heya momma!
Congrats on the job!!! thats going to be awesome!! hope you have as much fun if not more than i had working for the school district haha make it worth it and have fun everyday! Boy this week was crazy!!! everyday i am exhausted because my body is not accustomed to the new schedule and the new workload! i am in eastern standard time so for me when i get up at 630 its like im waking up at 430 in the morning! but i know that will change with time, just gotta push through it!
Peru is great! it is very very smelly and dirty because there is just garbage everywhere it is so so dirty, and also there are dogs everywhere! you can´t look anywhere at all without there being at least 3 dogs in that area its ridiculous! and sometimes the dogs try to attack you which is loads of fun! its funny though because you just have to bend down like youre going to pick up a rock and the dogs run for their lives! it is pretty funny. To get anywhere in peru you have to get on a bus, don´t even consider driving youd be a fool to do it! if you thought that utah traffic was bad you should come down here! there are no speed limits you go as fast as you can, the only thing that slows people down is speed bumps every so often in the road so they don´t go so fast! and they use their breaks as much as possible! they aren´t afraid to use them and thats good because it is pretty sketchy! um i wouldn´t say that pachacamac is like declo, it is actually probably better described as a salt lake city. its big! haha but not quite as big as salt lake but its still quite large. but the people here are awesome! im in an area called pachacamac! fun fact it is the most dangerous area in the whole mission! just last week before i got here our zone leaders were robbed at gunpoint! so fun! sadly i haven´t had a fun encounters like them to report.. yet! haha no but its really not to bad here! i have a pensionista that cooks all of our meals for us and washes our clothes, were not allowed to eat at members house because pretty much we have to make sure that it is properly cooked so we pay hermana sonya to cook for us she is trained and won´t give us any sicknesses with food haha. i also have a water bottle from the ccm with a filter in it, they gave us enough filters to last two years because the water is a little sketchy too. but peru is awesome! my spanish is coming along great! i can have conversations with the people and help alot in the lessons! ive already asked two people to be baptized and they said yes! they are in the familia travis they are two kids antoni and leonardo, their parents can´t be baptized because they are not married so they have to fix that but they are trying and will be baptized here before too long as well! its so much fun being a missionary!!!!!!! i am learning so much about the gospel! the thing i think that hit me the most is just overall how simple the gospel really is! there are only essentially a few things we have to do.... have faith in jesus christ and his atonement, repent, be baptized and make covenants with god, receive the holy ghost, and endure to the end living righteously and keeping the commandments of god! also in spanish we say the 3 things that help the most are OLA orar or pray, Leer or read the scriptures, and Asistir a la iglesia, go to church! essentially this is what we teach everybody everyday and that is our objective to invite everyone a venir a cristo al ayudarlas a que reciban el evangelio restaurado mediante estas cosas. thats our entire objective. I am having such an amazing time here and i feel so much joy and happiness when i teach people and help them! and you at home too can feel and experiece this joy, every member a missionary! well i hope that everything is going great back in the states! how is our fantasy football team hanging on? better than dads i hope haha... my companion is from veracruz mexico! he´s the bomb.com! he doesn+t speak any english so i testify to you that the gift of tongues is real and is truly amazing becase i can understand him and can communicate what i need to to him! sounds like everything is going swell in the states! that does sound like a great mutual activity and not too far off from what we have to do here! haha we wake up at 630 exercise then get ready for the day, then personal study, comp study, thendepending on the day we either do service or have weekly planning or to preach! then we have luch at 1 then we study the language, i have to teach my companion english too! then i have training because im a new guy, then we have the rest of the day from usually 4 until 9 to preach the gospel! thats the usual day in the life of me now! and i love every second of it! Hope you guys are having tons of un too! take advantage of every second of every day and have fun! its not ever worth it to let something get you down! have an amazing week!!! I love you guys so so much you are awesome! and great examples to me!
Con mucho amor
Elder Millward
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