Chambeando como chasqui/mr beast in perú/baptisms

I know a bunch of people havent been getting my emails for a long time, but I think I figured it out. If anyone still isn't getting them, sorry. 

Last week we went on a hike to a waterfall called yumbilla. It was really really cool. Really enjoyed. I will throw some pics in. Something crazy that happened was that when we were hiking out we bumped into a guy that asked where we were from. We told him the US. He was like oh yeah thats where mister beast is from. He was like oh yeah a couple weeks ago he was here. I asked him ayo wait mr beast was here? He pulled out his phone and showed me a picture of him with mister beast guiding him to the waterfall. Insane. It turns out mr beast was in Chachapoyas and went to yumbilla. He said he went to gocta but thats clickbait he actually went to yumbilla. Who would've known. Crazy. Mr beast was in the house. This place is really off the beaten path and hardly ever are there americans here, so the fact that the youtuber with the most subscribers in the world was here is crazy. I have never watched one of his videos, but kinda crazy. 

We did some service for some inactive members clearing an overgrown lot. They gave us machetes and we just hacked away. It was a blast. No thought was put into where to start or anything. Just grab your weapon and go to work hacking away at everything. They were blasting Los Alegres de Bambamarca, got to be the most cholito serrano peruanito music group to exist. Nothing like a pan flute and some random wind instrument and some dude yelling LAS MANOS ARRIBA, ESO!!! SALTANDO SALTANDO SALTANDO, BAILANDO BAILANDO, ARRIBA ARRIBA ESOOOOO!!! I can't say I love peruvian music but I love how proud people here are of their music. They love it so much and are so proud of it. That makes me love it I guess. It is wholesome music too. Its usually about how they work on the farm, how the rice harvest is going, or just straight up saying how to dance. Nothing can make a Peruvian more happy than when a white guy can sing along to some random song about working on the farm or making bread. They eat that up. It is an automatic pass into their heart. Hearing the same 5 songs blasting in the street all day every day for almost 2 years has them ingrained in my head. 

I finished my Peruvian coin collection!! 

We had 2 baptisms. Both were absolutely miraculous. The first one was David. He is the insane miracle man that I shared about. His story is insanely cool. I am going to make a voice message about his conversion because his story is so insanely cool. Like seriously the coolest thing ever. I will make a story about what happened with him and send it out so you can listen. He is absolutely incredible. 

The other baptism was Katy. She is also absolutely elect. We met her in a park on a saturday and invited her to english class that night. She went to english class that night and then to church the next morning. That afternoon she accepted a baptismal date. She is so elect for 2 weeks out. Her family is also super interested and have plans to be baptized as soon as they can get married. 

God is so cool. Yesterday was probably the best day of my mission with those 2 baptisms. Seriously the coolest thing ever. 

I have learned a lot about perseverence. We have spent 9 weeks chambeando como negros and finally, we have seen incredible results. It has been worth every single second. 

I love my savior, I love Perú, I love the Peruvian people. 

Elder Pohlman