your stinking letter

Dear Family,

It’s been an interesting week and let’s just says that i'm tired. Really tired. …….. tired. But that’s what happens when you are disobedient in going to bed, but obedient in waking up. . . something that will be changing this week. Because I don’t like being tired. Well this tired. As for our trip last week, it was awesome, but it reminded me too much of life on the outside. so that was a bummer when Tuesday hit. But hey, i'm not going to complain too loud because I just turned 16.

This week we had a few adventures. my comp fell ill with the runs, and we kept having to return to the apartment because he won't use the bathrooms of members for anything more than number 1. which I always thought was ridiculous, but then again with some of the bathrooms down here i'm not surprised. like my personal fav was a nice hole in the ground, and it was too dark to see anything else. (in some of the areas there still isn’t such thing as plumbing) and finally my comp got so bad that he didn’t want to leave and that really frustrates me because I understand why, but I hate not being able to work. but luckily we were able to call in reinforcements andy and ivan. andy was sick too, so he had time to sit with my comp. and ivan went with me to the appointments, and we had a good afternoon working our tootsies off.

We have an investigator that we are working with marko Antonio and his wife rosa. They have a real crappy situation; he's addicted to gambling, and she has had to suffer for 9 years him coming home with nothing for the children. It’s a real tough situation, and we have been doing everything to help them. It’s a real tragedy to see how wickedly Satan can destroy a family.

Other than that I am tranquil, as the Latin’s say, I have this tendency to get really frustrated with the elders because they don’t act like I think they should and a lot of times like they shouldn’t. but this week we had interviews with pres. And it was a great relief for me as I spoke with him and his wife to realize that they really feel like I am doing a good job and that they understand the crap that happens and more than anything they just told me that I need to be careful that I don’t lower my standards, but that I really evaluate what is important and what isn’t.  And that’s what I am trying to do. I am trying to think of what is the goal behind what we are doing. for example I get frustrated when we don’t have good studies, but the purpose of the study is to build the companionship. so if I am destroying It by being angry or frustrated that's not helping anyone. Things like that and just having realistic expectations

But just so yall know I really hope my next comp gets up before 7 30 and likes running and isn’t from Ecuador

Elder Preece

May the force be with you.

Un abrazo fuerte

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So this week was great! We have been working hard, so I've decided to be happy. Which is good because my comp is happier too. To be honest, this week we talked and just said I don't know why we get so angry...it's really stupid. Since then we've been good. Cool, 

plus he's been a little more obedient, so I'm cool. 

Not much to report other than all the video games and movies down here are pirated jaja. They only play soccer, so I guess that is okay haha. Another thing I learned to do is wink jaja. My traits like Harrison Ford are growing jaja. I just lack a quick wit and a dashing smile and the hair...I never understood the hair but hey. I've made some good friends and my ZL is Elder Eddington, which is awesome because I have missed that son of a gun. We spent a good minute laughing about the stupid things we did in the mtc with our district buds, as for the week nothing really special to report. We have been killing things...baptisms, reactivation, temple names the whole shibang.

BTW just so you know, now as missionaries we have to help people do their family history, read the B of M and also keep them active for a year, plus work with less actives and find investigators. It's great but at least we ain't tracting haha. BTW working with the dead is so much easier jaja.

Also, we had stake conference this week. I slept for about an hour, but woke up just in time for Hermana Rowley, Pres, and Elder Vallejo. We took a foto with him because he is from Guayaquil just like my comp jaja. They've  got a thing there. As for my comp, we are doing well. I feel like a lot of times in the mission we just get super stressed, and we fight a lot. I don't like being the one that starts a lot of the fighting.

Today, we played free for all dodge ball and that was fun! We played in the church, which has tile that is slippery, so we were falling and jumping it was almost like an ice rink but not as cold just hot. jaja. I can dream right? After we played mafia, and I got chosen as a member of the mafia every time but two times. I killed every body.

I can hardly complain,  of course we played it mish style with gadianton robbers and the like, but i was feeling pretty sithlike after killing everybody. 

In our district we are 

elder salvatierra elder ku 

elder villena and me

hermana marinez and hermana garcia(she reminds me of mckell.jaja)

and those who played from the zone

elder gonzales with elder eddington

elder plamer and elder rodriguez

hrna guachaya and hrna ransom

I love ya'll,  keep of the good work serving each other and moving the house. I will just keep working and sharing these words of wisdom:

may the force be freaking with you malvados

Elder Preece out

check out this vid

http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=3701964025001

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Querido family

How's it going? I'm sure you're having a ball with your last few weeks of summer. i'm just enjoying the lovely 90 winter. i even saw a few kids bathing. i was thinking what a strange winter we are having now, aren't we- haha the good thing is that i no longer sweat a ton at 90 degrees seems like being a preece camel is a good thing in peru. This week was a downer we had fewer lessons than we have had in a long long time, and two of our baptisms fell through. but i'm not complaining because both will probably baptize soon just not now. Because it's really tough for some people to go to church surprise, but it's tough to understand that when the only time you have attended church was Christmas and easter.  But as for the rest of my district they did awesome we have 8 people with baptism dates and 2 more that will have one soon, so I am super happy. Because the zone leaders are happy. Also my old mtc comp is now my zone leader that’s pretty cool even though he didn’t fall too well with me at first. I realize just how awesome of a companion he really was. he helped me cope with the mtc a bunch. also I learned that the rest of my mtc district finally made it to argentina, which is awesome. I thought the poor suckers had been stuck in the states, but I have realized that wouldn’t be so bad... cars, nicer apartments and for sure less problem elders. . . well I'm not sure about that hahaha

As for this week we have found a few good new investigators, which is awesome because we really don’t have too many as of right now because we baptized the best and have 2 or 3 or and that were going to be in the middle of the desert with boat and no oars, but we are having some luck.  As for me and my personal progress I am impressed with the way that i have been able to handle my comp. it's been rough because personally I  hate having to correct people or interrupt them which is really dumb. But it’s the way it is. I try more to motivate then to force. But my comp is a disaster very cocky, very arrogant, very controlling, very manipulating. But what surprises me about my self is how I have had the strength to do what I know to be right even though he tries to push his own agenda. but that I realize is going to be a great strength for the rest of my life because people are always trying to take advantage of others. And I need to be able to recognize that and be able to stand firm even though they do things that hurt me. But I have decided that I am not going to marry someone who is like that because I really don’t want to fight for the rest of my life. It would be aweful. . . but anyways, I had the crazy thought this week that I will be home before school gets out in the spring that gave me a shock. But I recovered.  

This last week I finish the bom (book of mormon) and the new testament, and let's just say it’s a wild ride in Spanish, but I've started to read the bom in English and now the d and c but in Spanish. Also I've got plans to read the general conferences since 2013, but there is not a ton of time for studying. so it’s a real battle because we have been running for the mornings. not sure how I pulled off that miracle because my comp struggles in the mornings. But hey i'm down. So things a looking up.   

I love yall and just want you to keep on keeping on and doing the good things that ya know you should like fhe and reading your scriptures. They really protect the fam. Btw looking forward to the eternity with yall .jajaj

May the force be with you.

And take luck

Elder Preece

fotos from the baptism a while ago