Changes

 Well we had some changes. My companion had a change and now I'm here with Elder Ortiz from Colombia. I met him in my old zone. He has one week till he finishes... It's been a very crazy week. We've been working like crazy with the few days that are left. Learning a lot from him.

  There was a lot of things that happened. We had Thanksgiving. Our landlady has children in the states and knows how to have Thanksgiving. We ate sweet potatoes, turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls, and apple sauce... It was soo good. An hermana also invited us to  come and eat lasagna. It was incredible. 

  There was a great activity as a stake here. It was all about Family History. We opened up the church all day Saturday and set up like 30 computers inside to index and set up accounts. It was a great idea but very few people. In my few hours there we got one family to go in. It was a women and her two kids. We invited her to go in and see what it was like. But she said she doesn't want to go to church, she wanted me to take her to the States. It was weird. The good news is that she lives far away. We'll pass the address. 

Anyway. Love you guys. Have a great start of December. We'll see what happens with the changes next week!

Tacos

 Well we had a very crazy week. When I was in Chimbote I lived with a certain Elder Ralston from Idaho Falls. He called me on Saturday while I was on a work visit and said he was in my area. We went and chatted and he accompanied us on a visit. The lesson was very powerful. It was great to hear him testify in Spanish after having two months in his house. He really helped me a lot to get to the point where I am at. He said he'll save me a room in BYU-I when I come back. His Grandma gave me two tootsie rolls. It is impossible to explain the joy I felt at that moment. It was like in the move Meet the Mormons when that guy gives two pieces of gum out. I was the kid that got the wrapper. She said the chocolate here sucks, I've gotten used to it. I don't even know what good is.

  I'm on a work visit right now with my Zone Leader. He is the second Mexican in the mission, the first is my trainer. They both finish in two weeks. I coordinated a lunch today to eat tacos for the last time and got an apron. #CHOLOSOY (a cholo is slang for a Peruvian) It has been a great day to learn from someone with 23 months. Love the mission!

Happy Birthday

 This was a crazy week . On Tuesday I scheduled a work visit with another elder. So he came to my area on Saturday and I forgot it was my birthday. The other Gringo is not my comp; he is in my District. It was a challenge because I'm new here and not many people knew. But it went down like this:

Breakfast: Pancakes with the landlady. AMAZING!

Lunch: There is a family and the dad's birthday was also the 12th,

          We ate Cuy. That's Guinea Pig. It was pretty good.

Dinner: We ate Leche de Tigre y Chicharrón de Pescado y langostino. 

Then: I got Grandma's package.

All in all a great day. And on Sunday was the primary program. It made me very happy. Thanks for all the birthday wishes, it was a great day. Love you all!!!

Templo!

 We did not have P-Day on Monday. We got to go to the temple! This was the third time I got to go in my mission! It was awesome. I miss working in Seattle at the temple. I got to see a few people from my old ward there too. I put in a couple pictures. I have learned a lot here. I think I know my area better than my companion. He gets us lost and we walk a lot. Also another Elder from my district says on a scale of 1 to 10, my Spanish is a 7. But he says that his is an 8, and he is Peruvian! That made me feel good. 

  We found a family of less actives. It's a mom and her five kids at home. She has one son in the mission, and doesn't go now. We got into the house finally and found out she is in debt to a bunch of members and hasn't paid them back. It's sad that it comes to that. I will apply a word of advice from a different less-active. He said, "If someone asks for money you have to be direct and serious right off the bat. You say NO! They will feel bad and never ask you again." 

He was a little insane. 

  We also did some service and I found some crabs. They are so little and they eat them when they are that big. I told them about when I went crabbing and you can't keep them if the are smaller than 6" and they got really confused. What are you going to do? Anyway. Have a great week!!