Time is the weirdest thing here.... I`ve
said it before and I`ll probably say it a million times before I come
home... But it`s TRUE!! hehe.
This week seemed to fly by! My
days are no longer complete if I haven`t hiked the hill in our area at
least once! The exercise is great.... he...
Monday:
We watched Disney movies for P-day!! It was fun and our zone leaders
cooked us hamburgers. The majority watched Wreck-It-Ralph, but I
watched The Book of Life. It was SOOO good... Seriously, I thought it
was going to be horrible, but it was cute and sweet! Then we watched....
MULAN!! It was so weird to see it in spanish! Hahaha- But it reminded
me so much of how much we would watch it and how mom collected all the
Mulan McDonalds toys for us... Mom, you`re so cool! I could watch that
movie probably every day and never get tired of it! Haha.
Something
funny about P-Day last week. Elder Page came over to our house in the
morning and told us we had to bring a towel, a hanger, and a piece of
fruit for an activity we would be doing for P-Day. So, being a little
skeptical webrought the stuff thinkig it would be a super fun game!
Well... P-DaY cuhgged along and finally it was about time to leave, so I
said to our ZL ¨What was up with the hangers and fruit?!¨and he just
laughed and laughed and gave Elder Page a high five... .Bahahaha. Boys
are boys even in the mission.-.. bahaha. it was funny and we had a good
laugh about it.
Tuesday: We had practices with
our zone early in the morning, which went well!! I feel like we learned
a lot. which will benefit our lessons!! (fingers crossed)
For
lunch, one of the sisters made one of my FAVORITE dishes.. It`s called
Escaveche (Not cheveche... we`re not allowed to eat that here... hehe.
too many missionaries got sick) It`s basically chicken with sauce,
onion, and peppers served with sweet potatoes and--- you guessed it,
RICE! It`s delicious!!
Wednesday: WE did a
service project in the morning! We have a member named Hno. Coco! He
owns a shirt company that operates above his house!! It`s so cool!
People make and use silk screens to decorate the shirts. The other
Hna.s in our zone put tags on them, and then we packaged them! Each had
to be in this little clear bag. I probably packaged 150+ shirts!
Baghaga. Hna. Lòpez taped the bags and then Hno. Coco organized them
into the shipments! We were fast workers and it was kinda fun!! Hno.
Miguel was there (he works there) and was telling a bunch of jokes. I
didn`t understand them, but it was nice to just be there-- even if I was
just in my thoughts. We were working on the 3rd floor, so I could just
look out the window and marvel at Perù! I already love it here. The
weather is perfect right now and we even get some sun!! haha. I have a
nice farmers and neck/chest tan... baahahaha.
After the
service, we went to the top floor of Hno. Coco`s house. He has rows and
rows and rows and shelves and shelves of ROOSTERS.... That`s right,
Cock-Fights!! It`s crazy... he even has a large arena!! We didn`t get to
see a fight, but we held a rooster and then they brought out two dead
ones... bahaha. It was kinda gross and the Elders waved them in our
faces, but it was funny too! Hno. Miguel slapped them too which everyone
got a kick out of! Hahaha.
Thursday: For
lunch, we ate at this sweet members home! She made us a soup that had
nooodles and reminded me SO much of Top Ramen!!! Hahaha. I loved it and
it made me think of when I would eat so much ramen, I would get bloody
noses from all the salt! Haha. I'm sure I`ll have plenty of it when I
come home and go to college! haha.
We taught a bunch of
lessons (as usual) and I feel like I`m speaking more in lessons!! It`s
still a little hard for me to explain my thoughts or feelings, but I
know it`s just a matter of time! I also made a little friend--- A dog!
Haha. We were teaching a lesson outside and I was sitting on the ground,
this dog just walked up to me and so I started to pet it and then he
followed us all the way back down the hill! It reminded me of Maizy and
how much I love her! Haha.
Friday: We had our
ROOM CHECK!! Every change, Hna. Erickson (the president`s wife) comes
and does a room check with the zone leaders! We passed and my prize was
peach rings-- yum!! Then, we had interviews with President Erickson! He
is such a cool guy! He really knows his scriptures and he gave me lots
of encouragement.
That night, I was feeling a little
discouraged with my language... 2 people couldn`t understand me in the
day and that was a little hard! haha. But... Our investigator (who got
baptized saturday-- all in good time) is learning English and so we
talked abunch and laughed. It was fun! And then, that night when we were
buying our (amost daily) hamburgers, the hamburger lady`s brother was
there who has been speaking English for 30 years!! It was cool and fun
and he gave us his business card? Bahahaha... It was just fun! Hno.
Lòpez, on our way up to our room, said she was frustrated because she
wants to know English so bad. It was such an interesting moment for me.
It gave me the chance to see it through her eyes in regards to learning
a new language. It`s hard work, but it`s possible! We`re working more
on English this week! :)
Saturday: We had a
NOCHE BLANCA... That is basically when our zone has a lot of baptisms,
we all get together and have a huge baptism-- like 8 people! Our
investigator Andrea (the one learning English and whose mom signed her
permission slip) was baptized along with a semi-investigator Luis! (semi
because he`s like, 20 and so we had to have the elders teach him...
haha) It was such a beautiful night. The people were so happy and it
made me think of my own baptism-- in the hottub below our deck! It was
so special and everyone had such a glow-- including us missionaries!!
Andrea bore her testimony afterwards and the spirit was so srtong. She`s
only 13 , but her faith is ENORMOUS! After she bore her testimony she
came over and gave me a HUGE hug. She told me she was sad because her
dad isn`t very supportive... He`s catholic and so is his whole family,
and it was hard for him to let her join another religion. She told me
she didn`t understand why he didn`t understand, but she was SO happy.
Such a tender moment. I have only known her for 4 weeks, but I am so
grateful for her friendship and trust in me. The people here are
amazing.
Sunday: I played the piano in
church...!! Eek!! The people LOVED it though. They are so faithful and
so positive and they love the gospel. I was so grateful for the chance
to be able to bring that positive influence of music to them! And they
asked me to play again next week... Haha!
Well,
my dear family... that`s been my life this week!! We teach about an
average of 35 lessons a week and I`m exhausted by the time I get to
bed-- but SO happy. I`m so grateful for the opportunity I have to serve
and for the chance I have to serve here in Perù. These 18 months will
go by so fast (16 actually-- WOW!). I`m grateful for the chance I have
to wear a plaque every day that reminds me that I represent myslef, I
represent my family, I represent the church, and I represent Jesucristo.
Jesus Christ.
I love you guys SO much and
hope this week is a good one for you! Be wise, be safe, have fun, and
know I`m loving you every moment from Perú!!!
Hugs and kisses across the ocean!
xxxoxoxoxooxoxoxooooxoxoxoxoxo
Love,
Hermana Andrus
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