Familia!
Que tal :)
Sounds like
you guys had a great weak! Doesn’t sound like much has changed back in Alpine!
This week was
great here in the desert of the world. I don’t think there are any trees here. If I see anything green, I’m happy. I miss the
mountains and the trees in Alpine. We sure are blessed. PLEASE SEND ME PICS OF
THE SNOW.
Last week we
went to this beach called Capullanas. It was BEAUTIFUL and we had so much fun.
We repelled down rocks, such an adrenaline rush. I needed that! We also got to
see some flamingos on the beach - not something you see every day.
Last Monday,
we also got to help the Peña family set up their Christmas tree. It looks
horrible.. but hey we had a good time doing it. :) They’ve been like a family
to me since I’ve been here!
On Tuesday,
Elder Martinez was sick so we didn’t go out until the evening. Sooo I studied.
A lot. From 8 am until 6 pm. It was a long day... :) While we were out, this lady tried to
convince us that Jesus was black. haha we weren’t buying it....
On Thursday,
we went to Piura again. We had the same schedule as last time. We slept in the
zone leaders room again... 4 people on 2 mattresses . . . another LONG night. We woke up at 3:30, ect. The
meeting was great, it was only for the "newbies". We basically just
talked about obedience and the life of a missionary. 6 and a half hours long!!!
from 8 30 until 3. Coming back we were starving so we got some food.... off the
street. NEVER. AGAIN.
Which brings
me to the next section of the crazy food of the week dadadadadda COW HEART! We
also ate mackeral (fish with face again) and sardines.
When we got
back to our pench, we realized it was darker than usual. haha We didn’t have
any power in the city. It was great! It made the sunset and the stars SOO
pretty. I felt like I was in the back of my truck up AF canyon again!
Before we
went to our room, we went to our pensionistas house, and Hermana Veto was ever
so kind to make us dinner. A candle light dinner. Haha! It was great besides I felt like I was on a freakin
date with my companion but we enjoyed it.
We didn’t
have any power in our room so it was pitch black so we put on some church music
and it was actually pretty cool, I felt the spirit really strong.
When we got
to our room, we also realized we didn’t have any water. We thought that was pretty funny.... it’s
not........ I never thought not having water would be that bad. I’m surprised
with how much water that I use, and how much I take it for granted.
Humbled. So it gets worse, keep in mind
that I haven’t "washed" in 2 days because we´ve been in Piura so I
was a little disappointed about that. We figured the water would turn on in the
morning... it didn’t... we kept hoping.. but it didn’t. Luckily, we got some
water on Sunday morning before church. But I’ll tell ya, not washing yourself for
4 or 5 days is a LONG time! I’ve never been more dirty, sweaty, sticky in my
entire life. And our room smelled HORRIBLE because we didn’t have water and we
couldn’t flush the toilet. I guess I’ll just let your mind imagine the smell
after 4 or 5 days of 2 boys that got sick from a cow heart.
Our power and
water finally turned on Sunday morning, thankfully and we haven’t had any
problems today either.
Sunday was a
alright. Not a ton of people came to church.. only 2 investigators. I think we
had 37 people so we’re hoping for next week.
We also got
to teach a lesson on Sunday to the Dioses family. ON THE BEACH! It was soo
amazing... we were just kickin back, enjoyin the sand, the sound of the waves,
and the SPIRIT! They’re progressing great, we invited them to pray to God
to know if this work was true... to be continued....
We´re
teaching a ton of people. Less actives and investigators. We’re working SUPER
hard every day. Blanca and Alonso are still on for their baptism on December
6th. They have their interviews this Friday so stay tuned.
I’m getting
somewhat use to the culture here, but it’s tough. I’ve been here for a month
and I still feel culture shocked. The food is.... well its food - just
rice and bread. My favorite thing is a fried banana! ahh it’s so amazing. And
of course, onions :)
Mi castellano
es mejor cada dia. estoy trabajando super duro siempre y he aprendido mucho en
esas cinco semana pasadas. Eentonces, les extraño. siempre estoy orando
para ustedes. espero que ustedes tienen una buena semana!
love you,
miss you!
- Elder
Harris IV
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