I have a Pday today, so that's kinda cool! I am in here, in my Peru area!!! This
is where we came proselyting (I cant spell this word in english or
spanish) two weeks ago, so it is kinda cool to be able to recognize
the area.
Yesterday, we met with President McGinn and people at the mission
office until like 2. Then after we had interviews and everything, they
paired us up with the trainors and that was that! My "Mama" is Hermana
who is my trainer. She is from Argentina and doesnt speak any English. This is
her last transfer, so in 6 weeks she goes home. She is super awesome
and can understand me when I try to talk! She doesnt have an Argentina
accent, so it is easier to understand her. We left with my giant
suitcases and drove in a taxi for like 20 minutes to our area. When we
got here, we had to call the zone leaders to carry my bags up the
millions of flights of stairs. It was nice not to have to do it by
myself again.
I had like 30 minutes to organize my books and get what I needed
because we had an appointment at 4pm. We visited a menos activo. After
that we went to a couple more places, but a lot of the people weren't
home. We had a lesson with an investigator who has a baptism date for
August 29, so hopefully that happens becuase that would be cool! The
last cita of the night was a family of four. They
have two young daughters who are just the cutest kids! We taught about
eternal families and it was so good! Then the 4 year old got her Book
of Mormon stories book (you know the one that we have that simplifies
the stories) and she tried to teach me Spanish. It was so funny and so
cute. She would run up to me and say random words in English. If I
stick with that kid, I'll be speaking the language in no time! I
really hope they get baptized. That would be the best! And they are
just so perfect!
This morning we had District and Zone meetings. In district meeting,
we practiced teaching. After the meeting was over, our district leader
asked how long everyone had been out, and I like this is my second
day. And he was like "no way!" And I was like "way!" Then he started
speaking English to me becuase he felt bad that he didnt know that at
the beginning. It was super funny! It made me feel pretty good about
my Spanish though. In Zone meeting, it was pretty cool to recognize
all the poeple I meet two weeks ago. And there was another new kid who
came from the CCM in Mexico. I was really suprised to see that. It
seems like a good group. We have 4 hermanas (including myself). I cant
wait to get to work with them!
So Lima Sur. It's the poorer part of Peru and I'm already seeing that
now. It's very humbling to see the differences between how different
people live. Even just our little "apartment" (with no hot water I
might add) is probably considered nice by some standards. But everyone
is super nice and they don't need much to be happy. In the US, people
need things to be happy, but here, they just need each other... and
the gospel ;-)
Tonight we are meeting the obispo and lidre misional of the barrio. So
that's kinda neat. Everyone says that they are awesome so I'm excited!
As for my español, I am just talking. It isnt always cohesive but as
one of the teachers in the CCM told us, "ESTAS SON MIS PALABRAS!" It's
so funny, but I'm excited! And the hermanas I talked with this morning
said that my accent is good and that I dont sound totally like a
Gringa. So that's kinda cool! I'm just ready to know Spanish. Poco a
poco, as we say.
MUCHO MUCHO MUCHO AMOR,
Hermana Elise Joyner
is where we came proselyting (I cant spell this word in english or
spanish) two weeks ago, so it is kinda cool to be able to recognize
the area.
Yesterday, we met with President McGinn and people at the mission
office until like 2. Then after we had interviews and everything, they
paired us up with the trainors and that was that! My "Mama" is Hermana
who is my trainer. She is from Argentina and doesnt speak any English. This is
her last transfer, so in 6 weeks she goes home. She is super awesome
and can understand me when I try to talk! She doesnt have an Argentina
accent, so it is easier to understand her. We left with my giant
suitcases and drove in a taxi for like 20 minutes to our area. When we
got here, we had to call the zone leaders to carry my bags up the
millions of flights of stairs. It was nice not to have to do it by
myself again.
I had like 30 minutes to organize my books and get what I needed
because we had an appointment at 4pm. We visited a menos activo. After
that we went to a couple more places, but a lot of the people weren't
home. We had a lesson with an investigator who has a baptism date for
August 29, so hopefully that happens becuase that would be cool! The
last cita of the night was a family of four. They
have two young daughters who are just the cutest kids! We taught about
eternal families and it was so good! Then the 4 year old got her Book
of Mormon stories book (you know the one that we have that simplifies
the stories) and she tried to teach me Spanish. It was so funny and so
cute. She would run up to me and say random words in English. If I
stick with that kid, I'll be speaking the language in no time! I
really hope they get baptized. That would be the best! And they are
just so perfect!
This morning we had District and Zone meetings. In district meeting,
we practiced teaching. After the meeting was over, our district leader
asked how long everyone had been out, and I like this is my second
day. And he was like "no way!" And I was like "way!" Then he started
speaking English to me becuase he felt bad that he didnt know that at
the beginning. It was super funny! It made me feel pretty good about
my Spanish though. In Zone meeting, it was pretty cool to recognize
all the poeple I meet two weeks ago. And there was another new kid who
came from the CCM in Mexico. I was really suprised to see that. It
seems like a good group. We have 4 hermanas (including myself). I cant
wait to get to work with them!
So Lima Sur. It's the poorer part of Peru and I'm already seeing that
now. It's very humbling to see the differences between how different
people live. Even just our little "apartment" (with no hot water I
might add) is probably considered nice by some standards. But everyone
is super nice and they don't need much to be happy. In the US, people
need things to be happy, but here, they just need each other... and
the gospel ;-)
Tonight we are meeting the obispo and lidre misional of the barrio. So
that's kinda neat. Everyone says that they are awesome so I'm excited!
As for my español, I am just talking. It isnt always cohesive but as
one of the teachers in the CCM told us, "ESTAS SON MIS PALABRAS!" It's
so funny, but I'm excited! And the hermanas I talked with this morning
said that my accent is good and that I dont sound totally like a
Gringa. So that's kinda cool! I'm just ready to know Spanish. Poco a
poco, as we say.
MUCHO MUCHO MUCHO AMOR,
Hermana Elise Joyner
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