oh heyyyyyyyyyyyy.
thanks, as always, for my wondie wond emails that i receive from you guys. you have noooooooooooo idea how happy i am to receive them. you guyyyyys. i know that i still lack a lot of time as a missionary...but when i think of how fast the first half went, AHHHHHHHHHHH!!! it scares me a bit to think that i will have to return to real life. being a missionary is really fun and i always feel like the way i am spending my time has the most worth...to imagine my life doing other things-----cray cray. no puedo. also, of course there are things about peru that i dont like, but im completely accustomed to life here, and i cant remember which things shocked me when i first got here. and i have 9 more months to grow even moooorreee accustomed. oh man.
so yesterday one of the guys we are teaching, Cristian, came to church and me and the compi were sooooooo surprised. why? because he is what we call a "galan" or the kind of investigator who wants to flirt with us more than learn about the gospel. help me!!! it always makes me suuuuppppperrrr uncomfortable(I dont know how to react to flirting anymore!! how will i be when i return??). okay, actually, that is kind of a lie. usually, i just have to shut him down by giving a half-laugh and continuing the lesson hahahha but my poor little compi is SUPER uncomfortable hahaha it is pretty funny. anyway, we have another lesson with him tomorrow and we are having 2 of the elders accompany us to see if he really is interested in learning more. hahahhaha i dont know why, but im super excited to see what happens. eeeeek!!
also, i just MUST tell you guys that i LOVE my current zone that i am in. i love all the elders so much! ive adopted 6 little brothers. me and my companion have the funnest time. and they always are making sure that we are doing okay. that will be little eli, brandt, asher, and greyson someday. cuuuuutest!!!!
also, i got bangs. 2 words for you: lord farkwod (from shrek) i have learned my lesson not to trust the hair places here. bad news at black rock.
also, my little compi has been super sick this week, but i have learned more little tricks of the trade about how i can care for people more. one thing i did for the first time is i bought fresh little herbs from one of the markets here and prepared a healthy, herb tea for her from scratch! it was really fun.hahahha and it made her feel better, too! yay!
also...i drink soooooooooooooooo much water. and still...i am suffering from transito lento, o sea, constipationnnnnnnnnnnnnn. while my companion has had diarhea. oh how i wish i would have that. pleeeeeeeez. sorry...that is gross. but i have to share it with someone...
okay. now the important things. JORGE.
jorge is myy fave of the week. seriously. he has been coming to church for his own will for the past 3-4 weeks and has the desire to be baptized and he reminds me a lot of how dad probably was when he was knowing the church. his family is super catholic(they are actually active) and he still hasnt felt like it is the time to share that he is going to convert to the church. but he also told us that his family is super tight knit and that he they will see that what he is doing isnt anything bad, and he can feel that his life is changing through what he is learning, and he knows that his family will be able to see it too. he said that he hasnt been 100% sure of everything, but then when he told one of his friends who is also catholic about what he was doing, and his friend began to attack him a little bit, Jorge defended his actions--and he told us that was his answer that he truly beleives that these things are true. isnt that so great?? and it is true.
when he tells his parents about all of this, we are going to put a fecha of baptism for him. he is soooooooooooo great. he is one of the most sincere, greatest, and ready person that ihave met in my whole time in the mission.
also, today as a zone we studied about the atonement of Jesus Christ. still, it is something that i cant fully comprehend. but i know that is works because i have felt it. but it made me realize how important it is that we dont have fear when we are sharing with people about the commandments and we are inviting them to change and repent because through doing this, the people have to opportunity to apply the suffering of Christ to their lives. if we dont, Christ will have suffered for naught. They can feel it and be with out guilt in their lives anfd live happily peacefully in their lives--the way that God wants us to live. also, with trials, as mmuch as they suck, it is another opportunity to understnad a little more how Christ suffered for us. and we can progress from them. i realllllllly need to study more about it so that i can help people understand it better.
okay, well this is all for today. ahhh long. sorry. i love you guys all and miss you all SOOOOOOOOOOO much!!!!!
love, me
p.s. i am attaching some pics. of when me and the zone went to the central of lima a couple of weeks ago and then went to this hill with this cross and you can look out to allll of lima. it was pretty cool and fun. alsssooooo a pic of me and my compi b-c we love each other sooo much! and also letter i received from one of my friends that had a stamp on it that said missent to tyland. sooooooo if you guys write me letters and i never write you back...now you know why. they are in tyland. welcome to the postal services of peru.
thanks, as always, for my wondie wond emails that i receive from you guys. you have noooooooooooo idea how happy i am to receive them. you guyyyyys. i know that i still lack a lot of time as a missionary...but when i think of how fast the first half went, AHHHHHHHHHHH!!! it scares me a bit to think that i will have to return to real life. being a missionary is really fun and i always feel like the way i am spending my time has the most worth...to imagine my life doing other things-----cray cray. no puedo. also, of course there are things about peru that i dont like, but im completely accustomed to life here, and i cant remember which things shocked me when i first got here. and i have 9 more months to grow even moooorreee accustomed. oh man.
so yesterday one of the guys we are teaching, Cristian, came to church and me and the compi were sooooooo surprised. why? because he is what we call a "galan" or the kind of investigator who wants to flirt with us more than learn about the gospel. help me!!! it always makes me suuuuppppperrrr uncomfortable(I dont know how to react to flirting anymore!! how will i be when i return??). okay, actually, that is kind of a lie. usually, i just have to shut him down by giving a half-laugh and continuing the lesson hahahha but my poor little compi is SUPER uncomfortable hahaha it is pretty funny. anyway, we have another lesson with him tomorrow and we are having 2 of the elders accompany us to see if he really is interested in learning more. hahahhaha i dont know why, but im super excited to see what happens. eeeeek!!
also, i just MUST tell you guys that i LOVE my current zone that i am in. i love all the elders so much! ive adopted 6 little brothers. me and my companion have the funnest time. and they always are making sure that we are doing okay. that will be little eli, brandt, asher, and greyson someday. cuuuuutest!!!!
also, i got bangs. 2 words for you: lord farkwod (from shrek) i have learned my lesson not to trust the hair places here. bad news at black rock.
also, my little compi has been super sick this week, but i have learned more little tricks of the trade about how i can care for people more. one thing i did for the first time is i bought fresh little herbs from one of the markets here and prepared a healthy, herb tea for her from scratch! it was really fun.hahahha and it made her feel better, too! yay!
also...i drink soooooooooooooooo much water. and still...i am suffering from transito lento, o sea, constipationnnnnnnnnnnnnn. while my companion has had diarhea. oh how i wish i would have that. pleeeeeeeez. sorry...that is gross. but i have to share it with someone...
okay. now the important things. JORGE.
jorge is myy fave of the week. seriously. he has been coming to church for his own will for the past 3-4 weeks and has the desire to be baptized and he reminds me a lot of how dad probably was when he was knowing the church. his family is super catholic(they are actually active) and he still hasnt felt like it is the time to share that he is going to convert to the church. but he also told us that his family is super tight knit and that he they will see that what he is doing isnt anything bad, and he can feel that his life is changing through what he is learning, and he knows that his family will be able to see it too. he said that he hasnt been 100% sure of everything, but then when he told one of his friends who is also catholic about what he was doing, and his friend began to attack him a little bit, Jorge defended his actions--and he told us that was his answer that he truly beleives that these things are true. isnt that so great?? and it is true.
when he tells his parents about all of this, we are going to put a fecha of baptism for him. he is soooooooooooo great. he is one of the most sincere, greatest, and ready person that ihave met in my whole time in the mission.
also, today as a zone we studied about the atonement of Jesus Christ. still, it is something that i cant fully comprehend. but i know that is works because i have felt it. but it made me realize how important it is that we dont have fear when we are sharing with people about the commandments and we are inviting them to change and repent because through doing this, the people have to opportunity to apply the suffering of Christ to their lives. if we dont, Christ will have suffered for naught. They can feel it and be with out guilt in their lives anfd live happily peacefully in their lives--the way that God wants us to live. also, with trials, as mmuch as they suck, it is another opportunity to understnad a little more how Christ suffered for us. and we can progress from them. i realllllllly need to study more about it so that i can help people understand it better.
okay, well this is all for today. ahhh long. sorry. i love you guys all and miss you all SOOOOOOOOOOO much!!!!!
love, me
p.s. i am attaching some pics. of when me and the zone went to the central of lima a couple of weeks ago and then went to this hill with this cross and you can look out to allll of lima. it was pretty cool and fun. alsssooooo a pic of me and my compi b-c we love each other sooo much! and also letter i received from one of my friends that had a stamp on it that said missent to tyland. sooooooo if you guys write me letters and i never write you back...now you know why. they are in tyland. welcome to the postal services of peru.
YAYAAA!!!! MY LETTER ACTUALLY GOT TO HER!
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