Let the New Year ring in...Jan. 5, 2015

So we had a great week! for reals. it flew by soooo fast. There is just not enough time! 

So the big things.......

Pilar, Chantall and Sebastian all got baptized! it was amazing! they are the cutest little family! after they had their interviews, la Hermana Pilar told us how happy she was to be getting baptized and how much peace she felt. It was so special. They were so excited. And their baptism went so well. It was so sweet and the spirit was so strong. We really were so glad that they all were able to get baptized together. Chantall was a lot of work, she is really shy and wanted to wait, even at the last minute she got sooo nervous but then when she went in the water she just looked so calm and it went so well. They are so special. 

Anyways, things are still going really well with the Ochoa family as well. They are so awesome! and are really progressing. Their goal is to get baptized the 17. So we are on track there. 

Then we are also teaching Jonatan. He is doing great, he was going to get baptized this saturday but then couldn't come to church but we are going to get him back on track for the 24th of this month so things should pick up. We have a lot of work to catch up on this week because news years was nuts and no one wanted to let us in! but we'll make up for it this week!

So, we let the new year ring in, and had a multizona with Presidente Archibald. It was a good week! love you all!

xoxo 

Hermana degn

 BFF's

A party is a party, but a Peruvian Christmas party, NOW that is a party!---Dec. 29, 2014

It was an incredible week. Needless to say I have very little time and very many words to get it all in. so sum up

Last week the Oxxx family came to church DRUNK! so we taught them the word of wisdom so this week we taught them the word of wisdom. IT went soo well. it was such  a tender mercy they both accepted it. 

Then we taught Pxxx the word of wisdom and she told us that the day before she had decided to give up coffee because it was making her sick...

Okay, literally it was just soooo amazing! we were so nervous about teaching them because we didn't know how it would go and the Lord just changed their hearts. It was amazing! and normally teaching the palabra de sabiduría here is pretty easy because we drink things like ecco, looks like cofee, tastes like cofee, but it's not coffee. but the Oxxx family has a problem with every single thing...... but the Lord just sent the spirit and they all accepted to live it. IT was such  a huge blessing. }

Christmas was awesome we celebrated with the Oxxx and it was delish. then they next day we visited everyone and ate their leftovers. and gained ten pounds. It was such an amazing week. WE were so blessed to find the time to still be able to work hard and have a lot of lessons and the lord is just blessing us sooo much right now i can't even believe it! I can't wait to write next week! I'll have big news!!!!

I love you all! thanks for making christmas day so fun for me! it was so great to see you all!!!! 

Merry Christmas! December 22, 2014

Merry Christmas!

Here I am celebrating yet another special Christmas in the promised land, the land of Nefi and Lehi, the land that they obtained after much sacrifice. How grateful I am to be able to pass another special holiday season filled with paneton, hot chocolate, fireworks and all things peruvian. I will have many more special Christmases filled with family memories but this will be my last one here in the mission. In the past few weeks I have grown closer to my Savior as I have studied his birth, his life, and his ministry. What an incredible gift He truly is to each and every one of us. I have loved every minute of the time spent here sharing this light with everyone I meet and I feel so grateful that I have a few more weeks to keep sharing it. But sharing it during the Christmas season is something special as hearts are truly touched remembering our Savior and the great love He has for us. I hope each one of us can help others accept this gift and that we can do something with it that shows our eternal gratitude to our Heavenly Father. 

Seeing as tomorrow is also the birthday of the Profet Joseph Smith I would also like to share with you how grateful I am for the GIFT of living profets. I am eternally grateful for Joseph Smith and his life. Because of him the church was able to be restored in OUR day and because of him I am able to be with my family forever. Not only that but I can also help others recieve that gift. We have a father in heaven who is mindful of us, he loves us and he guides us through his profets. My testimony of the profet Joseph has grown and grown here in Perú. Perú will always be a sacred land for me where my testimony was able to go through the refiner's fire. How great is the plan of our Heavenly Father and how great is his love! I hope every one of you can feel that in this special season of Navidad! 

Love,

Hermana Degn

Rapido!---December 15, 2014

So this is gonna be real quick cause we got here to internet realllllllll late. long story short. we got locked out of the apartment. it was rough. but we lived so it's all good. but we got here maybe two hours late so you know that's a little rough. anyways...... It was a crazy week. 

Soo we dropped Sxxx and Lxxx. it was really sad. 

Then we found an awesome family! There are sooo cool. The family Fxxx. I love them. I really hope they progress. They are golden, They are a family of four and are so cute, THe first day we did a little family home evening with them and they just ate it up. THey told us how they wanted to dedicate more time to god and that they were even talking about that earlier the same day that we went and knocked their door.... Too cool.. they are such a tender mercy.

Then the lord just kept blessing us. Sunday we were stressing because when we went in the morning everyone said no. then I felt like we should hike up the hill where a ma family lives. So we get to the top and they aren't home but their neighbors ended up coming to church with us. so it was just another tender mercy from the lord. 

I just know that he lives and that he loves us! this Christmas season has been incredible! the Lord is working with us helping us to serve his children and share the message of the restored gospel! i know that he lives and that he loves us and wants us to help others change through the gift of his Son! 

so us. pday on the beach, servicio, and i forgot what other picture i attached hjaha 

Time keeps on slipping...Dec. 8, 2014

Time keeps on slipping…

the time is just flying by here! seriously I can't even believe it! anyways this week we worked a lot with Jxxx. His brother got baptized a few months ago and he always goes to church but has a hard time believing in profets. Anyways this week we talked with him about him and then invited him to pray, then he came to church and literally every testimony that was bourne talked about that today there are profets and it was so cool to see how our prayers were answered and to see that everyone testified about President Monson. 

Then Sxxx and Lxxx couldn't come to church last week, keep them in your prayers we are not sure if we are going to keep teaching them because they have kinda stopped progressing and we are in a rut with how to help them. 

In other news we found an awesome family this last week that we have started teaching, the family concepcion. They are a family of four and a baby. the mom is SUPER catholic, but the dad is so awesome. We had an amazing lesson and the dad just told us how he really wanted to do something as a famiily. they are going to come to church this week. we are going to do a tour with them this tuesday which will be awesome, I am so excited for it! so keep them in your prayers! 

anyways I can't figure out how to post fotos on this computer because it is soooo ghetto but know that i love you all and that things are going ohh soo good here! 

we are working hard and sharing the dadiva with all we can! #comparteladàdiva #èleslanavidad

have a good week! i know i will!!! 

xoxox

Hermana Degn