder Delgado (Argentina), Elder Baca, Elder Christensen (Utah).

So last pday I hiked up to one of the highest hills in Cerro ( probably like 16000ft above sea level). And I solved the Rubix cube. hahahaha 

Jan 4~ Pasco

Whats up everyone, hope you all had a great new years and set some sweet goals! 

 SO Stevens baptism was moved to this week, along with another kid named B., hes 11, his dad is less active but wants his son to get baptized IN THE RIVER here in Cerro, so it'll be a sweet week! Probably my last week in Pascito but it'll be a awesome week! Tomorrow I'm headed to Huancayo for Leadership Council, and well that's about all the exciting news! We spent the whole week looking for new peeps because everyone went to Lima for Vacation!! Well, hope you all have a great week thats all the news I got. Love you all! 

Chao! 

Elder Baca

Oh and I forgot to tell you all! I got some super good news, about almost a year ago I baptized a girl named Leslie in Huancayo, and at her baptism her mom showed up to support her but was super Catholic. After the baptism I gave the mom a blessing of comfort because she was passing through rough times. We started teaching her, but then she went back up north.  But I just received super good news that Leslie's mom and brother who we were teaching for a while got baptized this past week! Im super happy for that!!!!!!! 

Here's a pic of her with her mom at her baptism last year! 

Christmas night, Elder Baca opening his Christmas package he received that day. When they returned home the power was out so they enjoyed the candy and gifts in the dark with flashlights (photo from Elder Christensen's blog).