I know I’m not going to tell you a whole lot about my week this time, and I’m sorry for that, but I’ve seriously got a lot of work to do here. We’ve only got one day to use the computer and today’s time is extra short because we’re going to the Center of Lima (For the last time!) and it takes a while to get there. But I’ll try and make it interesting! (Honestly, I’ve started feeling like I’m becoming more boring or something because I can’t even make myself laugh with my stories anymore!)
Anyway, this week we did a service project as a district: carrying big bags of sand (Or, in the Hermanas’ case, little bags of sand!) so that one of our converts can start building more of her house. Here we are after the service (And after the sun finished charring me! I had raccoon eyes for three days!).
(From left to right: Hermana Hicken, Hermana Cárdenas, Elder Hurtado, Elder Marino, Elder Escobar, and me)
The only other interesting thing that happened this week is that we did a blitz, which is when all the missionaries in the district go to one area and contact people like crazy! We went to all three of the areas in my district and spent about 4.5 hours doing nothing but knocking on doors and talking to people (And the total number of people we talked to: 123! In 4.5 hours!). It was really cool because my companion and I found three guys that have some potential, but didn’t seem like it when we first talked to them. We introduced ourselves and everything and started to talk to them, but they weren’t really interested in talking about the Gospel — more about the U.S. and Trump becoming President and stuff like that. But as we started talking about the economy and things, we began to see that they were really worried about their families because sometimes they don’t have work and don’t know what to do to feed their wives and kids. So we talked to them a little about how our Heavenly Father helps us if we are obedient to Him because He didn’t just send us here to this earth to suffer, work, and die, but enjoy life so we can learn and grow. After that they were a lot more interested and said we could visit another time!… Unfortunately we can’t because we found them while we were in the Hermanas’ area (dang it!), but hopefully they can teach them!
Next week, I promise I’ll write some more and have some better pictures, but for now… ¡Chao!
— Elder Shwider