Music Blessings in Peru! (Week 4)

Oh my lovely family and friends!

I have been so blessed with so many awesome things happening this week I am so excited to email you. This is what has happened in choronological order...

Proselyting on Saturday was such an awewsome thing!! Mom, there were tons of dogs. Like I saw so many just roaming around. A couple were fighting but I did okay. I went to a super poor area of santa anita and it was so humbling. The people were building houses themselves and didnt have any money it looked like. No roads, just dirt. We taught 10 people in about 4 hours or so. We only taught on families and the Plan of Salvation. What sweet testimonies we bore because I opened my mouth. My companions opened thier mouths a ton and we were blessed by the Lord!! At one point, Hna Boza, our supervisor, chastized us for being scared and we prayed for help and every time we spoke to someone we taught. A sweet ladyt was standing by herself waiting for a bus with her baby less than a year old. She didnt have much money and we could tell she was hungry. I went up to her and taught on the Family Proclamation and Hna Boza gave her an apple. She said she needs more happiness in her family and she works so much so her family can have money. What a blessing!!!

Funny story: So we are walking down a street and a little kid is playing on a hill of sand!! How cute!! then some man drives his car down and yells at the boy. We thought to ourselves that he as rude! then we got closer and realized the boy was throwing baby hamsters up the hill, watching them roll down the hill, then throwing them up again. How crazy is that!! They werent dead, but it looked like he was choking them when he was holding them. Too funny. We laughed so hard!!

On Sunday I was called as Music Coordinator. It just means I choose the pianists for each meeting and the hymns and such. And musical numbers!! I was so honored. Its so exciting for me to participate in inviting the Spirit into the CCM.

Now if youre still with me, I have huge news:

1. Tuesday the Peru CCM participated in the first LIVE devotional from Provo. Every Sunday we usually watch reruns but Tuesday we, along with other Missionary Training Centers across the world, watched a live broadcast from Provo. What an awesome feeling it was to see a General Authority speak live...

Speaking of seeing a General Authority speak... you ready??!!! Sunday, August 25th, we will be meeting the following people: Quentin L Cook, Tad R Callister, amnd John Groberg. HOW AWESOME!!!!! Now, Im not in charge of the music for that because theyre not speaking at a devotional, its just a metting but still!!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!!! I literally gasped when they said Tad R Callister...

Family, I love you all so much. I love the gospel of Jesus Christ! Every morning I get to wake up and put Christ´s name on my heart. What a splendid feeling. I am having such a blast here and hope to hear from you all sometime soon. I pray for you all daily and hope God´s blessings are upon and, and also that you are recognizing his blessings! We need to choose to remember his tender mercies.

Con amor,

Elder Risueño

P.S. Im teaching piano to Hna Boza!! Shes helping me learn piano vocab in Spanish!! hopefully it helps in Bolivia!