Masen got his new companion finally and he loves him.

Masen's message this week is full of fun comments about his new companion and the work he is doing with the people of Nueva Cajamarca.  This is a great message that makes a parent happy that their son is about the fathers work.

well to start off i had a great week. i finaly got my new comp. he is 22 and from columbia. his name. Elder Amaya. he is the best. he is super funny and we are alway laughing. the best thing is that he was in the same district as Elder Collins before. so we have fun making fun of everyone. the other best part about this week is that i got to baptise in the river baby. it was so sweet. the baptism was way spiritual and you could really feel the spirit, but in the waters of mormon (ya thats directly translated, i dont know if thats the right name or not, but you will understand.) was way better. when i baptised him he came out of the water and we took a couple more pictures. while we were taking pictures he turned to me and said, when is was in the water my body felt different. i asked him if it was a good feeling or what he thought. he just said different, but i know it was good. then we said jokingly that its because everything was washed clean. we laught a little. but then when he bore his testimony it was really powerful. you could really feel the spirt and tell that we helped him in his life. you know you got a good one when he says that he knows its true, but wants to learn more, then asks the whole branch for help. he will be a good leader in the church, and i think he might even go on a mission.

saturday was independence day for peru or something so everyone was celebrating. we were contacting and it was good. then we went to a different area closer to the pesions house. the first door we knocked my comp said we are going to find a future stake president here. i said that was too small and joking said profet, then i said no, but something bigger than a stake pres. a huge man answered the door and let us in. he told us that he was super cathlic and hes not going to chang for nothing. i said that was tight, but we would like to share what we know with him. he let us and we started talking. it was all normal then he shared with us a dream (EVERYONE HAS DREAMS/REVILATIONS HERE. . . EVERYONE) but this one was different. he said he dreamed a light, and heard a voice, but couldnt see anyone in the light. then the voice read jaramis 1:5 in the bible that says that we are chosen and ordained before this life. after he had that dream he converted to the catholic chruch and hasnt had it again. i am banking that after we shared our message with him that he will have that dream again, because if he does that we can baptise him and he will become a pres. of something big.

well i got to go. i love you all and miss you all.

Elder Fenn

 Masen and his new companion Elder Amaya with Hombre Mayor 

who he was able to baptize. 

 Baptising in the river.

This is suppose to be a fruit which he says is pretty tasty, much like a mango.

Hello again from Nueva Cajamarca

Hi Friends and Family,

Here is Masen’s last two weeks of e-mails. I think I neglected to forward his e-mail from two Mondays ago, so I’ve included it. I love it when I see Spanish taking over his brain, like when he spells lesson “leccion”. We are getting ready to send him a package so he’s listed a few requests…some predictable, others not so much.

Hi Family,

Mom, I would like calcium pills I dont eat like anything dairy here. the milk and cheese are horrible, and yogurt is alright, but i dont drink it that much. one thing you can send is my mission commision by bruce R McConkie. ya i dont know how to spell, but i think they have cards of it in the distribution center. like 5 of those in spanish would be cool. i have one in english, but several people have asked me for it. ya so my area is Nueva Cajamarca, i dont know if that will show up. Moyobamba might, and if that doesnt Tarapoto should. im like 3;30 hours south of tarapoto. and 1 hour out of moyobamba. my two line email last week was because i didnt get any of your emails. we email an hour earlier here. our schedule is different in the jungle because of the heat. but its not bad here. only like high 90s.

ya so my area is freaking tough. lima was ugly and it was hard to get into houses there, but it is totaly different here. we can usually get into houses to teach pretty easy, but they either dont understand,

dont care, or we cant find them again after the first leccion. freaking sorry if i write half in spanish, im writing freaking fast. the other day we went to visit a dad of a family whos wife is a member. he has all the knowledge that he needs to be baptized, but he is scared that his family will reject him if he stops drinking. Ah crap that should be easy to drop cause its crap, and we had the sickest lesson with him, but he just wouldnt accept a baptism date and dropping alcohol. yesterday we got into a house and they arent going to church or anything. we invited them to baptism, and they accepted, then they asked us if they needed to be married first. that usually doesnt happen. we said yes and explained why. they said that they wanted to learn more which is normal. it was the first lesson. so I have high hopes that they will get baptized next month. we are teaching another family of 7. mom dad and 5 girls. hahahahaha. but the dad is way cool. he knows a ton about every other church but ours, and he said that he likes our visits, i hope that he will get baptized next month, with total his family.

got to go. out of time.

Elder Fenn