Well!!!
It's been another great week here in Peru!
To start off, we just about reached our goal
this month of 10 baptisms in the zone! This
means that we put in our part to reach 100 baptisms as a mission this month!
And while we're happy with that, the President knows we can do more, so we've
got a goal of 150 this April, with a corresponding 15 coming from our zone!
Two of
those 10 baptisms were Marco and Elizabeth! Two people who I simply haven't had
enough time to talk about!!!
We met
Marco when He called Us to say that he would like to get
baptized! He told us that his girlfriend had left on a mission and that he had
been listening to the missionaries. With her, in her ward. He faithfully
listened to all we had to say, asked us a few questions, and steadily grew in
his testimony until the day of his baptism!
Elizabeth's
story is a little more interesting. She had also listened to us since day one;
however, she adamantly affirmed "I'm catholic, and I will die
catholic". Although that sounded like a bluff to me.......she came with
Marco the first week of church, and the second! What stuck out to us was that
she came the third week, even when her son didn't! She steadily listened more
and more intently, read more and more, asked more and more questions. And then
eagerly awaited the baptism of her son! Two weeks later, she followed suit!
After all
has been said and done, my favorite thing in the entire work I'm
involved in is hearing a convert's testimony after they've been baptized.
Up until
their baptism, you really don't know how strong a convert's testimony is. Maybe
they've prayed, maybe they just like you two as missionaries, maybe they just
think it's the right thing to do......these things have made me wonder how
converted some of the new "converts" really are.
However,
after someone's been baptized, a special and Holy Spirit lends itself as a
teacher, the moment when a convert shares their testimony after their baptism
is often the first time they've done it, and as a result, the purest.
Elizabeth
was no exception. I have to admit that while we prepared her baptism, I had
wondered how converted she really was. But when she stepped up to share what
she knew to be true, there was no doubt. It was a truly
incredible experience!
Much love,
Elder Winn
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