Well
it’s been another great week here at the CCM!
Wednesday
We had a good PDay, the temple was awesome as usual, but it was sad to not be with our Avanzados…I got nice new Spanish scriptures which I’m super excited about because I haven’t had new scriptures since I was 8!!
Thursday
Our lessons with our ‘investigator’ Emerson have been interesting because he’s super catholic and has a lot of questions that he wants answered from the Bible. On Thursday we were supposed to be answering another question but I felt like we needed to tell him that he needs
to find out for himself about that and if what we’ve been teaching is true. That lesson went super well and he’s starting to progress more. It’s been awesome to learn how to recognize and listen to the spirit and be prompted what to say, because when the spirit speaks through
us, that’s when people learn. Later that night, Hna Moeaki came into our room and she and I talked about how we’re going to be FBI/government agents together someday. It sounds dumb but it was SUPER funny.
Saturday
WE LEFT THE WALLS. We went proselyting with the ‘real’ missionaries in the Lima Este mission and wow, it was an adventure…when we got to the church to meet the missionaries we’d be going with, they weren't there so we sat in the chapel and sang hymns. That was good because I was pretty nervous and it calmed me down. Hna Webster and I got to go with the only American sister there, Hna Minnson. She’s been out 13 months so she gave us lots of really good advice. We went to a lesson with a recently baptized convert that they’re continuing to teach, and walked about 25 minutes through Lima to get there. When we walked in the
door, this lady’s little boy ran up and gave us all hugs and he is just SO CUTE!! The lesson kind of got off track and hna Webster and I lost track of what was going on. But afterwards, the member was super nice and talked to us a bit. It was a good experience and I hope
things continue to go well with her. We took a mototaxi back to the church and that was CRAZY! We got to take a picture with Hermana Minnson and said goodbye. She was super cool and told us a lot of really good, and scary stories that have happened to her, which I will
not repeat. The whole experience kinda freaked all of us out and we were all very happy to be back in the safety of our big walls. Peru is very different than America and white, teenage girls stick out pretty bad…but then I remember that I’ll have grandma Karen and grandpa Arlo
with me and that if I’m obedient and try to be a good missionary, I’ll be protected.
Sunday
Hands-down the most spiritual day we’ve had. In sacrament meeting, we (the new avanzados) sang ‘Abide with me, tis eventide’ as the intermediate hymn and that was INCREDIBLE! It’s one of my favorite hymns and it was amazing to sing it together. All of our classes and
meetings were super super good, and then we got to watch an old Elder Bednar devotional!! We all get ridiculously excited for devotionals, especially when it’s elder Bednar. His wife spoke too, she’s so sweet and always has really good thoughts and insights. He spoke about the
character of Christ and it was so powerful! Afterwards we had a district meeting to discuss it and Hermana Moore (MTC President's wife) was with us, and she always adds so much to things like that. It was an incredibly spiritual day, and it really just solidified my testimony of the truthfulness of the church and the importance of the work we’re doing.
Tuesday
An area 70 was supposed to give our devotional but couldn’t come, so Elder Hansen from our branch presidency spoke. Before it started, he showed a slideshow video of pictures of all the baptisms from June 2010 when he was a mission president in Veracruz, Mexico. The video
was 12.5 minutes long and it was just baptisms from one month! Hna Allen and I played our violin duet and it went really well! It was awesome to play again and we got a lot of compliments. Elder Hansen’s talk was super good, and I understood almost all of it!! (he spoke in spanish and I didn’t use the headset to translate). So that was cool. For the closing hymn, we (the avanzados) sang the EFY medley and thatwas AMAZING!! I had chills the whole time and the spirit was so strong! Since being here I’ve realized how powerfully music can bring
the spirit to a meeting. It’s so powerful and I’ve loved the opportunity to sing so much and to play the violin.
I hope everyone at home is doing well and that you all have a fantastic week! The CCM is awesome, but you’ll only get one more update from here before I'm in the field! I love you all!!
Wednesday
We had a good PDay, the temple was awesome as usual, but it was sad to not be with our Avanzados…I got nice new Spanish scriptures which I’m super excited about because I haven’t had new scriptures since I was 8!!
Thursday
Our lessons with our ‘investigator’ Emerson have been interesting because he’s super catholic and has a lot of questions that he wants answered from the Bible. On Thursday we were supposed to be answering another question but I felt like we needed to tell him that he needs
to find out for himself about that and if what we’ve been teaching is true. That lesson went super well and he’s starting to progress more. It’s been awesome to learn how to recognize and listen to the spirit and be prompted what to say, because when the spirit speaks through
us, that’s when people learn. Later that night, Hna Moeaki came into our room and she and I talked about how we’re going to be FBI/government agents together someday. It sounds dumb but it was SUPER funny.
Saturday
WE LEFT THE WALLS. We went proselyting with the ‘real’ missionaries in the Lima Este mission and wow, it was an adventure…when we got to the church to meet the missionaries we’d be going with, they weren't there so we sat in the chapel and sang hymns. That was good because I was pretty nervous and it calmed me down. Hna Webster and I got to go with the only American sister there, Hna Minnson. She’s been out 13 months so she gave us lots of really good advice. We went to a lesson with a recently baptized convert that they’re continuing to teach, and walked about 25 minutes through Lima to get there. When we walked in the
door, this lady’s little boy ran up and gave us all hugs and he is just SO CUTE!! The lesson kind of got off track and hna Webster and I lost track of what was going on. But afterwards, the member was super nice and talked to us a bit. It was a good experience and I hope
things continue to go well with her. We took a mototaxi back to the church and that was CRAZY! We got to take a picture with Hermana Minnson and said goodbye. She was super cool and told us a lot of really good, and scary stories that have happened to her, which I will
not repeat. The whole experience kinda freaked all of us out and we were all very happy to be back in the safety of our big walls. Peru is very different than America and white, teenage girls stick out pretty bad…but then I remember that I’ll have grandma Karen and grandpa Arlo
with me and that if I’m obedient and try to be a good missionary, I’ll be protected.
Sunday
Hands-down the most spiritual day we’ve had. In sacrament meeting, we (the new avanzados) sang ‘Abide with me, tis eventide’ as the intermediate hymn and that was INCREDIBLE! It’s one of my favorite hymns and it was amazing to sing it together. All of our classes and
meetings were super super good, and then we got to watch an old Elder Bednar devotional!! We all get ridiculously excited for devotionals, especially when it’s elder Bednar. His wife spoke too, she’s so sweet and always has really good thoughts and insights. He spoke about the
character of Christ and it was so powerful! Afterwards we had a district meeting to discuss it and Hermana Moore (MTC President's wife) was with us, and she always adds so much to things like that. It was an incredibly spiritual day, and it really just solidified my testimony of the truthfulness of the church and the importance of the work we’re doing.
Tuesday
An area 70 was supposed to give our devotional but couldn’t come, so Elder Hansen from our branch presidency spoke. Before it started, he showed a slideshow video of pictures of all the baptisms from June 2010 when he was a mission president in Veracruz, Mexico. The video
was 12.5 minutes long and it was just baptisms from one month! Hna Allen and I played our violin duet and it went really well! It was awesome to play again and we got a lot of compliments. Elder Hansen’s talk was super good, and I understood almost all of it!! (he spoke in spanish and I didn’t use the headset to translate). So that was cool. For the closing hymn, we (the avanzados) sang the EFY medley and thatwas AMAZING!! I had chills the whole time and the spirit was so strong! Since being here I’ve realized how powerfully music can bring
the spirit to a meeting. It’s so powerful and I’ve loved the opportunity to sing so much and to play the violin.
I hope everyone at home is doing well and that you all have a fantastic week! The CCM is awesome, but you’ll only get one more update from here before I'm in the field! I love you all!!
Our District
(apparently Anna did not get the memo on the teal skirt:)
Sublimes!!
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