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| Elder Perry and Fernanda at her baptism |
This last Saturday I had the privilege to baptize our good friend, Fernanda. She is 15 years old and has been going to church with us for a little while now. She is very close friends with the other young women in the ward. I felt the spirit so strongly there at her baptism. It was really quite amazing to see how far she had come and how much she had grown spiritually to reach this point. We are now working on getting her mother baptized in the coming weeks.
This last Thursday was our mission conference. Dubbed “Conferencia 2020” because apparently we are not allowed to have a mission-wide Christmas conference. But that was a cool experience -- getting to see all of the missionaries serving here. Seeing some of the new missionaries who just arrived served to remind me just how fast this mission is going by. It was in the gigantic 5-story chapel again, so that was pretty neat. It was really cool to see everyone from my CTM district as well.
The rest of this week was full of hard work. Finding and teaching people. Elder Makino and I have been able to connect really well with the young people in this ward, so that has helped tremendously with getting references, and continually finding new people to teach.
The heat continues. Every day feels a little hotter than the last. But lots of sunscreen and my Indiana Jones hat have helped quite a bit. Someone told me this last week that I would be great as a tour guide on the Jungle Cruise ride at Disneyland. Not sure if that was a compliment or what.
I am absolutely loving the work here and all of these great people. Over these first 4 months of the mission, I have really grown a deep and meaningful relationship with our Savior Jesus Christ. Every day, devoted to his service, standing here as a representative of Him has really brought me closer to Christ than ever before.
Elder Perry
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| Elder Perry's CTM district reunion at the Fortaleza Mission Conference |
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| Jack finally got his Christmas package! |
