Week 68

 Helllloooooo everyone!! 

There wasn't anything too crazy this week. We did a bunch of service and had a surprising amount of encounters with dogs. 

Some of the best news we got was that our missionary COVID restrictions were loosened up a bit with the majority of missionaries being vaccinated now. We now don't really have to wear masks anymore 😷 except in places that still require masks and in lessons if someone in the room is not vaccinated. I'm glad things are looking brighter here in Utah, although Perú still ain't lookin too good 😔

One of the highlights for me was going on exchanges with my Zone Leaders back to my area that I was in last transfer, Rancho Vista! It was cool to see how the people I taught were progressing even more, and by the looks of it, they should be getting a couple of baptisms this transfer, and hopefully I get invited 🤞

We also had an awesome Zone Council and I gave a training on using time wisely, which is a topic I myself have battled throughout my whole mission. I ironically put a lot of time into this training, and I had a lot of fun prepping it and performing it, and was told afterwards that it was fire 🔥

I have been studying a lot this week about prayer and faith, and one of the interesting thoughts that came to mind is "would God ever hold back if we asked Him for blessings?" Sometimes I'm indirect in what I ask for in prayer, but I know that God loves each of us so much and He wants to bless us. The only thing stopping each of us from receiving all of the blessings God has in store for us... is us - our worthiness, our desire to keep the commandments, and even our lack of asking for blessings keeps us from receiving true joy in this life. Ask and ye shall receive. 

Thank you all for supporting me all the time! Keep praying for me, cause I know I've already seen the blessings from your prayers! 

Elder Terry

Fotos:

1-2) So some Elders found a stray dog, and for the time being, it was brought to the backyard of the other Elders in my district. We named her Lawnmower, cause it's a bulldog and breathes real loud. We officially have a mascot of the Decker Lake District 🐶

3) We also met another dog, Bam Bam, at a service project

4) We did some more service where we broke up some concrete around a tree with some roots that were growing out

5) We did even more service helping the bishopric 2nd counselor move to West Jordan

6) Elder Schneider and I at the Decker Lake, which is in our area, so we're gonna have to start teaching some fish if we run out of people to call

Video:

7) On exchanges, we walked past this dog with a Frisbee in its mouth. It walked up to us, clearly gesturing us to play catch. After playing a game of tug-of-war for the Frisbee in its mouth, we got this sick video of the coolest dog ever