Dearest Family,
It is wonderful to hear from you. I never cease to be amazed that the news I hear from you is always positive. There is no doubt Heavenly Father is pouring out the windows of heaven upon our family.
Hermana Cuenca and I were not blessed with the blessing of a baptism this week, but it was still an inspiring week. We had family home evenings with members and non-members almost every night of the week. I really loved one of our lessons because we prepared a creative lesson and we taught to the needs of the people present. Teaching creatively and teaching to specific needs is always something that I desire to do more because it invites the Spirit. For our lesson, Hna. Cuenca and I cut out feet prints. In the family home evening, we placed them side by side like footsteps, but we eventually had the paths of the left and right feet diverge. We asked one of the children to walk this path with diverging left and right feet prints. The child observed, while laughing, that they could not do it after a while. Hna. Cuenca and I explained that this example represents that we cannot neglect our spiritual goals in pursuit of temporal goals. When we work to fulfill spiritual goals in addition to temporal goals, we can walk a comfortable straight line. When we forget our spiritual goals in pursuit of the temporal, it is like we are walking two different paths with our right and left feet.
One of the other reasons why the week was inspiring was because Hna. Cuenca and I began receiving some references from our ward members. Our efforts to serve the members and teach them are starting to bring forth fruit. We are really excited because many of these references attended a performance of De Nosotros, El Mayor last night. This program is a powerful testament of Jesus Christ.
Last night we missionaries also participated again in the performance of De Nosotros, El Mayor. (The album in English is called The Greatest of Us All. Kenneth Cope is the composer of the songs. We sing Brother Cope`s songs of this album in Spanish for the program). So many people came to the 7pm performance that we had another performance. In total, we have participated in 5 performances of De Nosotros, El Mayor, and all of us missionaries and the choir are going to travel to Sicwayni next Sunday to give a performance there. Sicwayni is about two hours away from Cusco. This program has been a great missionary tool for Cusco. Many people have been able to learn that we believe that Jesus Christ is our Savior. Hna. Cuenca and I have not received any references from this event for our area, but other missionaries have received references, which is the purpose of the program.
This next Saturday we are going to have our first missionary work activity with the ward. The activity is called El Ataque. We are going to divide up the ward into areas and have companionships of ward members visit less-active members. I think the activity could be a little more exciting, but it is a good start. The assistants have done this activity in the past, so they want to do it here.
The photo I have attached is from last night`s performance of De Nosotros, El Mayor. Hna. Cuenca and I are with our district leader who is from Guatemala.
Please let me know what I can do for you!
All my love,
Hermana Blunck II
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