Family!!
SOOOO last Monday
we went to Piura, right? So as we were crossing the Piura - Tumbes border, they
asked for our IDs. Haha. Little dumb Elder Harris thought my drivers license
from Utah would work so I gave them that. Haha.
They looked me like I was retarded and were like "come with
us." Haha. Anyways, they were chewing me out because I didn’t have my
passport or my Peruvian ID because it’s all in Piura in the offices. Anyways, it was P day so no one in the office
was working and so basically I had no proof that I was actually legal to be
there. Not kidding they about arrested
me. But in the end everything worked out and they found out I was actually
legal but I felt super bad because I kept the bus waiting for like 20 minutes. Haha!
As I walked back on, everyone was giving me dirty looks. Good one Elder Harris.
Tuesday we
had a training meeting with President Rasmussen. It really helped me focus on
my purpose as a missionary. To serve... to love... to be direct. I’m not
perfect, but I’m striving every day to be more and more like our Father in
Heaven and its making all the difference. I feel like I’m changing... (not my
looks im still ugly)
Anyways, I got
to spend the day with one of my homies, Elder Nuñez from Arequipa, Peru. We
stayed with him for 2 days in Piura and we had a good time. He’s ending his
mission this week so it was kind of a last shabang. :)
Wednesday I
went with his comp to visit, Elder Tineo. SUPER, SUPER SHY! Hahaha. Not kidding,
I don’t think he said 2 words in the lessons but we had a good time anyways
:) I also took advantage of being in
Piura and went to the doctor to get my fungus rash checked out that I’ve had
for the last year. Anyways, the fungus I have is super common
for foreigners that aren’t used to the heat and so she gave me some creams and
pills and the rash his fading away :)
Thursday was
amazing. The training with Elder Godoy was amazing. He’s from the quorum of the
70, and from Brazil. You can definitely tell that he was chosen by God. He
burned us a little, apparently Piura is the lowest baptizing mission in all of
South America. Everyone was pretty discouraged but it gave me desire to keep
pushing at 100%. He helped me understand what I need to do and how I need to
help change the mission. He said something to us that I absolutely love
"When you promise something, the heavens have to fulfill because you are representatives
of Jesus Christ. Have no fear".
I will become
the missionary that God wants me to become.
The meeting
ended about 4PM and we were off to Puyango :)
So get this, as we were arriving into Puyango about 10 PM we saw a ton
of cars stopped in front of us for miles. Apparently the fisherman had put up a
road block because they are mad because Ecuadorian pirates are coming down and
robbing and killing them while they are fishing. The police aren’t doing
anything about it and now they want patrols out on the ocean and so they put up
a roadblock to protest. It was a mess and we ended up waiting there for like 2
hours... I was so exhausted I just wanted to be in my bed. We ended up getting to our room around 1 AM
and woke up early and had another full day.
Saturday was
soo sick. We helped the Visitacion family. Haha! They gave me a machete
and I went wild chopping trees, bushes, everything I could find was choppin and
droppin. We were there for about 5 hours
doing work. Haha. I seriously love that
family... so amazing.
We visited a
less active member named Luis. He mentioned to us that he has problems with his
testimony so we asked him when was the last time he read the Book of Mormon. He told us that it had been about a year sinse
he had last opened it and we were like WELL DUH YOU HAVE PROBLEMS. OPEN YOUR
DANG BOOK OF MORMON! If people would just understand that simple thing. :) Anyways,
as we were wrapping up, his drunk dad came in and starts bawling to us that he
wants to change his life. He was really drunk and smelled really bad. Trust me,
I know because he gave me a big bear hug as I left... ehh.
Sunday was
testimony meeting. I always love hearing the testimonies of the members. We ate
lunch at the bishops house and his wife made us yellow rice (bleh) and jello juice
. . . hmmm . . . my
favorite..........................
BUT HEY,
favorite part, we helped a member send her mom’s name to the temple so she
could get baptized. It was really special for the member we helped, and she was
really grateful for us. :)
We’re here just
trying to help :)
Anyways, Christmas
is in the air. I even saw lights on a house yesterday.. :) They just don’t
celebrate Christmas here like we do in the states. Haha! But a great
week. I hope you guys are great. Love
you!!
-Elder Harris aka 3rd son
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