Buenos Dias! We are in Lima today, I´m not sure exactly where,
but we were supposed to go to a place called Canta. We heard that Canta
was up in the mountains and there was fishing, horses, lots of open
fields... basically lots of summer stuff, but then we found out this
morning that it was three hours away and that it was too expensive to
travel. So instead we are here in Lima just cruising around and seeing
what there is to see. I was excited to go to Canta and have a change of
scenery, but maybe we can go next cambio. Cambios are next Tuesday so I
probably won´t email til Tuesday. I´m pretty sure Hna Rodriguez and I
will be together at least one more cambio, which I´m super happy about!
We get along really well and I think we teach well together too.
Sounds like the 4th of July was fun for you guys! We hear
fireworks most every night outside our room, so I just pretended that it
was for the 4th. I feel so patriotic here! It´s so true that you don´t
realize what you have til you don´t have it anymore. I am learning to
love the ways of Peru though. It´s a lot different, but I love it. I
officially ate papa la huancaína the other day and me encanta! It´s kind
of like nacho cheese on a baked potato. Oh, and THANKS FOR THE
PACKAGE!!! Sarah is super nice and I loved seeing the video of you!! It
was a fun surprise. It´s great to have peanut butter and oreos! Haha and
mom, tell Spence and Erik thanks for all the stuff. It was kind of hard
to explain to the hermanas why they sent me the most random stuff, but
it made my day. And I love the clothes you sent!! You read my mind about
the scarf, I forgot to tell you to send it. It´s still pretty cold
here, I had to buy some gloves the other day too. I think that Callao is
a little colder because there´s factories nearby so there´s smog in the
air, plus humidity from the ocean. It doesn´t exactly rain here, but it
kind of mists, especially in the morning. People call it ¨llovisnando.¨
It´s like you´re continually being sprayed in the face with a water
bottle ha.
Hna Rodriguez and I have been going through our ward directory
and looking up inactive members. Lots of them have moved, but it´s
actually a great way to find new people to teach, because we can talk to
the new people that live there. And when we do find the inactive
members they usually have kids or other family members that are not
members for us to teach. We were with an inactive member yesterday
actually, and as I was saying the opening prayer she was whispering and
repeating all the words after I said them. Haha it was pretty funny. We
found two new investigators this week! Antony is 14 and his grandparents
are members, so we taught him in their house. For being only 14 he has a
strong desire to come closer to Christ, and he really liked hearing
about the Book of Mormon. Soledad is our other new investigator. We
found her in a tienda when we were buying cookies ha. She is abou 24 and
said that she´s been looking for the right church but has never been
able to find it. She really liked hearing about the Book of Mormon too. I
know that the Book of Mormon is true, and that the spirit really bears
testimony to people that it´s true if they have a real desire to
know. The spirit is so important in the work! I almost think it´s a
blessing that I´m teaching in another language, because I can tell when
I´m trying to say something that I want to say, versus something that
the spirit prompts me to say. I stumble over my words and don´t make any
sense when it´s something that I want to say, but when I am teaching
with the Spirit I can talk just fine.
We were with the other hermanas the other day and with Titi,
remember the member in the wheelchair? We were walking down the street
and some guys yelled at me out of the car as they were driving by, ¨How
are you baby?!¨ It happens a lot so I´m used to stuff like that, but
then Titi said something back to them. Then he told us that he thought
they were talking to him, since he´s like a baby in a stroller. Haha it
was funny!
Well that´s it for this week. I hope everything´s good at
home. Sounds like you´re having a great summer! I love you guys so
so much!! Cuidense!
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