family.
Well, my first week in Remigio Silva went well. We were able to baptize Maria, who is married to a very inactive member who is now returning to the church. She is awesome. She is pregnant, and every time we visit her she prays for her little child that he or she can grow up in the gospel.
We met Pamela this week, and yesterday she came to church! We have been talking to her about baptism, and she already is doing great and learning a lot. She has a lot of opposition, especially from her family, but she is developing a testimony of the Book of Mormon.
My companion is Elder Quiroz from Los Olivos in Lima. He is a really good guy and we have a lot of fun together. We get along really well and he is just way rad. Today he completed 5 months in the mission. This week we made popcorn and played UNO in a family home evening.
I also met Jose Palma this week. He is an investigator that has been attending church for almost a year. He studies his scriptures every day and even pays tithing. The problem is that his wife does not want to get married to him. This week we were able to teach her a little about why marriage is important. It is so interesting to me that we meet so many awesome couples that don't want to get married even though they-ve been together for like 20 years. But this guy is really really cool. He has a giant testimony of the Book of Mormon, of tithing blessings and of the church.
A bit of advice… Satan is real. He throws a lot of temptations at us. One of the things he's catching me on right now are the three d's… Especially discouragement and doubt. But guess what! I'm learning to be happy even when things go bad. There's a saying that rhymes in Spanish that says something like "a smile only counts when everything is going bad."
Don't let him discourage you. I love you all and want you to know that you are sons and daughters of the Being who created the universe. The stars are actually pretty bright here in Chiclayo, and every time we walk home at night I realize that I'm the Son of the Man who made the stars. Pretty cool, huh?
elder bassett.
