We’re Avanzados
now!! (The North American missionaries who have been in the MTC for 3 weeks) Our avanzados left Tuesday morning, it was super super sad, I really love
all of them!! But the new Americans got here at 3 this morning so we all woke
up and told them to just go to bed. We’ll meet them and get to know them better
today and tomorrow. But it’s been a great week here in Peru!!
Wednesday
We got to do the temple session in English because we filled up the whole room and that was awesome, I got so much more out of it and it was awesome to go one more time with the avanzados. Afterwards we took a zone picture. The good thing is that all of them either live in or go to school in Utah or Idaho so it won’t be too hard to find each other once we get back. I still miss them a ton though.
Thursday
Pretty uneventful except that our class spider, Pedra, died. I sent a pic of her last week, the big black and yellow thing. She lived in a bush outside our classroom window, but they took out the bush and killed her… who would have ever thought I’d be sad about a spider dying jajaja.
Friday
It’s SO COLD! All of us are always cold anyways cuz they keep the AC turned up super high but now it’s cold outside too. Something funny happened in class though. Hermano Quintana was asking what a Spanish word means in English and the word was ‘acostumbra’ which means to be accustomed to. So elder Mortensen who sits next to me said ‘a custom bra!’ it was super funny, Hermana Webster and I DIED laughing!! He’s super funny, our district is so fun!!
Sunday
All of our church meetings were super good as always, and we got to watch the Joseph Smith movie! Our other classes were great as well, and we watched an old MTC devo with Elder Holland. You think his conference talks are powerful, you should have heard this devo! He was very upfront and did not mince his words. He talked about how we as missionaries have to live up to the good image of missionaries and the church, cuz we’re kind of an unofficial symbol of the church. It was really awesome and super motivating. After that, the Avanzados had a short testimony meeting so we got to go and listen to their
testimonies and that was super cool to hear all them do that.
Monday
Another Hermana in my district and I are playing a violin duet of ‘If You Could Hie to Kolob’ for next week’s devotional so we practiced this week. The two violins they have here are not very good, the one I’m using is only a ¾ size and pretty terrible. But since we both know how to play well, it sounds alright. I’ve never wanted my good violin so badly though. Monday night we had to say goodbye to our Avanzados and it was so so so sad!! I love them all so much and I know they’ll be awesome missionaries, but it was hard to say goodbye. The good thing though is that everyone either lives in or goes to school in Utah or Idaho, so it shouldn’t be too hard to find each other once we all get back.
Tuesday
Super lonely because the avanzados and the latinos left so it was just our district and the other American district. For our service project yesterday we made all the beds for all the new hermanas getting here today and tomorrow.
I love being here at the CCM, I love my companion, our district, the other district, the food, our teachers, feeling the spirit, getting to go to the temple every week, and learning how to speak to and teach the people of Peru!!! I can’t remember who told us, but they said that we’re not here to learn Spanish so we can feel cool when we go home and know a second language, we’re here to learn how to teach the gospel to the people of Peru in their own language. It’s been a good three weeks of ups and downs, but overall it’s really amazing, and I can’t wait to get to my mission!!! I hope everything is going well at home, I love and miss you all!!! BTW, 'dulce' means sweet and Elder Mortensen has started saying it instead of sweet, like when something good happens. It's funny because people don't actually say that here, but we all think it's really funny(: Also, 'que en el mundo' translates to 'what in the world' so we say that too, even though people here don't say it. Our teachers think we're crazy, but we think we're hilarious! (:
Wednesday
We got to do the temple session in English because we filled up the whole room and that was awesome, I got so much more out of it and it was awesome to go one more time with the avanzados. Afterwards we took a zone picture. The good thing is that all of them either live in or go to school in Utah or Idaho so it won’t be too hard to find each other once we get back. I still miss them a ton though.
Thursday
Pretty uneventful except that our class spider, Pedra, died. I sent a pic of her last week, the big black and yellow thing. She lived in a bush outside our classroom window, but they took out the bush and killed her… who would have ever thought I’d be sad about a spider dying jajaja.
Friday
It’s SO COLD! All of us are always cold anyways cuz they keep the AC turned up super high but now it’s cold outside too. Something funny happened in class though. Hermano Quintana was asking what a Spanish word means in English and the word was ‘acostumbra’ which means to be accustomed to. So elder Mortensen who sits next to me said ‘a custom bra!’ it was super funny, Hermana Webster and I DIED laughing!! He’s super funny, our district is so fun!!
Sunday
All of our church meetings were super good as always, and we got to watch the Joseph Smith movie! Our other classes were great as well, and we watched an old MTC devo with Elder Holland. You think his conference talks are powerful, you should have heard this devo! He was very upfront and did not mince his words. He talked about how we as missionaries have to live up to the good image of missionaries and the church, cuz we’re kind of an unofficial symbol of the church. It was really awesome and super motivating. After that, the Avanzados had a short testimony meeting so we got to go and listen to their
testimonies and that was super cool to hear all them do that.
Monday
Another Hermana in my district and I are playing a violin duet of ‘If You Could Hie to Kolob’ for next week’s devotional so we practiced this week. The two violins they have here are not very good, the one I’m using is only a ¾ size and pretty terrible. But since we both know how to play well, it sounds alright. I’ve never wanted my good violin so badly though. Monday night we had to say goodbye to our Avanzados and it was so so so sad!! I love them all so much and I know they’ll be awesome missionaries, but it was hard to say goodbye. The good thing though is that everyone either lives in or goes to school in Utah or Idaho, so it shouldn’t be too hard to find each other once we all get back.
Tuesday
Super lonely because the avanzados and the latinos left so it was just our district and the other American district. For our service project yesterday we made all the beds for all the new hermanas getting here today and tomorrow.
I love being here at the CCM, I love my companion, our district, the other district, the food, our teachers, feeling the spirit, getting to go to the temple every week, and learning how to speak to and teach the people of Peru!!! I can’t remember who told us, but they said that we’re not here to learn Spanish so we can feel cool when we go home and know a second language, we’re here to learn how to teach the gospel to the people of Peru in their own language. It’s been a good three weeks of ups and downs, but overall it’s really amazing, and I can’t wait to get to my mission!!! I hope everything is going well at home, I love and miss you all!!! BTW, 'dulce' means sweet and Elder Mortensen has started saying it instead of sweet, like when something good happens. It's funny because people don't actually say that here, but we all think it's really funny(: Also, 'que en el mundo' translates to 'what in the world' so we say that too, even though people here don't say it. Our teachers think we're crazy, but we think we're hilarious! (:
Our Avanzados
Misty Morning
Elder Mortensen
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