Family!!
It’s been an
awesome week! Yeah I’m definitely getting used to the food... I just try and
mix it up all the time. You’d be surprised at what we put in our rice...
hot sauce, onions and tomatoes... all of it. But hey sounds like you guys had a
killer week!! I imagined all the stuff you guys were doing on Kenzie’s birthday
and I got a little homesick but I’m still doing good. Why am i not
surprised you went to Texas Roadhouse?:) haha
I can’t
believe I’ve already been out here for a month! The weeks seem like days
here. I’m so busy all the time that’s
probably why. Dang I wish you could see my life here. It’s amazing.
Some news
this week: I’m the new zone
leader. The president said were over like 70 missionaries. It’s a
super cool opportunity, just a lot of extra work. I’m excited though.
Everyone always looks at me to be the example though and its tough
sometimes. But i get some perks as well. I had the opportunity to
welcome some latinos and show them around the campus. I watched all of
them say goodbye to their families at the gate so that was a little hard cause
it made me think of you guys.. but I reassured their families that they were in
good hands :) We got to take all the new
Americans to breakfast the next day as well.. they’re all pretty shook up and
nervous.. (as I can imagine I was the first day) so we laughed and joked all
day to make it feel a little more like home. We held a meeting for them
and we shared all types of stories and shared advice for them... it takes a lot
of time to be a zone leader. geez.
We got 2 new
latinos in our room. 1 is from Ecuador and the other is from
Columbia. They’re pretty quiet but very nice. Especially the one
from Columbia.. He’s 25 and a lawyer. A genius! Super proper and
eloquent.
Conference
was amazing! Who would have known there was that many good stuff in there when you
actually pay attention! I wish I could go through all the speakers and say my
favorite part but I ain’t got no time. My
favorite part quote was "go to work so there is something God can help you
with". a perfect quote for a missionary. I loved every second
though.. feels like I got hit by a spiritual train. We also got to watch Ephraim’s
rescue on Sunday. A nice break.
Oh my word,
you’ll never believe it. There was an earthquake here last week. It wasn’t big
but it gave us a scare. haha. I love the temple here.. the
celestial room is beautiful. It’s my favorite part of the week. Anyways... as we were walking there, this lady
was moving boxes so I asked if she needed help. We finished helping her and she was like
gracious, gracious and ran to give Elder Beidleman a big hug and then she tried
to kiss him. We laughed and laughed. He was stunned. Anyways, as we were
walking back, we usually get on the bus, but Elder Hogge assumed he knew where
he was going and took us around and we ended up walking an extra 30
minutes. Retard.
It’s actually
pretty cold here in Lima. I wear my sweater a lot more than you think
#thanksmom. Also, thanks for the blanket. I love it.
There were
also no vents in the bathroom this week.
As you can imagine, hot, sweaty, SMELLY. The Elders thought it was funny
to not flush the toilet. ha. haa. ha. Also
this week we had to say goodbye to the elders we’ve been with for the past 4
weeks. It was tough cause we got super
close to them. They had to leave at 4 am and as you can imagine everything
is more emotional at 4 am. The latinos were hard too. Elder Guzman and I
got super close. He gave me his favorite tie when he left. I’ll send pics
when I can.
haha funny
story. Also, inappropriate so beware. Our president doesn’t speak much English.
So he came in our room a couple nights ago while we had our flashlights on and
he slams open the door and yells "give me your lamps" - go ahead and
imagine that in a Columbian accent. Okay so this is where it gets bad - my comp
and I had a meeting with him cause were the zone leaders right? He hands us some
papers and says "here are your sheets" hahahaha we could not control
ourselves. We were biting our hands as hard as we could to stop laughing.
I’m horrible, I know. haha Also our teacher doesn’t speak much English
but he’s hilarious. He always says "do you need repentance?" As
if he’s commanding us to repent but he poses it as a question. It’s probably
not funny to you but it is to us. We always say it now.
The teaching
here is going awesome. It feels more real and real every time we teach because
now we can actually teach with the spirit cause we can speak the language now. Well.. not really, but better. All I know is
the gift of tongues is real! It’s very frustrating at times but it gets better
every day. haha.
The spirit is
amazing here. I love feeling it every second of the day. An experience I
had: I was having a rough day this week
and I just prayed and prayed and prayed all day and as I was praying late at
night I heard the spirit tell me the God was proud of me. It was an amazing experience. I love it and I get so excited when I get to
share my testimony and exercise my priesthood power. I love giving
blessings and I wish Ii could do it every day. I’m doing awesome here, so
you don’t have to worry about me at all.
I depart to Piura on the 21 or 22 - I can’t remember so I’ve still got
some time left. I don’t need anything except for maybe some treats and TUMS.
I’ve got like acid reflux here all the time because I eat so much rice and
bread. It’s horrible.
I love and
miss you guys like crazy. I try and occupy my time so I’m not to home sick, but
it happens occasionally. I pray for you guys every night like crazy! Oh and if you’re wondering, usually it’s like
9:40 your time. So when you see that, just know I’m praying for you right
now! I’m doing awesome, and I wouldn’t want to be doing anything else with my
life right now.
I hope you
guys are killing it, and I feel awful I missed Kenzie’s birthday. Tell her that
I love her and miss her.
12 more days
till the field!
love you
guys.
exact
obedience.
- Elder Harris
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