"Well we had a pretty good week. We have been working a lot in our new area. Elder Parker is great. Having a gringo companion is great. (Don't you love how he speaks as if he were a Latin.) You just have a lot more in common. It's just easier with some stuff. Not that I am racist or anything. I'll have plenty of Latin companions as well, they are great too.
Saturday we had a baptism, Eduardo. He is 43 and his mom and siblings are all members. It went well. There were only about 5 of us there, but that is how he wanted it. On the 12th we have another girl, Magda, who is 21 and getting baptized secretly because if her Catholic mom finds out she won't pay for her college. So we are excited for that. And now we have two other little girls for the 16th. Their mom got baptized about a year ago.
Sunday was stake conference. It went well. There were quite a few people there. We have 5 investigators. President Fierro came and gave a talk about the importance of missionary work and gratitude. It was good. The second counselor from the temple presidency was there as well.
On Wednesday night President and Hermana Fierro came with President and Sister Groberg from the CCM and they gave a recent convert fireside in the stake center. We went to it and it was really good. President Groberg actually served his original mission here in Ica, and was the first missionary here in Ica to set up a brand new branch. Then he came back in the 80's as a mission president to this same mission and now he is back again (as president of the Lima CCM). It was cool to hear about the history of it all. They were also there for our zone conference the next day.
I went to go to talk to President Fierro about something and he told me, "You realize that your time to go back to your mission is getting really close." I asked him when and he said soon, real soon. I think he is ready to let us go as soon as the Church has a plane ticket for us. Maybe he will know more today in the interviews. I'll ask. The assistants said from what the people have been saying in the offices it could be before the beginning of May. Or this week. But I don't know, we will see. Either way I am content. I am enjoying it here in Ica.
We have found a tonnnnnn of new people to teach. This week we found 13, and none of them are con viviente, or the not married and living together people (very common there, well I guess here too). The members are all great here too, they all want to help us and give us references.
The weather is still going great as well. Couldn't ask for more. (Isn't that nice!?) Love you and hope life is going great. Love, Justin" What a nice email! And yes.... life is great!
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