Bradshaw, Mason

This week was pretty good! We have some good friends progressing and we'll have a family of 4 baptized next week and then another one baptized in two weeks! And then at church this past Sunday, We noticed there was a lady who was at church who We had never seen before, so we went and talked to her and she kept saying how badly she wants to be baptized! It was super cool and she'll be baptized in 3 weeks! This week was a lot of fun and we were able to find 20 new people which was sick. This past week we started teaching this new family who's really nice (kinda weird and quiet) but also really nice! They're also big time hoarders. Their walls are stacked to the ceiling everywhere with a bunch of  stuff and there are stains everywhere and we just feel nasty in there. We walk in and the mom asked us to take off our shoes. I thought to myself, "there's no way, there's trash to the ceiling, stains everywhere, AND YOU HAVE A DIRT FLOOR." But of course, we too...

Hey guys whats up! As I write this email my comp is giving me a haircut and he just messed me up so bad. I guess I'm getting another buzz cut!! This week was really good and fast! One of the things that I don't like as a zone leader is always having to chew out elderes when they do something wrong because I hate feeling like in being rude to someone. I had to do that a A LOT this week lol and I think I'll have to send an elder home. They're all great misioneros but I hate seeing them not live up to their potential. I got to do a couple fun exchanges and one of them was like an hour and a half bus ride with this absolute SWEATHEART Elder Sanchez. He sung me hymns for an hour on the bus ride, explained for 20 minutes why Kung Fu Panda 2 is the greatest movie of all time, and bought me my own cake. I love that kid We have 5 good friends who are progressing who were all gonna get baptized next week and they all said they wanna wait a week longer:( Pray for them that they ma...

Hey what's up everyone!! The past couple weeks have been so good and I'm having a lot of fun so far this transfer! We have such a good ward and friends here in this ward that I LOVEEE!! We have our friend José who should be baptized this week and he's super cool! José is like 70 and he lives alone and he's like 90% blind and his house is made of cardboard and his roof is a bed sheet. Inside his house all he owns is 2 shirts, 1 pair of pants, 1 pair of slippers, 3 chairs, a bed, a bag of rice, and 4 chickens. In a less with him last week, he was going off about how blessed he is and I looked around and saw what he really had, and in the middle of the lesson, I just started crying. I dont know why. I just felt so overwhelmed and so lucky for the life I have. We also have a family of 4 named Danitza, Ana, Juan, and Hilda. They're the sweetest family ever and I love them! They have a date for next week and we're so excited for them!  Ok I have to share the craziest ...

Hey whats up guys! General conference the past two days were SOOO COOL!! It's so different as a missionary! Also this city Piura has been PRAYING for years for a temple and we all fasted this week for a temple here, AND WE'RE GETTING ONE!! We watched it at church with a bunch of members and I'll never forget the moment President Nelson said "Piura, Peru" and all the screams, hugs, tears, prayers, joy, and the spirit that filled the room. One of the most special moments of my mission. I'M SO EXCITED FOR THESE PEOPLE!! This week we had a baptism for our friend Korina! It was so great she's 8 years old and she's a sweetheart!! When I say everything went wrong, I'm fr, everything went wrong. The church ran out of water when the font had only filled a couple inches and we called and facetimed so many people to try and fix it and nothing worked. We were running around trying to do something for like 4 hours and people were already at the church and it wa...