HIMNO, EL CERRO, Y PESCADO

QUE TAL MIS CAUSAS

This week was super duper cool. We found 10 new investigators and 7 of them have baptismal dates for December! YOO HOO. ANd I also have some cool/funny stories my dudes.

First! The Himno of Peru. We were walking through a park and noticed a huge stage where they were having a concert. It was about to begin and this lady walks up to us and said "Would you 2 like to sing the Peruvian National Anthem on the stage with a group of other people?" "Señora we arent from Peru." "Thats okay, it will unite us as one community" "But we dont know the words." "Ill write them down for you!" "........yeah okay." So we sang the Peruvian National Anthem in front of like 500 people HAHAHA. 

"Somos libres, seamos lo, siempre seamos lo, siempre!

Ante niegues sus luces, sus luces, sus luces el sol!

Que faltemos el voto solemne.

Que la patria al eterno elevo.

QUE FALTEMOS EL VOTO SOLEMNE!

QUE LA PATRIA AL ETERNO ELEVO!"

I dont think I will ever forget those words now hahaha.

Second! El Cerro (the hill). We were walking near a giant hill near in our area and we noticed that there were more people that lived there than we thought. So we went up to contact them. The first person, shut us down hard. SO did the second, and the third, and the fourth.....up until we were about to hike down the mount. We walked past this TINY house that was a little isolated from the others. There was a man sitting outside crying. We walked up to him and his Mom who was working in her plants to talk to them. This man is super bad when it comes to his health. He has a catheter and bags attached to his stomach because of lots of surgeries. What he said was so cool. "I was laying in my bed, writhing in pain, when I felt a STRONG impression to use all my efforts to go and sit outside, because someone was going to come and help me." He told us that we were the answer to his prayers and he accepted the baptismal date instantly.

 

And Third! ALWAYS MAKE SURE to eat fish in a restaurant you can trust. I got me some food poisoning friday and threw up in our recent converts garden:) delicious. 

We find out transfers tonight and last time I was super nervous because I didnt want to leave Oquendo. This time I am more prepared. I feel like I have done a good job here. We baptized 3 great people in 3 months as a companionship. We helped start the Oquendo Ward, it used to be a family group, not even a branch. All we had to do was reactivate some less active members, it took work but we did it. I love these people, but I am also excited to meet new beautiful souls in Lima.

D&C 15! "The thing of most worth to you will be......". 

GO AND READ IT HAHAHAHA

I love and miss yall! Have a great week!

p.s. no letter last week... he just didn't send a group email. But this week's email is fabulous!  enjoy.

BLANCO ES BONITO, CEVICHE (de pollo lol), AND PACKAGES

Friends and family,

FRAYYYYYYY GOT BAPTIZED YOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO. It was such a special day. He passed his interview, got there on time, and was smiling the entire time. So was I. I was blessed that he chose me to baptize him. I could literally feel the Spirit so strongly in the baptismal font and I gave him the biggest hug after he came out of the water. I love this man so much. He shared his testimony after and explained how he was so grateful for us missionaries for showing him the truth and bringing blessing into his life. He said " I have done a lot of things in my life and passed through a ton of hardship, but today I am clean through Christ." Yeah i shed a few (bastante) tears.

I ate Ceviche! But of chicken, because we arent allowed to eat the fish version. It was SUPER good and I cant wait to eat the real thing at the end of my mission. 

I recieved a package from my family that literally was a suitcase full of goodies and gifts for my birthday and Christmas coming up soon. I am enjoying the peanut butter and beef jerky that all American men have the privilege of eating every day. Blessed are the creators of those 2 foods. It is going to take all my willpower not to rip open the packages that say "DOnt open till the 13th of December and 25th".

Fray was indeed baptized but the work indeed goes on. We have a family of 3 who are going to recieve their interview tonight, please pray for the Zarate family that all will go well and we might have three more blanco es bonitos this Saturday coming up. How cool would that be to send even more baptismal pics next week. NOVEMBER ROCKS.

For all my future missionaries and current full timers, read ALma 17. It is the theme of our mission right now. We suffer a lot of tribulation as missionaries, that we might find joy in the salvation of souls.

I love and miss you all! Have a great week! #PrayForZaraTAY

--

Elder Hunter Sivley

Peru, Lima West Mission

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Halloween, Tree of Life, and Elder Disney

Hello all of my friends and family!

This week was quite ridculous. RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME. We had 7 investigators come to church! One of them being.....FRAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY BABYYYYYYYYY. He has all of his attendances and is able to be baptized this saturday! He has his interview this Tuesday so I still ask for prayers that he passes and also to help keep Satan off his back. So we continue with #PrayForFray

So Halloween was super sick. Sick in the way that I celebrated with me myself and I because everybody thinks its of the Devil here and they dont celebrate it. BUT that didnt stop me from carving a pumpkin and buying myself a shameful amount of candy. If yall know me you know that I love holidays and holiday traditions.

My spiritual moment this week came as we taught a family the vision of the Tree of Life. I referred to Lehi as the father of this family and how he should want and feel responsible that every one of his kids partakes of the fruit. He told me he really loved the lesson and on sunday they taught about this in gospel principles. He answered almost every question about the vision and kept smiling over at me. I loved that.

So i know you are all probably wondering, why Elder Disney. Well lemme tell ya a funny story here. 

Someone was praying during a lesson and they said "We are thankful for the visit from Elder Vidal and Elder.....uh....um...DISNEY.

Pronouncing Sivley is a little hard for my Peruvian Patas.

Mathew 5 is my reading assignment for yall this week. Enjoy it, pray about it, apply it.

I love and miss you all! Have a great week!

Elder Hunter Sivley

Peru, Lima West Mission

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

ELDER FALABELLA, MONOPOLY, AND WARD ACTIVITIES

Hello friends and family. This week was AWESOME. We ended the week with 8 new investigators and 13 baptismal dates. We are starting November off strong and I am super excited.

We had a visit from one of the 70, Elder Enrique Falabella from Guatemala. He was SO GOOD. ANd we were so lucky and blessed to be able to bring, none other than, FRAY VASQUEZ to the devotional. Fray is my favorite person in the entire world. He is so nice and humble and gives us free food from his restaurant. He has a baptismal date for the 11 of November and only needs one more church attendance to be qualified for baptism. PLEASE PRAY FOR HIM TO ATTEND THIS WEEK. I NEED THE PRAYERS YALL. #PrayForFray

We all know the board game Monopoly, but you all do not know that ELDER SIVLEY IS THE MONOPOLY KING. WE bought a board game for the district and have been playing the past 2 pdays and I have won BOTH TIMES. The key is Board Walk and Park Place and its OVER....OVER.

Alright im bouta get serious with yall. I cannot stress how important it is to show up to ward activities. You do not know who will be there waiting to recieve a friendship from you. We had an activity on Wednesday and only 2 members showed up. We brought an investiagtor and it was really lame because he couldnt really make friends with the 2 ancient releif society grandmothers that showed up. SUPPORT YOUR MISSIONARIES AND GO TO WARD ACTIVITIES.

I want to leave a scripture that I found in Mosiah 2:41. It is about keeping the commandments and I think that the promise entailed with keeping them is worth every thing.

I love and miss you all, have a great week!

ELDER SIVLEY loooooves fruit. Especially Mangoes.  He is happy happy happy in this pic!

As a mother, I could not be more proud of my oldest son who is out there working so hard and doing it all with a smile on his face.  I love this picture of his dirty, dusty shoes.  And his Nike shout out.

I have no idea what they're doing on this thing... but I still love seeing pics of my boy!

With their investigator FRAY on the train.  FRAY messaged me on facebook and sent me this picture... while they were on the train together!  It made me sooooo happy for a super super recent picture of my boy!  :)

 Hunter has told me over and over and over again how much he loves this chicken soup that Fray makes.  Fray has a restaurant in Lima, so if anyone is going to Lima, let me know!  I'll send you to FRAY for the best bowl of chicken soup you've ever had!  :)

NO CAMBIOS, BORRACHOS, Y EL CENSO

Hello friends and family, I hope that this week has been awesome. ONly a small short email today because this computer is what Ammon used to email his dad Mosiah from the mission field.

This week we had 6 people come tochurch, because sacrament meeting was at 6pm. We had an easier time going out and finding them at 5 in the afternoon compared to 7 in the morning. 

I didnt go anywhere for transfers, I am staying in Oquendo for 6 more weeks which is a dream come true. We have fantastic baptismal dates and great members working with us.

Funny story: This drunk guy came up to me spitting beer all over and yelling at me to leave the country, when he was finished he turned around and ran across the street and got hit by a car. He didnt die, in fact he immediately got up and continued running but still it looked like it freaking hurt BAHAHA.

I read a lot of the Plan of Salvation this week and really love that Heavenly Father has something specifically for us. I encoruage everyone to find their purpose in this plan of happiness.

I miss and love you all, have a great week!

NO PICTURES THIS WEEK BUT ... I did get some via facebook from his bishop.  Tender Mercy!!  :)

Hot dog sandwiches for dinner!

Cooking in the kitchen - not sure if it's his or the Tuero's...

For those of you who know Hunter, you know how much he loves his little brothers... this is the Tuero's youngest son and I can totally tell he is Hunter's buddy.