Learned a lot this last week! another trip and a ridiculous amount of miracles and stories to tell. i was able to proselyte in my old area in cajamarca and literally strengthened my testimony that no effort is wasted. dont know if you remember when i was teaching at an orphanage there in cajamarca. it all started with my comp and i,
because a young man who is a member, gave us a
reference of his classmate who lived in the orphanage...we tried to go and get in, but they said no, because the director was currently allowing nuns teach the youth and try and get the young women to start their preparations to become nuns as well. we kept trying, and in the end had to make a document with some signatures from local church leaders, and the secretary of the orphanage then told us that the documentation was acceptable and we were allowed in! not but a week later, the director was changed and more miracles occured.
the new director was a 60 year old woman who IS A MEMBER! it only got better from there.
the first sunday after, 13 young men/women attended church along with 2 of the "Aunts" that take care of them. 2 young women and 1 aunt were going to be baptized the saturday after i left(i left sunday, 6 days before). long story short, more than 10 of the youth are now baptized and active, and when they saw me walk in they are ran to me and gave me huge hugs yelling "mi Nicholas" ha and others were happy to tell me before anything, "¡me bauticé!" ("i got baptized"). happily, they now have a seminary teacher who is specifically assigned to the orphanage and they have their class everyday at 6pm, and wednesday when i was there, a young man Luis, 15, who i taught as well there, went with us to teach others and got baptized yesterday! i cant explain how happy i am and am now more sure than ever that every little thing we do in our lives not only has a great effect on others in this life, but also in the life to come. were going out to see "Chan-chan"(city of mud) - ENJOY THE PHOTOS! Love ya - Elder Kyle Nichols
because a young man who is a member, gave us a
reference of his classmate who lived in the orphanage...we tried to go and get in, but they said no, because the director was currently allowing nuns teach the youth and try and get the young women to start their preparations to become nuns as well. we kept trying, and in the end had to make a document with some signatures from local church leaders, and the secretary of the orphanage then told us that the documentation was acceptable and we were allowed in! not but a week later, the director was changed and more miracles occured.the new director was a 60 year old woman who IS A MEMBER! it only got better from there.
the first sunday after, 13 young men/women attended church along with 2 of the "Aunts" that take care of them. 2 young women and 1 aunt were going to be baptized the saturday after i left(i left sunday, 6 days before). long story short, more than 10 of the youth are now baptized and active, and when they saw me walk in they are ran to me and gave me huge hugs yelling "mi Nicholas" ha and others were happy to tell me before anything, "¡me bauticé!" ("i got baptized"). happily, they now have a seminary teacher who is specifically assigned to the orphanage and they have their class everyday at 6pm, and wednesday when i was there, a young man Luis, 15, who i taught as well there, went with us to teach others and got baptized yesterday! i cant explain how happy i am and am now more sure than ever that every little thing we do in our lives not only has a great effect on others in this life, but also in the life to come. were going out to see "Chan-chan"(city of mud) - ENJOY THE PHOTOS! Love ya - Elder Kyle Nichols
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