The baptism of Yampier.
wasnt able to send flowers, maybe next year ;) but i hope it was a
great day nonetheless :) it was really great to talk to you and the
whole family :) No worries about "not being prepared" I loved
everysecond of it :) Oh and trust me mommy, ive changed my mind and
you have the green light to get a puppy before i get home, you can
consider it my mothers day present ;) I think it would be awesome to
come home to a puppy dog :) Im really glad that Skype ended up
working out okay. Thanks for being impressed with my spanish ;) It
isnt that great but i remember when i first started learning and it
sounded like jibberish when someone started talking. Ha sorry about my
lame answer when you asked what ive learned but i was thinking about
it last night as i was getting ready for bed and i think something
really interesting that ive learned out here is to be obedient. Its
easy as a missionary, you just obey the commandments and everything is
all good. But the lifestyle down here in South America is way
different, they all know the commandments but leave in the middle of
church to go buy some chips at the corner store and they dont think
its wrong, or the deacon will go out 15 min before sacrament meeting
starts and buy the bread for the sacrament (that one is actually
really really bad and i need to talk to the president of the branch
about that lol) But i was thinking about it, and to someone like me, it
just looks ridiculous, how could you ever think that is okay? but then
at the same time i look back to before the mission at what i did, and
i would think, oh ill just go to the store real quick and get this or
that and no one will ever really know. There are just little things
that we all do . Little rules that are broken and its tough but
everyone does it. So I think ive come to realize just how impotant it is
to be obedient. When we don't obey Heavenly Father commandments, we
miss out on his blessings.and who wants that, right? ;) haha
but yeah, ive definitiely learned how to be more exactly obedient. Im
definitely not perfect, but im trying ;)
Today i went to the dentist again and that was a real adventure :) he
shaved my tooth down pretty good for the crown and ended up just
shaving the gum down....which ended up bleeding pretty goood. haha but
good news is only two more visits to piura and then ill be done with
that guy! yay! oh but best part of the story is that after i finished
the appointment i was a little bit grumpy already and asked if i could
use their bathroom real quick and they said yes, so i went in the
bathroom, shut the door, and then as i was trying to leave....the
doorknob was broken and i was stuck in....haha classic. That was
another "Peru" moment haha I ended up getting out after about 10
minutes using my debit card on the door. haha oh which reminds me,
Elder Chica and Sly said everything is good with the card. so no
worries.
Ive also realized that my "wow" factor has gotten numbed down. I am
much less phased by the craziness of this country. I
remember Elder Alec Howard would have his "only in Apache Junction"
section with all of the weird stuff that happened there, but now that
i think about it, i cant think of weird stuff that happens because it
all seems so normal. But REALLY its all weird haha. The other day a
guy walked through the middle of one of our discussions carrying a skinned
cows leg on his shoulder and the other in his left hand dripping blood
everywhere....no one even batted an eyelash.lol Its pretty great.
basically you just have to come down to experience it.
Well unfrotunately i had trouble getting the computer to work today so
i gotta go, but i sent some pics too. Hope you like them.
Love you all and ill talk to you next week!
Love, Elder Woodburn
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