Hi again from Peru!!
Still can't find my notes about everything I want to write about so I
just started making a new list, maybe I'll think of more things later
haha.
Every Monday here there's a guy that comes to be our instructor during
our gym time and I swear he's the South American equivalent of Chuck
Norris (my companion calls him the Terminator)!! He's crazy, I had a
nightmare about him last night.
We had the craziest experiences on Saturday! Every Saturday we go
proselyting in some other area of Lima all day and holy cow it was an
extremely humbling and eye opening experience. They bussed us all to
an area about 30 minutes from the CCM and the church we went to was
totally different than what I'm used to! There was a huge cement fence
around the entire building and we had to walk through a security gate
just to get into the chapel. There were bars on all the windows too
which was a little unsettling, it was definitely the cleanest building
around though. The first place we went to was super dirty and
depressing and I had a bad attitude going into the day, I had zero
faith towards success and didn't expect anything at all to happen, my
companion have had a hard time getting along, I still can't understand
his accent and it felt like he had no more patience for me. I was
tired and feeling alone and all that junk and for a while nothing at
all happened. I really was trying to feel better about the whole thing
and give myself a better attitude, I don't want to be responsible for
somebody not accepting the gospel someday because one time they saw a
missionary who wasn't happy about what they were teaching. It's also
super different to talk to actual people in Spanish than when you talk
to North Americans who know just as much Spanish as I do. We gave out
a few pamphlets and stuff but I still wasn't feeling it. After lunch
we went out to a different area and tried again, this time the first
guy we talked to rejected us flat out, telling us that he likes to
party and has no desire to change his lifestyle. I thought that was
pretty funny because he was like 70 years old, get a life dude! The
second person we talked to however was a different story. I can't say
I understood everything he was saying but I felt good about the whole
thing and towards the end I was able to offer him the Book of Mormon
and invite him to read it (all in Spanish). He was really receptive to
it and I dunno if anything will happen but it was still a great
experience. I also saw a Peruvian midget while we were tracting which
also made me happy.
Peru is full of crazy people! We hear sirens and honking like 24/7
right outside the walls, everybody is insane behind the wheel. I'm
pretty sure I've heard gunshots too, and there's a sniper tower on the
hill right next to us. It's also socially acceptable to throw litter
everywhere which I'm pretty sure is the reason the country is so
dirty, and it's not uncommon to see people going to the bathroom on
the sidewalks. Luckily I haven't seen any of that yet but I've only
been out in public three times, we'll see what the next 23 months
brings...
My companion and I are getting along a lot better which is really
awesome, I still can't understand him though. Oh well, such is life.
He'd never had peanut butter before so last week I bought some at
Tottus (Peruvian Walmart) and let him try it. He loved it! He talked
about it for two days haha. This week I found out he's never had a
Snack Pack before so I got him one, again he's a fan. When we were
walking back to the bus I offered him a sour gummy worm, he accepted
it, and a minute later he was laughing and crying and choking on it. I
didn't think they were sour at all but I guess South Americans can't
handle sour stuff at all.
My companion gave me a silly hat the other day, I guess it was a sort
of peace offering or something and it definitely helped our
companionship, who can say no to silly hats? I wear it often =)
I'm learning lots and I still have a month in the CCM! It's awesome. I
have to go but I hope to hear back from everyone! Snail mail really is
tough to wait for so email looks like the way to go.
fisher.john@myldsmail.net I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!!!!!!!!!
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