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Hey!

So last night I got a call and found out I'm leaving! Im heading to another sector in the same city with Elder L, an elder from Colombia.  Im pretty stoked, but sad to leave the investigators and members here.

This week was full of ups and downs.  It rained a lot and I had a sick day (I got better!) but we had several investigators come to church!  Other than that, not much else to report.  Z is progressing well and she's decided to get baptized! We think it will be in September, and I won't be here to see it, but we're pretty happy for her.

Anyway, I realized this week that seeking the guide of the Spirit in important decisions and problems is a simple process that works.  God has told us that he who asks in faith will receive, but we have to look for the answer.  Thankfully God usually doesn't make it too hard to find.

Thanks for all you do!

Elder Peck

19 months!!!

Me, Hermana A, Elder R

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This week!

Not a ton happened this week, so this is going to be a short email.

First and foremost,  I completed 19 months in the mission.  Sadly that leaves me with 4 more, as they cut off a few weeks of my mission due to flight scheduling.  So, got a few more months left to work!

Also, we had a good week.  We are finding new investigators and we got to go to the baptism of an investigator from the other ward.  She was really prepared for it and gave a beautiful testimony.

Also, we made some progress with Z.  She finally has made the decision to be baptized, but is still afraid to tell her parents, which is why she still hasn't accepted a baptismal date.  We are working hard to help her out and know that we will see miracles this week.

I love the mission.  We see miracles often and we've learned how to make miracles happen.  I've learned that God wants us to do certain things for a reason.  Obedience is important because He is in charge not us.  This principle is important now and in life.  We often need miracles, and obedience brings blessings.

Im looking forward to this coming week and hope everyone is doing well!

Elder Peck

Lots of intercambios

Hey!

So, this week I worked with several diferent missionaries and learned a lot.  On Wednesday I worked with Elder C from Colombia.  Even though it rained hard and the wind wrecked my umbrella haha we worked hard and had a great day.  Later in the week I worked with Elder R, also great.  We went to a bunch of meetings and stuff and had some of the best empanadas Ive ever eaten! And on Saturday, Elder S, who lives with us got sick, so I went to work with his companion in his sector while he rested at home with my comp.  We worked all day between his sector and mine, and at the end of the day when Elder S was feeling better, I worked with him for a few minutes at the end of the night.

So, cool story.  I started working in my sector with Elder S at about 9:00, and we have to go home at 9:30, so we didn't think we would be able to accomplish too much.  We decided to go visit a woman we had contacted a few weeks ago.  We knocked on the door, she told us she was busy and to come back on Wednesday.  We left and started walking down the street.  We were about a block away about five minutes later when a guy comes out of the womans house and starts waving at us and yelling "come here!"  We returned and the ladys husband let us in and let us share something with their family.   We shared a short video and left them with a prayer.
Turns out that they are a super cool family! They just moved in, their son studied in an LDS school in Santiago, and they don't belong to any specific church.  It was a cool experience to find them and it surprised us that someone actually felt the need to call us back and let us in.

Yesterday, we had a lesson with a young man named J.  We read the Book of Mormon with him and shared our testimonies.  After reading 1 Nephi 2, he said, Hey, there's something that I need to tell you.  He said that after our first visit, he went to bed.  He said he woke up in the middle of the night with the thought in his head, Its true! Its true! Its true! What the Mormons say is true!
We challenged him to baptism and his accepted.  Pray for J!

Anyway, it was a fun week and were looking forward to the next.

Take advantage of every opportunity you have to serve God or to serve your fellowman.  Such opportunities are blessing.

Elder Peck

This Week

Letter with information about flight home

Hey!

So this week was awesome.  Just going to run through some highlights.

Number one,  we visited the Fl family again this week after their baptism!  The service went well and we had our investigator Z come.  A recent convert from the ward baptized the family and they were all really excited.  Anyway, we visited them this week and they are doing great.  You can see a light in them that wasn't there before -  they seemed much more happy and relaxed.  Matias, the son, later came with us to teach an investigator during the week and bore his testimony which was great.  V, the other recent convert from last month invited them and us over for a family home evening and they were able to strengthen each other as new members of the church.

Last Monday we went to Concepcion and our mission president and his wife gave us lunch in the mission home.  We ate chicken enchiladas and Texas sheet cake haha! It was awesome.

We also taught our investigators Z.  She is progressing really well and is so close to baptism, we just need to help her gain the confidence to do so.  Please pray for Z, she needs all of our help.

I also finished the Book of Mormon again this week.  We set a goal as a mission in May to read the whole Book of Mormon in 3 months.  I read this week Moroni 7, which talks about 3 indispensible attributes that we need to be saved: Faith, Hope, and Charity.  I learned that we can hope for eternal life as we show our faith by keeping the commandments.  Along the way we develop charity, or the pure love of Christ.

Thanks for your help and prayers


Elder Peck

Bautismo!

Elder C

Hey!

So this week we had a baptism!

We ve been working with a family for almost 3 months, and four of them were baptized on Saturday! The service was great and all four were confirmed on Sunday.  It was truly a blessing to see them finally take this step. They were pretty excited and it was great to be able to help them get to this point.  We are stoked to keep teaching them as members of the church!

So this week we mainly ran around getting the baptism ready.  I also had the chance to do the baptismal interviews of two yound kids a boy named R and a 10 year old girl named I.  It was one of my favorite memories, seeing how seriously and reverently these two kids took baptism.  They had very simple testimonies and were very humble.

Also, as a zone we did a grand intercambio, and Elder Quintero from Colombia worked with me in my sector.  He is a great missionary, and he only has thee weeks in the mission. We had a good time working together.

Anyway, it was a great week and we are looking forward to the next week.  Thanks for your emails and letters and have a great week!

Elder Peck

New Cambio, New Companion

Hey!

So this week has gone really well.  My new companion, Elder P is really awesome, and we're doing well as a companionship.  He is from Salt Lake City and is a big skier, and a great missionary.
We are getting ready this week for the baptism of a family we are teaching! They announced it at ward conference yesterday and they are really excited.  The ward has really helped them feel comfortable and loved in the ward and we are going to be working closely with them this week.
Heavenly Father loves us a lot.  He knows us personally, and cares enough to know when to intervene and when to let us figure things out on our own.  As we have been working with this family, He has answered our prayers for them.
We are looking forward to this next week and I'm excited for the new cambio.

Con amor,

Elder Peck

Cambios

Hey!

So we have cambios again!  I'm staying here in this sector and I'm getting a new companion named Elder P! Hes from Utah and I don't know him, so I'll meet him tomorrow. Its lame that I only had one cambio with Elder C, but hopefully I'll see him before this mission ends. 

Also, this week was good. We are working with a family that wants to get baptized.  We are planning on having their baptism at the end of the month, so we are looking forward to that. 

Not much else happened this week.  We are planning on starting this week off at full speed and hopefully we will see more baptisms this cambio. 

Thanks for all your prayers and support!

Love, Elder Peck