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| Family Hinojosa |
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| I saw Hermana Richardson at the conference of Elder Cook, my companion from the MTC and I haven't seen her since we got our visas 6 months ago! So fun! |
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| My new companion Hermana Velasquez :) |
Well, This week was full of lots of things and lots of changes but also was a very beautiful week.
First, on tuesday, Elder Quintin L Cook came to Peru!! and we had the amazing opportunity, our mission Lima North, and the mission Lima West, to shake hands with an apostle of god! and listen to him speak! It was amazing and he spoke of so many things and at the end he said, there are just some expieriences to sacred to shard, but let me just say, I know his voice, and I know his face, and I testify he lives!! It was so powerful! he spoke in english and then had a translater speak next to him in spanish after every phrase or so, so it was very wonderful i could actaully understand every single word!
Then, on Wednesday, there was another training but it was a broadcast from Salt lake with some of the General authority and leaders of the church. Which the main thing from this conference was the change in the everyday mission schedule! Now we wake up at 7:30 and go to bed at 11:00 or 11:30(depending if we need more sleep) this will be very different because we have been doing the same schedule since I got here and so it will be exciting but strange to change. But change is good. also instead of 1 hour to eat lunch and 1 hour to eat dinner, now its 30 min for each. Also, now we will have time at night to write in our journal longer, which will be good cause it felt like we never had time! and we have daily planning in the mornings! but anyway we will see how it goes.
This week was also a water shortage. Apparently a ton of mountain dirty water got into the tank of water or something like that so for 2.5 days (which everyone thougt it was going to be 4 or 5 day, so that was a blessing,) there was no water, in ALL OF LIMA! it was crazy and the church has a big storage water tank underground int he chapel so the church still had water and people were freaking out and stealing water from the church, haha and we thought we werent going to have enough water for the baptism, but there was and that was another blessing!
And so,
On Friday, the Familia Hinojosa got married!!! and on saturday the 4 of them (Oscar and Carmen, and there 2 of 4 (the other 2 are under 8) Lusia and Sara) GOT BAPTIZED!!! It was a beautiful service and the lord was perparing them. They changed there lives for the gospel and the members here are so amazing and the youth have welcomed them into there group of friends without a question. And then they were all confirmed on sunday as members of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints!! They have such a desire to learn and grow and they read as a family in the book of mormon every day!!! I still cant believe that they have entered into the path to eternal life and in 1 year they want to be sealed as a family in the temple for time and all eternity!!
I love this gospel and know it is absolutely true! People are not perfect, but this gospel is. I love you all and am so greatful and happy to be here!!
Love, Hna Smoot
Hey PS I officially tried Chicken feet. It was gewy and not the greatest also felt like I was eating a human finger.. so ya haha and I also got on our plate this wierd looking meat, and I cant remember if I told you, but we also
ate cow lungs! chopped up with potatoes and spagetti. Super interesting and lets just say I couldnt finish that one.. haha the joys of the mission :)
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