June 16, 2015 Transfers

June 16, 2015

Transfers!

Just kidding, well we had transfers, but I am still here in Leticia with Elder M! WE have been working super well together, so I am excited for another transfer to make more progress here in our area. Elder Caballero took off to Bogotá to finish his mission, and the new missionary in the district is Elder Rojas, a Peruvian that was in my first zone in Bogotá! He is a cool guy, and a hard worker.

So last Monday after writing, we all went to Mundo Amazónico! (Amazonic World haha) It was pretty cool. It is like a little tour place, where they took us to see a little aquarium with lots of cool (and dangerous) fish (like piranhas, electric eels, and more!). We also got to learn a little more about the tribal culture, shoot bow-and-arrow, and use a 3 meter blow dart gun! It was pretty cool!

On Tuesday we had out last district meeting with Elder C. We talked a lot about the importance of the Book of Mormon in conversion; about how it is the most powerful tool that we have to convert, and how important it will be in each of our lives after the mission to help us to reach a personal conversion that will lead to salvation. We shared our testimonies of the Book of Mormon; it was a great meeting where the spirit was really there.

On Wednesday, we went to a family that lives BIEN lejos (pretty far haha). They were a reference from the health activity that we had a few weeks ago. It is a family of 9, and they are fantastic! Well worth the almost 30 minute journey hauling it on our bikes haha. We shared the message of the Restoration; it was a great lesson!

Saturday was an awesome day! Even though I woke up with a crappy fever haha. In the morning, we visited with N to make sure that she was ready for her baptism, and she was! I have truly seen a change in her in my short time here, and she has a strong desire to be obedient and to continue faithful to the end. In the afternoon, we taught our English class again, and then N got baptized! It was a great experience, and the (rich) Ward Mission Leader bought a big cake haha.

On Sunday we took Elder C to the airport. In a police van!!! He was calling some members to say goodbye, when he called a cool les active named Jon Salvino, a policeman. Then Jon asked what time we were going to the airport, and he dropped by and took us there! That was the first time I rode in the front part of a police vehicle haha. Then, as we were walking home from the airport, we stopped to pick a few fruit from some of the trees in the median in the road. They are called palm roses ( I think), and they were pretty good! And Elder Maquera stained his shirt haha.

Yesterday, we played soccer in the morning with some YSA, ate lunch, and went back to the airport to get Elder R! It looks like he still doesn't know how to ride a bike, so we will be helping him this week haha. Then, last night, we went to the family of 9 again! It is the A family, and they are fantastic, they believe that God has been answering their prayers about Joseph Smith, so we taught about the Book of Mormon, and they are super receptive. We will see how it goes!

I know that I am an authorized servant of God here in the earth, with His power and authority to share the gospel. I know that the Book of Mormon is true, because I have read it, because I have asked God, because I have received my answers, because I have applied its teachings to my life, and because I have been blessed by it. I hope that all of you are reading it every day; it will truly bring you closer to God than any other book possibly can. I love you all; have a great week!

Love,

Elder Toombs

Amazon River

At Mundo Amazonico