Training

 We had a very busy week. Elder Montoya of the 70 came to talk to us missionaries. We all got to shake his hand. They told us if he asked us anything we need to answer. So he would shake your hand and say your last name. When I came up, he poorly pronounced Weyard and said, "Where are you from?" and me with my quick wit said " Washington." Then he said, " Ohh, Washington D.C." So I had to explain that there are two Washingtons for the millionth time on my mission. 

  He is from Mexico and spoke in General Conference in October. He told us about how it is to prepare a talk. You have to write it and send it in English. And it goes through about three chains up to the prophet. The prophet reads everything. It was amazing we were there from 8am til about 2pm. He spoke a lot about obedience and loving the people and most of all, your companion. It was incredible. 

It's funny to see the different accents they have here. Some sing while they talk. In Mexico they sing, so everyone was laughing. There is also a lot of words that are different. Polo is playera, palta is aguacate. Very fun to learn a new language. I would recommend it. Love you all. Have fun this week, and don't forget to write...

Kids Don't Lie

 We had many interesting experiences these last few weeks with kids not letting their parents lie. We knock on the door of a family and their housemaid (they are filthy rich) answered the door and said they weren't home. Then their five-year-old son Joshua comes running and screaming, "MENTIROSA, MI PAPA ESTA A DENTRO!!!" 

It made me happy that the kids trust us enough not to lie. Then we asked another family if they read The Book of Mormon. They looked at each other and their daughter Valentina said, "No they aren't reading, the book just sits there and nobody touches it. I would read it if I knew how to read." 

The kids here in Trujillo are much better than Chimbote. The kids in Chimbote yell whatever swear word they learned from songs or tv shows.

  Everything is good down here. We are teaching a woman and her son a little about when Christ died and also his apostles. Then we said the church was lost. She was so surprised that she said she wants to know if it is true. So we told her to pray to find out. But the next visit she did the opposite and asked her mom and looked it up on the internet. But she did find out that there is no relation between Peter and the first pope. The answer works, but it's much better if you just ask God.

Love you all, hope everything is going well. Take care of the states!

Ten

 Well we started the next change. I have 10 months completed. I don't know where the time went. We said goodbye to everyone on Monday and ate a lot of food. On Tuesday we had a training with the mission president. He told us to be obedient, and then a bunch of stories of lazy missionaries. It gave us ideas of what not to do.

  My companion Is Elder Zanabria. He is from Zurco, Lima. He was going to come at the same time as me, but got sick, so now he got stuck with me. He is really cool. And older than me. We have a couple that went to church for the first time. It's always fun to see their reactions and what they like. The ward is great here.

  I attached a picture of us and my favorite family. The husband and wife are both blind. They got to know each other in rehabilitation. The blind husband always accompanies us on Sunday. 

Love you guys, take care!!!

New Month

 We are ever so slowly coming out of winter. It's very cloudy right now, but little by little. We just finished the change. I had three months with my Peruvian companion and he's going to a little pueblo called Viru. And my comp is new. I'll meet him tomorrow. 

  There is a man we are teaching and his son is named Moroni, super Mormon. But he recently returned from El Salvador. They can't be outside past 6pm because it is so dangerous. That made me think my mission is a breeze. The university here is on vacation so we have a lot of people to visit. And lots of visitors. We will be walking in the street and the people will walk by and say Elderes. It's bizarre.

  Loving it down here. I've learned so much and everything is going really well. I'll send more pictures soon. Take care!