First week in the Peru MTC
Posted by cameron and chelsea , Thursday, June 12, 2014 1:48 PM
Sorry only "20 minutes this tuesday and then next tuesday
at 2 i get an hour to talk so sorry. Its been really good here! There are only
about 130 missionaries here. So its very small compared to other mtcs. Lets
see, on wednesday i was pretty down and sad, just becaused I missed everyone...
So ya it was a rough day, but I soon was able to feel the spirit later on that
day. Thursday we did a lot of spanish, which is hard.. Friday we did a mix of
teaching and spanish classes. Same on Saturday, then sunday was church and it
was a long day.... I fell asleep periodically throughout the day.. But so far
it has been good. Mi companero´s name is Elder Leonard. He is from colorado. He
is way cool. Then in my room there is Elder Simper, Elder Rodreguiez (who is
from utah and believe it or not speaks no spanish at all, its kinda funny cause
he has a new jersey accent), then Elder Baka, who i knew from EFY which is
kinda crazy!? and Elder Pakham (he is loud a lot). But all in all it has been a
great experience so far. ...........The food....... its not that bad... but
ya... no its pretty bad... its usually eggs and watered down yogurt for
breakfast, then lunch is some type of chicken and rice with some sorta weird
cooked potatoes, then for dinner... ya i dont even know what it is... its just
meat rice and some type of weird soup.. One time I had a bowl of soup with
chicken feet in it... wasnt that bad. Today is my Preparation day. We got to go
to the temple which was a great experience. It was just rough getting there. They
let us take a bus without any leaders and we just get on and get off it cost
about 15 cents per person. But the people here are crazy... basically everyone
just does what they want when they are driving.. it is soooo scary. But after
the temple we got to go to a store and i got some snacks and some inca cola. it
was pretty cool, but i just froze up every time people would talk to me in
spanish because i have no idea what they are saying. The latinoes here love me
since I play soccer with them during physical activity, they call me there
favorite gringo since i am pretty good is what they say. Elder Sanchez is from
bolivia, and he knows noo english but he is soo good at soccer, but one day his
only pair of cargo shorts ripped so he didnt play after that anymore because he
didnt have clothes, so i gave him a pair of basketball shorts to have so he can
play.. I am pretty sure they are bridgers shorts anyways but oh well, he needed
them more than me. and he was so grateful and got on his knees and started crying
when i gave them to him.. it was really sweet but not necessary so i told him
to stop crying and he did, it made my day to see how happy he was... he would
wear them and strut around and say me is the collest soccer payer in de world
in these a shors.. haha it was soo funny. It has been hard beening away from
family , food, america in general.. and everyday i struggle through the lessons
because teachers hardly speak english, but every day at 10:30 when i go to bed
somehow i still have a smile on my face knowing that this is where i am
supposed to be. I get to teach my first two investigators tomorrow in spanish..
it is gonna be sooo bad... but it is just practice.. we will see how it goes..
My schedule:
6:30 wake up and get ready
7 breakfast
8 Personal study
9 Study
10 teaching lessons
11online practice for spanish
12 lunch
1 companionship study usually
2 more spanish
3 Physical activity, i just play soccer with the latinoes, they
help me with my spanish
5-7 teaching (like practice your teaching)
7 dinner
8 a class on the spirit
9 planning
9:30 get ready for bed
10:30 sleep
I miss my bed sooo much.. oh and yes i like Helaman 5:12. I am
happy to hear from so many of yall.. its great, im just sorry about time wise..
The other day an elder from peru was leaving on his mission to go to Ecuador,
and we all didnt know him that well because he was from peru and i have only
been here a week, but right before we went to bed all the Elderes went out in
the hall, all of us.. and we sang til we meet again in spanish.. it was such a
great experience.. The commorodery was just amazing that night. we were all
putting our arms around each other and singing with our hearts.. it was just
amazing.. and ironically there was a party right outside the ccm and we could
here there music so we tried to sing louder and we did... then eventually they
lowered the music down to here what we were singing.. it was soo cool, Elder
Leonard, mi compañero is from loveland and knows the Prices. Pretty cool. Tell
Chris thanks for the verb book. it helps a lot.. its amazing. I dont have
everyones email so i can only email back people who send me emails, and i cant
send pictures all in one email i dont think.. but anyways.. my time is almost
up... Adyos means goodbye but only to people you wont see again, so here they
sat chaio... Love everyone so much, and I am as healthy as can be!
With many llamas,
Elder
Thatcher
Elder Leonard
Elder Baka
Elder Simper
His MTC district
Elder Rodriguez
Driving to the temple
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