Well today (Sunday) they gave us a couple hours to write letters because all the Latinos leave on Tuesday so they have an extra meeting right now. It is great to hear that Shiloh is still doing well even though the varsity teams are struggling. I was really glad to get your letter cause I hadn't got one since I'd been in Peru. But two days ago I got yours and Shawn Peters and yesterday I got the ones that got sent back to you from Prove. Hopefully you continue to stay busy. I'm pretty sure things will pick up. I can't believe that Mo is 12, I bet he was walking around a little taller after that haha. Well everything here is going well. The food still gives me problems occasionally but I'm still alive so I guess it isn't too bad. The first Saturday we went tracting I was feeling a little sick, and before lunch it was pretty bleak finding people who would listen. After lunch I had a better attitude and we found two guys to teach. So that was cool. But I didn't talk very much. So for this next time I committed myself to teach more and have a great attitude and Elder Cumes and I set higher goals. This Saturday went a lot better. We were in a poorer part of Lima, and it started off bad again. About the first ten houses we knocked everyone said, "Estoy Ocupado" and wouldn't listen. My comp got a little down from this, but after each time I was like, it's ok. Let's go find more people to teach. We were blessed. As we were walking down a man chased us down and told me he wanted a BofM. He was on his way to work so we only taught him for five minutes or so. He was very interested though. He was Catolico but he was receptive to other churches and wanted to learn more and wanted missionaries to come teach him more, so that was great. Then as we knocked more doors we found an 18 year old girl and taught at her window for 45 minutes and she committed to read and pray. So that was great too. As we taught about child baptism I told her about Sage, and that I know I'll see her again. The spirit was strong too. So hopefully that turns out well. On our way back for lunch a man started yelling at me. I had no clue what he was saying and he pointed at his wife whose face was all bloody. Apparently she had been drinking and not watching her kids, so he beat her and he wanted me to tell her she should stop drinking. I told him to talk with my comp. So we started talking to his wife who was still bleeding and told her that our bodies are a temple and other things. And the guy got mad again, he didn't want us to teach the gospel, only tell her she was wrong, I guess. Luckily two other elders showed up and had a teacher, so we let the teacher take care of it and left. It was pretty crazy. After lunch we went back to tn area we hadn't knocked before lunch. I always have a good feeling after lunch about the first person we teach, or house we knock, and so far both times I've been out those have been my two hardest rejections, but directly after that we've found investigators so it is way worth it. So the first house we knocked the people shut us down. But the next house was 25 yr old girl. I'm pretty sure we broke the rules cause we went in her house to teach. I thought she's said more people were home, but there weren't. It wasn't a bad environment and either so we taught her, and she alreacy believed God and Christ had bodies of flesh and bone, even though she was Catolica. So that was cool. Co we tought her a lot and she was receptive and as I was testifying of the bofM and Joseph Smith her phone rang, so that kinda took the wind out of our sails. Luckily it was just her mom who was coming over. So when she got over we started teaching her and again I used Sage as an example and my companion shared about his mom who'd died of cancer. (I didn't even know this) and we testified to them and promised them blessings as the read and prayed with faith, real intent, and sincere heart that they wouyld know these things are true. They both committed and wanted the missionaries to come over again. And the mom told me she knew my promises would be fulfilled. It was great. I know the spirit touched them and helped me with my spanish. Well that's enough for now. Thanks for your letter , I love You,
Con Amor, Elder Donaldson
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