Dear loved ones!
I feel so blessed to be in the Lord's service. It really is wondrous that He carries out his work with such imperfect instruments that we are, but I can testify that He's doing it incredibly well here in Lima.
An absolute miracle this week has been Oscar 😊 I'm writing this from the bus en route to our next visit with him. In my mission, I have perhaps seen one other person so repentant before having contact with the missionaries. We met him when he showed up to Church, and that evening we felt good enough about his repentance to invite him to be baptized just 10 days later. It's looking like he won't make that date, but it won't take much longer. The Lord is willing to let us change as fast as we'll let Him. In that visit I had tears come as I witnessed how much these simple truths that I've known since my childhood could just bring light to this wonderful man. We would love your prayers for him to be able to keep the commandments and be cleansed through baptism.
The past couple weeks I've been better about setting and following through on written goals, rather than just intending to do things right, and there's been a marked acceleration in my progress. I feel like I've rediscovered part of my character I've been neglecting for a few months. I know that written goals have a real power to help us progress.
Thanks for everything! Sure love you guys. You're in my thoughts and prayers and yours are very, very felt down here. This Church is true. Christ is our Savior. Russell M. Nelson is His prophet. I know it. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Happy, grateful, lucky and blessed,
Elder Child
