2/27/18 - An Angel Sent From Heaven

Such a great and very interesting week. I'm writing you Tuesday because all of yesterday, or 7 and a half hours of it, I was in the hospital. My ingrown toenail came back with fire and I had to get it dug out - same foot, same nail, same everything as 1 year ago. However, this time I live more than 3 hours away by bus north of the hospital so I left my house at 7 in the morning  and got back at 9:50 at night. Hospitals here in South America are just a joke - it's soo easy to get frustrated but I'm trying to be more patient and I'm feeling better so it's okay.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL! Wow how time is flying! Man it's crazy to think he's a teenager now. 

We had a baptism!! His name is Desidario Vasquez. He's 80 years old and he's an angel sent from heaven. Two weeks ago he came to church and asked to be baptized - I have never had that happen before. However, he left for Lima because he had an appointment with the doctor. He had lung cancer. He was an orphan at 13, never studied in his life, joined the army and learned to read at 18 there. He worked in sugar plants his whole life and he gets so excited talking about sugar- it's so cute. Anyway, he got really sick and it turns out he had stage 5 cancer and was given a month to live. He said he prayed, he didn't really believe in God all his life but he prayed and his next check up he was healed. He had to go to Lima because the doctors didn't understand what happened.  After he heard that he was cured he dedicated his life to the Lord and came looking for us to baptize him. He wanted Elder Stodmeister to baptize him but he can't bend backwards so I helped in the font and grabbed his legs so they wouldn't come out of the water. It was so great. It was honestly one of my favorite baptisms. 

We have a lot of people we are working with right now.  I hope everything there is going great. Read the Book of Mormon- it will help you a lot!  I love you! Hasta next week!!!

Love,

Elder Nielsen