Hola!
First and foremost, thanks for the package mom/family!!!! It was awesome, I felt so special, I was like "yup, my family loves me so much they sent a package from canada!" well, kinda, you know what I mean. I almost made myself sick from eating all those treats, especially that....wait,...whats it called again?,.....chocolate? yeah I that stuff. But it was great I really apreciated it, along with the other elders on my floor, they did the whole "whoa! canadian candy!" and I was able to share some of canada with a fellow canadian in my zone.
It has come! tomorrrow morning at 6am we leave for peru! We are super excited, there are 3 elders from my district including me and my companion, and one sister missionary, so the four of us are heading off tomorrow. We fly to Atlanta first, then from atlanta to Lima, I think we will probably get into lima at about 11:30 pm, so it will be a long day but an exciting one. OH, and I think I will be able to call home at one point, unfortunatley I am not quite sure when, so just go about your normal schedule and if I catch someone at home thats great, if not, I will just leave a message.....in spanish.....or a jamaican accent.....
Oh yeah and also, the mail room here in provo is closed on mon, tues, and wed of this week because they are moving to another building, so I apologize if anybody sent "dear elder"s from since saturday because I wont be able to get them!
One thing that I did not expect to happen my three weeks here was attachment, I have really grown to care about the elders in my district and I love the teachers here. In a way its a good thing that I'm only here for three weeks, I cant imagine what 6 MORE weeks would do haha.
This past sunday was a really great experience, most of what was talked about was focused on the events of 9/11. For our sunday fireside the mtc mission president got up and spoke and he talked about how even though it happened in america it affected the whole world, and how our message can help the world in so many ways. We then got to watch the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's spoken word presentation on the anniversary of 9/11 and that was amazing and really uplifting. Oh Motab, always helping us feel the spirit.
So on friday we had a district goal to go alllllllll day only speaking spanish (in what little spanish we know).....and by noon, we had pretty much failed miserably and realized we know less than we thought haha. But it was a good experience and a nice teaser for our experience in peru haha.
But there is another experience that I thought was worthy of the email home, forgive me if it isnt uplifting, but we(six elders in my district) were on our way up to a computer lab in one of the buildings here and we decided to take the elevator, and one of the missionaries decided to start jumping up and down to mess with the elevator and make it rattle, which, then caused the elevator to stop and shut down in between two floors. yup, we got stuck in the elevator for almost 40 minutes. Don't get me wrong, it was actually pretty funny. we had a good time :)
since I first saw the heningers last week I have actually seen them about 30 other times haha. But they left for romania yesterday morning. It was really good to see them and see familiar faces every once in a while, they are going to do amazing things in romania.
Well, thanks so much for all your support. It really means a lot. I have really enjoyed my time here at the mtc, and am so grateful for how my testimony has grown so much. Seeing the Lord's hand in my life and what the gospel has blessed me with makes me want to go out and share the gospel so much more. The atonement is so real, I know because I have used it in my life, and it can not only help us repent but it can help us become to best versions of ourselves. Im off to start another adventure in a different country and I know that if we rely on the Lord, ALL things are possible.
Love
Elder Lonsdale
