Dear Familia,
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| Elder Chavez and Elder Pinegar with a family who baptized their youngest son. They are now preparing to go to the temple. December 2012 Paita |
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| --Families Can Be Together Forever -- |
Ya, so this week was good and we had a little baptism, and when I say little, I mean 9 years old haha but the best part is that we were able to get the father active to be able to baptise his son. He was so happy and I have to say that although it was a week rushed and with a lot of work, I feel good. I sent pics of the father. This completes his family and makes them able to be able to go to the temple. I hope that happens.
So that's basically the biggest part of the last week. as for this week, we're working with a few people that are getting ready for baptism. Norma & Rosa, we're working with them just to be able to make the choice. They go to the church every Sunday and have a bunch of friends there to make them feel good, but it's hard to just get them to make a choice! No worries. We're ballers doin work here! ya know that!
Anyways, hope you're having fun down there in Mexico*, that's how all of South America is......but ya just gotta get used to it! That's part of being able to enjoy this life! Love the people even though sometimes they don't love you!
Anyways, ya´ll know that i'll be burnin´my life-sized doll** in your name tonight. That's the tradition here. It's pretty chill! haha Toasts and shots to a new year!!!!!!
Love you guys more than I can express! Hope that everything goes good for the new year!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your second born, pin,
Elder Pin
*Our family went to Rocky Point, Mexico to help build 2 homes and do some humanitarian work over the Christmas break. It was a great trip and we enjoyed working with the Rocky Point Branch.
** The burning of dolls is a major staple of New Year's celebrations in Peru. What people do is make dolls, usually of old cloth or rags, in the semblance of someone who that person wishes to forget and to symbolically leave in the past. These dolls are subsequently burned on New Year's Eve and that burning signifies that the item has been left wholly in the past. (we're sure he's just having some fun with us :)
