February 13, 2012

Well this week we had transfers, and it as pretty inevitable that my companion Elder Insaurralde was going to be transferred, so we cried our tears together and did the whole -Until we meet again!!---thing, ..ok, maybe not quite like that. But he took off in a 12 hour bus ride to his new area deeper into Peru. And I am still here in Urrunaga, which I am really ok with, I really have grown to love this ward and the people we are teaching. My new companion is Elder Tamani. He is Peruvian and is great, we have about the same time in the mission so we are working together, still learning and trying to help our investigators as best as we possibly can.

We had an invstigator, her name is Alicia. We met her and her son when we were walking from an appointment and these little girls run up to us and ask the usual questions, like whats your name, where are you from, do you speak english and all that jazz, and then they were like -Hey! come and teach my grandma!.. Of course we were like YEAH! so we met alicia and Leviss her son and began teaching them. They are perfect examples of people who have been prepared by the lord. 2 weeks later alicia was baptized, even though her husband didnt want her to do it. He even came to the baptismal service to try and convince her otherwise, but she knew what she needed to do and continued with her baptism. Wow. But don't worry, everything is ok with her husband now, and we are even working with him and Levis which is excellent. It is such a blessing to be able to see investigators like Alicia accept the gospel because it makes sense, it sounds right to them. They know it's true and they can feel it. I know we as missionaries are here to help people develop faith in Christ and gain a testimony, but a lot of the times the people you teach can really add to your testimony, seeing the gospel and the Holy Ghost in action. Priceless.

Today we did some service for a less active lady whose daughter is serving a mission right now in chile. Some really humble living circumstances, so practically the entire ward came out to pretty much tear her house apart and make her a new one. That kinda support in a ward is so esential. But it was a funny site, us running around trying to catch some of her loose guiine pigs. some of her thousands. haha

Well as for those questions, spanish....hmm Well like dad said, there are always going to be new words to learn and jargon to use haha, but I am feeling pretty comfortable with the spanish. It has become easier than english, just because spanish is what you use all the time and you even start to think in spanish, or talk to yourself in spanish......not that I do that often or anything........

But all in all its going great, its at the point where if in a conversation, I don't know a word, I can ask what that word means and by using other words and describing it I can figure out what that word means. Spanish is awesome. I am so blessed to be learning it.

Well I love you guys, keep sane during all the craziness! Good luck!
Elder Lonsdale