oh boy that old man is nuts. perhaps he ate something that did it to him. this week i ate something and i haven´t felt right since. but perhaps that's just peru.
this week was a tough one. for almost 3 days we contacted families and nobody was home. not the investigators or the members or the menos activos. nobody. it´s tough at times. because the message we have is so precious, but at the same time nobody wants it. ugh. today we went exploring to the puerto pizarro and it is quite the port. i´ll send some pictures next week and i'll just say that they sure do love their colors. their boats are all sorts of crazy colors. actually i think that is one of my most favorite things. Is the colors everywhere you turn its bright and usually flashing one the mototaxis there are usually. a bunch of neon flashing lights. i´ll try for a picture, but its hard to do because we work every night.
to be honest the weeks are flying by. sometimes the days seem to drag on forever, but the more you just think maralin needs this or maybe we can teach this familia about this. before i know it i´m writing home. Its funny i usually don´t feel like a missionary because missionaries are old and serious and super spiritual. and then i´m in a lesson pleading with somebody to come to church because i know that it will bless their lives. It´s just weird. i think because it feels so natural. and easy. i think that is the thing that i didn´t understand before my mission was that it is super easy to share the gospel. it really doesn´t take much. as president uctdorf said preach the gospel at all times and if necessary use words.
have i told you about the gringachos? all the little kids here love to call me gringacho. and i have been thinking of what to say back because i am a missionary, and i can´t say anything rude. so i thought to myself im white they're brown. hmmmm and their peruanos. so when the little kids shout out gringacho i shout back peruanos. it makes me feel better.
this week we knocked the door of a less active recent convert. and found his girlfriend and started teaching her. and its funny because he can´t go to church because he looks after her kids during church, so she can go to school. they are living together that will take some time but hopefully they have the faith to follow the commandments. anyway hopefully they are both coming to church with all of their children this week.
weird experiences
they don´t spare any expense when it comes to birthday parties. i´m talking 6 hour parties with music balloons for 4 year olds. and they have this song that goes chu chu a chu chu a chu chu ua ua ua apparently its a the sound a train makes. i think its really weird but they all seem to love it.
corazon serano (its a popular band here in peru) look them up cause i practically listen to them because peruvians have no sense of spacial boundaries. or sound
so in peru the pharmacies are a little different. they sell everything behind the counter. trust me everything. baking soda, hair gel yeah hair gel let me tell you behind the counter strength hair gel that stuff is almost prescription for your missionary comb over.
anyway
perhaps some questions would help i pretty much have run out of things to tell you guys. its tough cause i really see and hear a lot but its hard to explain in words
i´ll try to send more pictures next week
until then
may the force be with you
Elder Preece
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