Hola from Peru!

Hola! Thanks for all the cards and letters , glad to see everyone still cares about me :)

Its like a cycle here, I feel really terrible after P-days are over and every P-day when I email you i feel great! It was an up and down week again. Last saturday we were able to go out and spend some time teaching less active members. We paired up with two missionaries that have been out for 2 years and went and taught an old lady in her garage- it was intense. She asked if i would give the opening prayer and then I taught a short little bit on faith. It was pretty cool and I understood a lot of what she said so it was re assuring. But then we went to another appointment with an older lady without any teeth. and I guess she is from the Sierra so I'll be honest, i didnt understand a word she said haha. But i bore my testimony and it was all good. Its so poor here. There is garbage everywhere. I tried to see if i could send home my videos over an email so let me know how it works and if you get it. there are some pretty random ones. hope you like them though. There are dogs everyhwere and when we went out to teach the bus just dropped us off in front of this park. Instead of basketball hoops there was a soccer field. haha I never thought i would see pick up soccer games going on. Its just like in the US when a bunch of old guys go to the park or something and play basketball but they were having a legit soccer game. At one point all of the guys that drive around "combis" or the small buses that we catch a ride in some time, like 6 of them pulled up in their busses, hopped out and started playing together and then afterwards all went home. it was pretty awesome. No tracting this weekend because of conference but im really excited to listen, and we went out today for p day anyways. It was fun and as usual the temple was great. The food here has gotten a whole lot better. The new mtc president took over after the last mission pres passed away about a week before we got here and he has been doing a lot to change everything around. It used to be just chicken and rice but now they have mixed it up and gotten beef and other things. Ill live. Hey mom, if you can try and find out my line of authority that'd be great. I just want to have it because someone made a good point that if i confer the priesthood to someone down here then they may want their line of authority and so i should be able to give it to them if they want it.

Tell Kyle nice work in Provo and that I hope he gets his Visa soon. Its a whole new world down here in South America but i hope he can get sown here soon. Oh and tell Scotty and T scof hi for me too. Still no word on my district. They are hoping they can get down here next week but if they dont get down here next wednesday i dont think they will come to this MTC.

We were at the store today for P day and we went into the TV section and the Steelers were playing the colts on TV. It was 20 to 20 with 2 minutes left and we walked away. You better be proud of me cuz it was tough! I hope everything is good at home. this was an insanely long email but i loved it. Im not sure how much time I'lll regularly have but ill try to respond as much as i can. I' ll also try and send a few pictures home each week. Thanks for all of the love and support from home.Th mail system here sucks. We get letters every Pday but they usually dont arrive in the mail until Thursdays so we dont get them until the next wednesday and then when we send mail out it doesnt get sent out until the next monday. and then it takes like a week to get there. So needless to say it takes FOOOREVER. Sorry. Its really great to hear that you all are doing so great. Glad that everyone is staying stong and keeping the faith. I can honestly testify that it brings nothing but happiness and blessings into our life.

Miss you all so much
i know that this gospel is true. being out here doing the lords work simplifies it so much. Its all in our pupose. all we have to do is come unto christ in faith, repent, be baptized, listen to the holy ghost, and endure to the end. Its that simple. I love to share it and i know that eventually, some time way off in the future, ill be able to share it in spanish ahaha.
I love you all and miss you a lot but im right where i need to be.
Love,

Elder Woodburn