awesome Email to read and pictures to see. It looks like you all had a
ton ton ton of fun and Holly looks very happy in the pictures and
thats all that matters right? You all are so funny with that cardboard
cut out lol. I have zero idea how you made that happen but i love it.
very creepy, but i love it. lol especially that body...who is that?
because ive never worn that tie in my life haha. All the girls looked
very beautiful with their dresses and cowgirl boots. I especially like
the flintstones necklaces too ;) thats what wilma wore right....? haha
So it sounds like we all kinda had a hectic week because this week
here in La Union was pretty crazy as well. On monday night we got a
call from our zone leaders and they told us that the next day we would
report to some place that we had never heard of before at 8 am and
work as translators all day long until 6 pm....and thats all they told
us....haha So we ended up finding the place, went inside and waited
for a little while until we see this huge group of gringos walking
towards us....ill be quite honest that freaked me out a little bit.
The only white people i have talked to in a long time have been
missionaries....oh man im gonna be so awkward when i get back. But
yeah so this huge group of people walked in and we ended up finding
out that they were mostly all mormons working as humanitarians here in
Piura for a few weeks. Apparently one of the kids that was there
started it up for his Eagle project and it worked so well theyve kept
it going for a few years now. But what they do is they have a TON of
glasses that have been donated, like a few thousand. and they are all
organized and then anyone that wants to come can come but its first
come first serve. So they come in, get their eyes checked and then
they try and find a pair of glasses that fits their vision more or
less. its a lot of guess work but the people were SO thankful for what
they were doing. All we did as missionaries all day was translate
between the eye doctors and patients. It was very scary at first but
my spanish has come a long ways so it all turned out okay. i could
definitiely tell that i was blessing in my language too. Thank
goodness for that. The whole time i was just thinking about mom and
how this is what you do everyday....given its in a sterile environment
and its much more exact...but it was really cool. I loved it because
we ended up seeing a few of our investigators there and it was great
to give everyone a chance to see that we are normal people and that we
are there to serve them as missionaries. Oh and one thing i learned
here is that Carnosidad is really prevelant here. Im not sure what it
is in english, literally it would translate to carnosity, but idk if
thats right mom. but basically its because everyone here goes out into
their rice fields and work everyday and the sun is way strong here so
they get this sickness in their eyes that steadily gets worse and
worse until they are blinded. So we gave out a TON of sunglasses.
thank you very much for those sunglasses mommy, i will definitely be
wearing them now that i know the sun is stronger here than in the
states.
So that was an awesome experience, We got to help a lot of people with
their vision...i cant imagine having to walk around with out my
glasses all day everyday :s but then right after that we went straight
to the church at about 6 30 because we were supposed to be there at 6
to meet with Katy Paico. We got there JUST in time as she was leaving
the church. She still had to go becuase she was late for someting, but
before she left we asked her how her mom was doing and she told us
taht her mom miraculously changed her mind and that she could get
baptized! how awesome was that?! it was definitiely a big boost and a
testimony builder for me in regards to fasting. So we had the chance
to baptize her this week along with the mom of Yerson who was baptized
a few weeks ago. Such a blessing and an awesome experience. They both
have such strong testimonies and are so strong in what they know.
But another really really weird thing happened this week. We were
walking through La Union coming back from a meeting we had as the 4 of
us Elders and we walk by this park and see ANOTHER group of
gringos....like i said before, at this point they freak us out so we
tried to sneak by without them noticing us...haha but they ended up
seeing us and screaming at us in really bad spanish to go over there
(i love trying to act like my spanish is even better ;)) We went over
there and ended up finding out that they were teenage kids from the US
that were all christians. they were traveling through PERU doing some
kind of theatre show about jesus and his ressurection. We talked with
them for a bit and then they asked us to stay after so they could ask
us questions. Let me just tell you....it was sooooo weird trying to
share the gospel in English. It went okay and it felt awesome bearing
my testimony about the book of mormon in English because its been so
long. One of the kids named Zach from Oklahoma was especially curious
but sceptical at the same time. In the end he understood the
importance of whether or not the Book of Mormon is a true book. Only
problem? he didnt speak Spanish and all we had were Spanish books of
mormon....He said he was gonna search for one when he got back to the
states and email us when he read it. I really really really hope he
finds one and reads it earnestly. I love this work so much. In english
or spanish in the states or Peru, its true. It doesn't matter who's
sharing it but its true.
Sorry there isnt any time to respond to everyones emails. I loved the
pictures a ton. Thanks for all the love you all send my way. I could
definitiely feel it this week.
So as a slight after though, transfers were today and....Im outta
here. Ive gotta pack everything up today and we will find out bright
and early tomorrow morning who our companions are and where we are
going. exciting stuff! I love you all so much, i miss you tons. "One
great big happy (crazy) family!" :D
Until next week!
Love, Elder Woodburn
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