So we went to Choquehuanca to watch conference last weekend. They haven't had the ability to watch it for some time and supposedly everything was fixed. Anyway the hotel we stay in is in Pucara and it is getting worse and worse. Sister Johnson has finally resorted to taking cleaning supplies and cleaning. I still wonder but there are only a few choices and they are worse. Anyway we thought it might be our last time because in three weeks we are going out to put them in a stake. They have decided to put them in the Juliaca stake and Ayaviri in Sicuani stake.
When we got there Saturday the conference wasn't working and their internet and they had told the people to go to Ayaviri or Julica. Nobody was going to go. I have purchased a modem from bitel for my internet in the house and I always take it with me so I have internet wherever I go. Bitel has a good signal in Choquehuanca so i hooked up my phone to the the TV and was able to stream conference in the chapel. I thought I was stupid for buying internet like that because it is kind of slow but now I realize why I have it. The people all came and were so happy to see conference. It really was a miracle. It is so hard to believe that the little branch there has four full time missionaries and another ready to send his papers. We can't even find a Branch president that will do his job.
You are surely having the mision Cusco experience. In addition to how wonderful it is, there are just so many things that don't make sense. 4 missionaries but not a branch president? If we hadn't seen it, it would be hard to believe. There are some members with a deep faith and commitment that just keep chugging along, regardless of whatever else happens. We are so thankful for them. They are in the small branches in the altiplano, as well as in the stakes in Cusco. I am sure they will a special measure of blessings for their faithfulness.
ReplyDeleteAnd . . . we always traveled with our own supply of toilet paper. Never had to clean our own hotel bathroom though. You two are real troopers!!
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