Hola!! Mi Familia y Mis Amigos, te amo!! :)
LOL So to be honest, this week was kind of rough because many, many of our appointments fell through and we werent able to teach a whole lot. But it was also really a packed full week too because of many trips and different moments! So heres what happened this week...
-right after emailing last week, Hnas Salazar, Ziegner, Huanca and i ran into this man. he took my hand to shake it like any normal person then leaned down and kissed it! he tried to keep a hold of it and he was super creepily focused on me. LOL the other Hnas were just as weirded out...we invited him to attend church and worked to leave...he kept talking! i guess some missionaries gave him a Book of Mormon, which is good but he was being so creepy...we actually ran into on the street Sat also and he followed us trynig to catch up and talk, but we walked fast to get to correlation. Then he actually showed up at church. thats really good except he was asking around trying to find me. specifically me...The members and the lders watched out for me, but it was weird!
- On Tuesday, Hna. Salazar and i had our 5 week meeting/celebration in Piura! we woke up at 4:30 to leave from the bus station, Eppo, at 6:30 in order to be in Piura at 8:30 for our 9 meetnig. It was a wonderful day! i got to see all my friends from the CCM and talk in English! LOL I learned so much spiritually too! I learned a lot about the importance of patience in this work as well as about our responibilites our stewardhip over our area. We got to split into trainers and trainees, and we took that opportuinty to talk about problems we have with our trainers or with the members or what not. Presidente informed us that our mission is the lowest scoring mission, if you will. we have developed a culture of laziness, and Presidente has given our new group the challenege, the expectation to change this. we need to work hard, teach more, find more people. It was also nice that day because we got sliced watermelon, sliced pineapple, Chifles, Papa Johns pizza, a giant delicious tray of veggies, Monster Cookies from Hna Ramussen! LOL delicious food! and at the end of our meeting, the Rasmussen`s son and his wife who were visiting sang us the Battle Hymn of the Republic. it was so beuatiful and spiritual! i cried! i really miss beauitful music! its so hard to find here because so many Latinos just dont have any idea of intoniation or rhythm whatsoever...It was a beautiful day though! :)
- Tuesday night, i began my Intercambio with Hna. Ziegner. she came to our area and i had to lead all day Wednesday! it was a hard thing to do, but it also helped me see that i know a lot more than i thought i did! Hna. Zienger and i had French toast Wednesday morning and then shared a donut, which was really cake in the shape of a donut with filling, that night. We didnt have a whole lot of success throughuot the day, but we did find one new family! They seemed super interested, but we havent been able to teach them since...i really hope we can get them interested and help them come closer to our Savior!
- that same night, Hna Ziegner and i had a scary moment....we entered a house while knocking doors of this man. his sisters and mom were there too, but he was the only one listenign...and he was creepy! he talked about how his friend had killed a man and his eye was blackened because i guess some guy tried to kill him...LOL he also was asking for our Facebook info and where we lived, so we left him an invite to church and quickly left...then another guy farther down told us he coudnt open the door we knocked and to come around to the front, but as we went to walk around the corner, a moto taxi guy yelled at us to be careful and go to the other corner...the guy at the door was yelling at us to come...so we hightailed it out of there. a couple of American girls at night with men around was a bit of scary moment LOL but it all worked out!
- Thrusday, Hna. Zienger and i went to Piura again to visit the dentist. Hna. Ziegner came with me as my translator to be sure i could communicate with the dentist. the dentist was very cool and helpful. my teeth are all ok, he just said i have sensitive gums and i need to be careful and gave some more advice. and it only cost 50 soles!! thats less than 20 Amreican dollars!! for the dentist!! WOW!
- our day i Piura was so fun! we went to the mall, Real Plaza and walked around just looking at what was available. real civilization! Then we ate Pizza Hut and some Chinese food. and then of course we needed dessert so we went to Pinkberry, a frozen yogurt place that is also in the States. DELICIOUS! they had NUTELLA!!! LOL i went all out! so so so good :)
I love you all! I know this gospel is true! i am here to help my brothers and sisters here in Peru come unto Christ and find the joy and happiness that this gospel brings. I truly hope all is well with everyone at home in the real world. my world of focusing just on the gospel is such an experience! :)
Hasta Luego!
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