Week #2 in Cajamarca

Well, week 2 here in Cajamarca:

Monday

We went to Llacanora with our district and some other missionaries. It was a short hike to some waterfalls and the top of a hill. It was super pretty but I was in my sandals, so that was interesting...on the bus ride back to Cajamarca, two little kids got on and they were eating chicken feet...

Wednesday

We had a good lesson with Carla, and had a lesson with a less-active and his wife. He seemed kind of excited about it but his wife didn't seem very interested. We'll see where that goes. When we got back to our room at night, there were ants everywhere! I had left out a drink from the morning, and the ants that come in through the door were all over the cup and my desk, so that was gross.

Friday

We had splits and I got to go with my great grandma, Hna Canizales (her trainer's trainer's trainer, I think). She's great but going home after this transfer. It was fun to speak English but we didn't have very many lessons. Their area has the market, and wow, that is an interesting place. People selling just about everything you could think of and the smell is just fantastic...also, we were going up this one street knocking on doors, and a funeral procession was making its way up the street. The pallbearers were carrying the casket, and behind them were a bunch of people and a mariachi band. Definitly something you don't see in the US. 

Sunday

We had arranged to pick up Carla for church, but she texted early Sunday morning and said she couldn't go...chispas. But church was good and we had some good lessons. We picked up some new investigators who are pretty catholic, but hopefully we'll be able to teach them some more. 

Peru is definitely very different from home, there are dogs everywhere, the showers are cold, and I've promised that I will never again complain about Utah drivers. I've only had two encounters with spiders so that's good, but a very large one fell out of my towel one morning... I'm starting to get used to things, and we've taught some good lessons. My Spanish is starting to improve too, but it's still hard to understand people. Something funny is that when members ask where I'm from and I say Utah, sometimes they respond with, o la fabrica, or the factory, like mormon factory. It's kinda funny. Anyway, I hope you all have a good week, love you all!!

Hna Stevenson

 Hiking in Llacanora

Splits with Hermana Canizales

  Our pensionista for lunch and dinner, Hna Kathy

Cajamarca and lots of pictures!

Well, my last week at the CCM was great! On Sunday, Elder Mortensen, Hermana Webster, Hermana Moeaki and I spoke in church and that was good. Hermana Webster introduced herself as me so that was funny. 

Monday we packed and watched 17 miracles. I didnt sleep much cuz Hermanas Webster, Johnson and Allen got up at 4 to leave to Cuzco. It was super sad saying goodbye to Hermana Webster, I'm going to miss her a ton.

Tuesday our Trujillo North group went to the temple, then said goodbye to the Moores and went to the airport. President and Sis. Marble (of Trujillo North), the assistants, and the office elders were there to welcome us with a flag and a sign so that was cool! We stayed the night at the mission home and that was a lot of fun. The Marbles are super cool!  

Wednesday we found out who are trainers would be and where we 'd be going. I'm with Hermana Delgado from Ecuador (who just finished being trained....) and I am in the  Aeropuerto 3 area of the Cajamarca stake! I said goodbye to my friends and we got on the bus to Cajamarca. It was 6.5 hours cuz  its clear up in the mountains. They showed Bedtime Stories so I watched that. The zone leaders met us at the bus station and then we went to drop our stuff off at the apartment and went to meet our pensionistas. Hna Laura is our pension for breakfast and she just lives upstairs. Hna Kathy is for breakfast and dinner and is a few blocks away. They're both super nice!

Thursday - my first real day...We had district meeting and that was fun to meet my zone and district. Then for the rest of the day we had lessons with members, investigators, and less actives, and did a lot of walking....

Friday - 3 days a week whoever wants to meets at the church to play soccer for exercise time. That was fun, then I had my first weekly planning. For lunch, I don't know what we had, but my insides will be purple for weeks. The chicken/veggie mixture was purple, the drink was purple, and the pudding was purple. Later in the day I extended my first baptismal invitation and she said yes! We'll see what happens with that.                                    

Saturday - there's a little town called Otuzco in our area that we go to like once a week.  We took a super crowded bus out there and had one lesson. I don't have pictures, so you can look it up. Then we just tried to find people and had a few lessons.  

    

Sunday - My first Sunday was good, I met a lot of people. The zone leaders and the sister training leaders are in our ward so that's fun. I had no idea what was going on in ward council, and it was super long. We had some lessons with members later, and ate lunch with the sister leaders pension and ate at the bishop's house at night. 

Peru is kinda crazy, especially the drivers. Taking the motos is fun, but they are crazy drivers! This is super hard, but last night I was looking at the quotes Aunt Des sent me, and there's one that's by Elder Eyring that says 'if you're on the right path it will always be uphill'. I know it will get better, I just have to be patient. I love you all so much, have an amazing week!!!     

                                                       

From the CCM to Trujillo

 Anna left the Lima MTC on Tuesday and flew to Trujillo. She was able to make a brief call home from the airport! It was great to hear her voice and she used a pay phone for the first time in her life:) We received a short email from her on Wednesday and Sister Marble, the mission president's wife, also sent an email with pictures. We can't wait for Monday and a report on how her first week went!

Hi mom and dad! I'm here in Trujillo and I've met my trainer, Hermana Delgado! She seems really cool and I'm super excited for my area! I'll be in Cajamarca!!! I'll send more on PDay (Monday), but I love you all so much, have such a good week!!

Anna

Dear Stevenson Family,

Hola!  We wanted to let you know that your daughter arrived safely in Trujillo last night.  We are so excited to have her here.  We already love her and know that she will be a wonderful missionary.  She and her companion left this afternoon for their assigned area.  We have included a picture of her arrival, a picture of her at the mission home with us and a picture of her with her new companion.

Much love to you,

President and Sister Marble

Peru Trujillo North Mission​

WELCOME TO TRUJILLO! 

 President and Sister Marble

Sisters Stevenson and Delgado

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GOD BLESS AMERICA!

HOLA!! I hope you all had a good fourth of july! Peru is still great, here’s some updates.
 
Wednesday
The temple was good as always, I’m going to miss going every week. Hermana Webster and I decided to do an ab workout before bed but ended up just laughing most of the time, so we got a good ab workout anyways. It was super fun, I love her so much, we have a ton of fun together!! Our evening teacher, hermano Quintana, got married on Tuesday to one of the other teachers here, so he told us a bit about that and we got to see some pictures so that was fun.
 
Friday
Super normal, but WE COMMITED EMERSON TO BAPTISM!! That was super awesome, and he’s still progressing!
 
Saturday
Hermano Cajo (morning teacher), Hermano Quintana, and President Moore played soccer with us at physical activity!! It was so much fun! It was those three against our district of six, and they actually kind of destroyed us….hermano Quintana is waaaaay good and hermano cajo is pretty good too. It was so much fun! In the Elder Bednar devotional we watched last Sunday, he said to get a cheap book of Mormon and to read it focusing on a specific topic or question. I’ve started to do that and I’m focusing on the character and attributes of Christ. It’s so cool how much of a difference that makes! I actually look forward to reading the book of Mormon and I’m learning a ton! It’s the coolest.
 
Sunday
We had a super good testimony meeting and really good classes and meetings the rest of the day. Sundays are the best days here, they’re so spiritual and we learn so much.
 
Monday
We definitely celebrated the fourth of July! All the Americans wore red, white, and blue, and we sang America songs in class so that was way cool. Even some of the teachers wore red white and blue, and wished us all a happy America day! For lunch, the comedor workers made
us fried chicken, French fries, and watermelon and it was the BEST! They had also made a cake to look like an American flag!!! They are the COOLEST!! Then for dinner we had cheeseburgers!!! Not quite the same as an American cheeseburger, but a cheeseburger! And there were sublimes so it was quite an amazing day!! The comedor workers were so excited to give us American food and it was a great day for everyone!! GOD BLESS AMERICA.
 
That’s about it for this week, the next update will be from the Peru, Trujillo North mission!!!!! Super exciting, but kinda scary too…..and I’m super sad to leave my companion…but it will be such a great adventure, I’m so excited to go teach real people!!! Love you all, have a fantastic week!!!

Aren't we the cutest? #compgoals

 MY PLANNER FOR THE FOURTH!!!