I
had so much to write this week, but I can't stop thinking about Johnny
right now. You are the man Johnny!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited for
you. You get to go to such a beautiful place (Scotland/Ireland) and
speaking Mandarin Chinese is gonna be the coolest ever. It's so amazing
to see how far we've all come. I can't believe how fast the time has
passed since good ol' Rock Canyon Elementary and then Centennial and
Timpview. It was so amazing the day that Johnny was baptized and today
just makes it all even more special. I'm gonna be writing you Johnny and
it's gonna be so fun to be able to serve with you. I'm so excited to
have another brother in the mission serving with us all.
Alright, so about the week. For real, I'm just so
excited about Johnny. I'm probably gonna cry later, but for right now
I'm in shock. Those videos were so awesome.
Okay, here I go. This week was so special to me. I loved getting letters
from Charlie, Aunt Stacy, and Aunt Julie. That night I read them and I
was just lying in bed and couldn't stop thinking about how happy I am to
be here in the mission. I don't want this to end. It is so special to
me and I am so excited that Johnny is going to be able to feel the same
things as all of us. I've felt that I don't want my mission to end
before, but this time it was stronger than ever. I kind of started going
crazy and I just told my companion to give me a hug because I was so
happy. The mission is so amazing and I'm so grateful to be here.
Yesterday I was reading my Patriarchal Blessing and it was just so
awesome to see how it is all coming together, how it is all working out
just as God planned. I see the blessings being fulfilled right before my
eyes. I'm so grateful for my Patriarchal Blessing and the patience
that we all need to have to see the things of God unfold.
So some cool people from the week were Fernando and
Sonya. They're the people that lived in Kentucky and now are owners of a
school here. They are super devout Seventh day Adventists, but I can see
the change. They do the best with what the have, but get so excited
when we pass by. Fernando knows that Joseph Smith was a prophet, but is
still trying to figure out if there could be other prophets too, but
understands the importance of the Book of Mormon too. Sonya came in
kind of late to the lesson and then out of no where said she was going
to pray and ask if she was in the wrong church. That was so cool to hear
and I love them so much. It's so cool to see people who are so prepared
for and desirous to know the truth.
I also got a great call from Josafat this week. He's
a kid I baptized almost a year ago and I'm praying he'll go on a
mission. He's the guy that read the whole Book of Mormon before his
baptism (in 2 and a half weeks).
I got to eat some delicious food this week and my
stomach is so happy. I got to eat ají de gallina twice in one day and it
was such a happy day. That is probably my favorite food here in Perú
and I'm gonna miss it when I get home. Then I ate pachamanca yesterday
which is hard to describe, but absolutely amazing because it was pretty
much a ton of vegetables with some great meat and the best part NO RICE.
Gotta love Perú and their rice for every meal. Speaking of rice, I'm
pumped to eat at Johnny's restaurant when I get home. I love Chinese
food.
Oh yeah, today we're going to make tacos for p-day
so that should be delicious. I also made microwave popcorn last week. It
was good and super expensive, but I had to buy it because there was a
picture of the Hobbit on its wrapper. Welcome to the life of a
missionary.
We watched a cool Mormon Message about a family in
the Pacific that went to the New Zealand temple and I love that one so
much. Plus I love New Zealand. We've been focusing a lot this week on
strengthening families through daily scripture and prayer. I've been
feeling the Spirit a lot, especially as I share 3 Nephi 18:21 and let
these people know how much the Lord has promised us if we read and pray
together daily.
This week was really special too because Sheila and
Kelly were finally baptized. It's been a crazy 3 months and I've never
taught someone for so long, but it was all in the Lord's time. I know
the whole family will get there someday and we're gonna do all we can to
help them achieve the ultimate goal of going to the temple together. I
am so grateful for the peace and comfort the sealing ordinance has given
to me. My companion said I should put a picture of the family in my
Manual Misional to carry all the days and it's been cool to share it
with people. I have the one of the whole Moulton family and it's the
small wallet size one so no one can really tell who we all are, but they
just love how big our family is.
The baptism went really well and we had a lot of
help from the ward. The pictures before the baptism took like 30 minutes
and it was super fun. I'll try to send them next week because it's not
working right now.
Alexis left this morning for Connecticut. He's one
of the guys that always went out with us and I'm gonna miss him. He
lives out there with his sister and was here for 7 months visiting his
parents. It's so cool to meet such great people in Perú. I love it here
and wouldn't trade it for anything, just like I know all you brethren
wouldn't trade your missions.
I love you all so much and hope you have the best
week ever. I am so happy here on the mission. Everyday isn't perfect,
but I love it all together. Thanks for all the love and support. Talk to
you next week.
I love you Johnny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love your happy as ever pal in Perú,
Elder Aaron Micah Wheatley
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