The Elders plus a friend :)
A Peruvian bird
From walking through the mud all day!
The church building
Trying something new...
All is well down here in Peru. Thanks a lot for the email and love. I love to hear about all thats going on and laugh along with you all even if im far away :) so I got my new companion, his name is Elder Cabrera. (oh and btw mom, my last companioins name was Elder Lopez not gonzalez lol.) but yeah hes pretty cool. Hes from Lima which i love becuase he knows the language of peru much better. you would think that all spanish would be the same but every country has different words for the same thing. so there were many times where e lopez would teach me something and then i would find out that it was something different here. i hate it. there are even different words for the same things in Piura and Tumbes so its no fun but thtats okay. E cabrera has the same time in the mission as i do (almost 5 months) so he entered the mtc the 24 of august too but he was only in there for 3 weeks so he has one more transfer than me in the field (6 weeks). Ive definitely noticed a difference with him. Hes more of a serious guy for the most part and just likes to go to work. Which is great because just in this last week ive noticed even more that when we go to work and just knock doors and teach lessons, the time flys by. He's 21 and i feel like were gonna get the job done in the next 6 weeks.
So to answer questions from last email becuase i always forget lol, Yes it has started raining here and yes it does suck lol i attached one pic to this email with my shoes after we had to walkl in the mud. its pretty terrible. the dirt here is the kind that doesnt absorb water so it just pours and pours and turns to mud. oh well. it sucks but it doesnt happen every day so its okay. and luckly i havent taken a spill into the mud yet but im sure itll happen in the next 19 months.lol
also about pics, yes i can recieve them. cant print them off but i can look at them :) i would love to see anything from the real world :) haha
So one of the elders in the mission finished up his 2 years last week and was "released" from his service. But his dad came here to pick him up. so they spent a week traveling around and visiting all his areas and saying hi to old investigators and companions. he came here as the last area and then they went down to macchu picchu and then home. so im just saying, im counting on someone coming down here to pick me up. president chipman was totally cool with it. it may seem like a lot to fly down here but after that, it costs like 10 dollars tops to spend a week here...lol okay maybe 100 but seriously no more than that. wink wink james...
So last night the power went out....which means first off that we couldnt prosylte in the dark because its pitch black, but it also meant that that flash light that dad gave me came in handy! haha never thought id use that but thanks pops ;) and the light burnt out so the back up came in handy too along with the 20 batteries you gave me ;) haha thanks for looking out. Oh and the leatherman too. i use that thing all the time :)
But other than that not a whole lot going on. we have been knocking a lot of doors and have a few really good investigators. one speaks some english and loves to joke around with me a lot which is really funny, but he knows a ton about religion and askes really good questions when we teach. we spent 2 hours in his house the other day just teaching the plan of salvatin but every second was well spent. hes a great guy. I would love love love if you all could pray for Hna Rosio though. shes the mom of the family that we baptized. Shes having a lot of trouble and trials in her life right now and needs help. She lost her job but hasnt told her family yet becuase she doesnt want to worry them. we have a baptism date for the 4th of Feb for her but she wants to see changes in her own life first. i know she can do it. she just needs the help of her Heavely Father :)
Im definitely gonna look that scripture up mom :) i too have noticed how important missionary work is oldly enough haha who would have guessed right? ;) but seriously, what ive noticed is that its really not the work of the missionaries. its the work of the members. we cant do anything without members. the investigators have to see that there are real people that are a part of this church before they do ANYthing. of the 4 people that weve baptized so far...and 4 were references from members. Seriously its the only way we can do this work is with the help of members. most people know that we are just kids and ignore us when we talk and teach them. seriously though, if i could ask anything from you all, its put yourself out there and help the missionaries. go out and teach with them. youre not going to have to teach the whole lesson. shoot just tell them that all you want to do is share your testimony about howw you know the church is true. they will LOVE to have you there. even just your precese there helps. Help those weird teenagers in suits!!! they need it! :D
I miss every one tons but life goes on down here. Got my head shaved again today so im hoping that will help with the heat. haha keep the work up up there and tell james good luck on his dryspell with the ladies haha jk jk. until next week.
Love
Elder Woodburn
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