And that’s how I got tetnus…. (;

Hola Familia!!!

What a week! It feels like I just wrote you yesterday, and yet... I have almost been out a whole MONTH!! hahaha...

There´s so much to tell too!

Last Wednesday after I emailed home, we went into the city.. I ordered you guys the scripture cases already because I was afraid that they wouldn´t be ready in time if I ordered them later... They´re all pictures of Jesus, which I was hoping would be ok. :)

Anyways... on our way home, we were riding this bus and I got to sit by this nice Peruvian lady! I talked to her and told her who we were and she told me that her son is actually on a mission!! So cool... Hahha.. She was so nice about it and when we asked her if she was a member she said no... and when we asked her whyshe said ¨Poco y poco¨which means ¨Little by Little¨!! It was pretty cool! And I got to work on my Spanish as well.. Haha.

One cool thing that I noticed about being her on a mission (There are a million.. but I thought this one was especially cool) Are the many blessings I find for myself while I´m here. Like, I really have gotten into the scriptures! I started the mish in the VERY beginning of Alma, and I finished it this week! I have never really been into the scriptures, so it was really cool for me to be able to dive in and care and be sad about things like when Moroni died or stuff like that.. haha.. so dorky... but I love it. Another blessing I´ve been able to notice is my shoulder has not been giving me any problems!! it´s fantastico!! Haha... The deep tissue massage before I left may have contributed to that, but I love thinking of how my body is blessed with health here as well while I´m here!

Speaking of good health.... This week while playing in the sand volleyball court, i stepped on something sharp... I dug around in the sand and found A RUSTY NAIL....... Not going to lie... I totally freaked... but I saved the nail to go in my journal (priorities... I know :P) Anyways, it was just a little stab, but it bled quite a bit.. So i went to Hermana Gonzalez-- the CCM President´s wife who takes care of the health of missionaries-- and she gave me wound wash. No one seemed very scared that I had stepped on a rusty nail.. I guess they just figure that my Tetnus shots are up to date... haha.. But really, I went to go see the actually doctor of the CCM and he said I shouldn´t worry about Tetnus since I´ve had regular shots, but that I should be extra careful that my wound doesn´t get infected.. Don´´t worry Mom!! I haven´t experienced lock-jaw or anything like it!! I´m healthy! And Happy! :)

Our first time as a split district happened this week!! We have 2 new teacher: Hermano Janampa in the morning and Hermana Luna at night! They´re awesome and we love them! They´re both excellent teachers...

Funny story... So Hermano Janampa is this small peruvian guy who is hilarious and makes so many crazy funny faces! One day, we were just talking to him and we asked him if he´d ever been the the Estados Unidon (US) and he said that he hadn´t.. so we were likë... just get married and go on your honeymoon in the US! It´s awesome! and he´s always telling us he´s forever alone... Haha.. so he said ¨Maybe I´lll marry an American girl!¨haha.. and os i said jokingly... ¨I have a sister who just got back from her mission!!.. haha..¨and.. HE WANTED TO SEE A PICTURE OF MAYA!! hahahaha... it was so funny! So I brought one in for him and he now wants to add Maya on Facebook (so... maya... if you get a friend request from a Gian Marco Janampa.... you know what its for) BAGAGAG... sorry Maya... But he´s funny!! Hahaha..

This week, something really cool happened... The newbies came in on wednesday morning and that night, it´s interviews for them. This was before our district split and so our large class was booted out of our classroom while they were holding interviews. WE were up waiting while our teacher tried to figure out where we would be, and there was this new north american sitting outside waiting for his companion to get interviewd. Here on the mish, it´s cool to have stickers on the back of your tag and all the notebooks down here have a bunch of goofy ones.  I had an Avengers notebook with some pretty sweet stickers.  While we were waiting around, I just went over and introduced myself and offered him a sticker! he was really happy and nice about it and I did´n´t think much of it. I would say Hi to him when I saw him at the CCM and he´d always say hi back and show me his sticker.. Well.. Sunday while we were walking back from a fireside, I saw him and said hi and he said hi back and then.. he genuinely Thanked me for the sticker. he told me that Wednesday was a hard time for him since it was the first night in the CCM and when I gave him the sticker... it totally made him day and he knew it was going to be ok... HOW COOL!! PEOPLE.... you never know how the little things you do will affect others!!! there is a FANTASTIC Mormon Message about it online and I seriousl encourage you all to watch it! It totally made my night! The church is true!!

Saturday night, we watched a bunch of Mormon Messages and we watched the one about Elder Uchdorf´s mom when they traveled to the US. Mom watches it all the time in nursery and I teared up a little when we watched it! I miss you (and the nursery) MOM!!!! Man... I´m sorry if this email jumps all over the place!! there´s just so much to say and so little time!!

Before I leave, I wanted to tell you about this really cool video our teacher showed us about missionary work and the atonement. (Mom, if you could find Elder Holland´s portion and send it to me, I´d greatly appreciate the written words!) If you look on Youtube... oh man! I can´t rememver what it´s called and can´t seem to find where I wrote it down.... But I will send it next week! It´s a youtube video with Henry B. Eyring and Jeffery Holland talking about the atonement and missionary work! it´s fantastic!!

Anyways.. I love you all so much and miss you like crazy! I love this church so much and couldn´t think of a better place I could be right now. When one of the missionaries came home in the YSA ward, he said.. ¨No amount of money, schooling, or time is worth what my mission was to me¨and I can TOTALLY see how that´s true in my life already!!

I love you guys!!!

Until next week!!

xoxoxox

Love, 

Hermana Andrus

PICS.. Elder Parkinson and I

My cool Peruvian pants and shoes!