Week 44

Not a ton happened this week. I literally don't know what to write. We have a super cool 15 year old kid that is going to get baptized.  We just need permission from his parents is all.  We also have a 21 year old guy that is going to get baptized but he works a ton so it's hard to find him at home.

I think that's dope that James and Laura actually graduated from Medical School!

I hear that the Temple here is coming along.  Someone told us that it will be done next May.  I hope we're able to go to the dedication but we will see.

I passed the ten month mark!

That's basically all I can tell you as nothing else happened this week lol. 

super boring email!

Peace

Elder Mortenson

Week 43

pretty normal week. not a ton happened as usual.

We put a couple of "goals" for baptism. They are just goals because we don't have permission from their parents yet and they are both under 18, they are super cool though! We were hoping to put a date with this one 21 year old guy but the appointment fell through and he couldn't come to church either, so hopefully that will happen this coming week.

Just another week here in one of the sunnier parts of the mish. It finally started cooling down a bit in the mornings and at night as well, but during the day it's exactly the same temperature. I can't remember if I talked about my comp last week but I'm sure I probably did because he is chill.

But ya not much else happened

Peace

Elder Mortenson

(don't have any pics yet haha)

Week 42

Interesting week.

So right after I got off e-mailing last week, the Assistant's called and said that Elder Wersland needed to pack cause the next day he was going to leave to Chivay (this middle of nowhere area up in the mountains outside of Arequipa). So he started packing and then bounced the next morning. Then for the rest of the week I got put with the zone leaders because we share an area. So that made it so that I couldn't visit the people that we had been teaching for a week. Also, mom asked if we ever went to see cool things on P-days with the zone.  Actually, there is not much to see in any of the places I have been.  There are some things to do and see in Arequipa proper, but I haven't served there yet...going on 10 months of brown sandy nothingness.

Not a ton happened during that week except that they had found a girl to teach like the day before I joined them and she was super ready to get baptized so I was in the lessons and stuff and she got baptized on Saturday so idk if that counts for me or not?!?  So that was cool!

Not a ton else happened. 

Today the other zone leader was transferred so I had to help the other zl go and drop-off and pick-up all the elders who were coming and going from the terminal and get them to their new areas and stuff.  My new companion arrived at like

12ish. He is from Pleasant Grove and has one change less than me. We got back  to our flat and made brownies haha then unpacked and now I'm finally writing. 

But ya that's pretty much it..on my 7th white companion!  I'll probably call for Mother's Day on Monday, maybe even with a camera! idk what time I'll just message you before then.

peace

elder mortenson

Week 41

Chill week, once again not a ton. 

We are still working with the same people we have been teaching. We didn't find any new people this week who were interested in listening. 

I found out that Macchu Picchu is Quechua (I think that's how you spell it) for Old Mountain. idk just thought that was interesting.

I got out the Bernie Bott's Beans (from Harry Potter) that mom sent me, and me and my comp ate all of them lol they were so bad!

Oh so funny thing, I forgot the keys to our house so when we got back we couldn't get in and the pensionista works and wouldn't answer her phone. But here every house has like a big 10ish foot door somewhere on their house, and behind that door you can get into the house. So remembered that she always leaves the door open behind the big door into the house, so I was like ya let's just hop it! But the structure over the garage added like another 2 feet so it was like a 12 foot leap. So my comp helped me step up and I climbed up and scaled it back down and then opened the door for him.  It was sick, we just broke into her house basically.

That's about it though not much else.

peace

Elder Mortenson