Week 79

chill week.

Nothing new really. We had zone conference on Friday which was chill. First time in a while I didn't have to travel hours to get to it so that's dope.

The couple we are teaching gets married this Friday so that is cool. Hopefully they can get baptized on Saturday.

Today we played paintball which was sick. I only have a couple pics rn cause they haven't sent me the rest yet so I'll send them next week probs.

But ya anyways that's about it hahaha.

Peace

elder mortenson

Week 78

Chill week haha

Not a ton happened as per the usual for the most part

We are teaching a couple that has a date to get married on the 14th so it will be sick if they actually do get married. 

Today we went to this place thinking it was gonna be cool cause everyone said it had cool petroglyphs and stuff. We went and it didn't really have anything. It had petroglyphs but not that many hahaha and it had a rope bridge. That's about it.  I took some boring pics.

That's about it hahaha

Peace

elder mortenson

The last pic is with a burnt dog lmao

Week77

Chill week. A couple of things actually happened lol

On Friday we baptized a guy with one leg. Well, actually his brother-in-law did. He only had to dunk him twice hahaha. But ya it was chill.

Saturday I hit 18 months, so that's sick. I burned a pair of pants to celebrate. It was lit.

Besides that nothing else really happened hahahahaha. but ya here are pics

Peace

elder mortenson

Week 76

Normal week, as always not much happened lol. 

New Year's arrived, it's finally 2020 hahhaha lol. I watched the fireworks here. I'll try to send the pics I have next week.

Changes were today and surprisingly my comp got changed which sucks for him lol he got sent over to Moquegua lol it's so fetching hot there. My new comp is Elder Espinoza from Lima., my first Peruvian comp lol. He just barely hit 10 months

It's weird to think that this year I come home. Just a few more months no mas.

We have 2 baptismal dates for this month in like 2 weeks.

that's pretty much it haha

peace

elder mortenson

Week 75

normal week. nothing really happened as usual lol.

I had entrevistas with Pres. Marsh on Thursday. He told me he will prob leave me in this area for 2 more changes so that means I might get to go to Arequipa to end my mission hahaha lol. I can't think of anything else that happened.

I hit 17 months this week, which is sick.

Wednesday is Christmas. Gonna be chill.

Oh ya today bought some Ray Bans for 3 dollars in the cachina which is sick.

I'm sure Jacob's Spanish is better than mine. But with 17 months I'm finally confident saying that my Spanish is better than Bryce's (plus he's been home for a year and a half) lol so ya that's sweet. Give me 3 more months and I'll be confident enough to say my Spanish is as good as Jacob's lol

Besides that ya nothing else. It's fetching hot here. 

Sorry mom, I haven't taken any more pics lol

peace

elder mortenson

Week 74

decent week lol. actually have something to write about.

Everything was normal up until Friday when we went to Arequipa. 7 hours. The bus played Frozen 2, Angry Birds 2 and Wreck it Ralph 2. so ya not great movies lol.  we got to Arequipa at like 7:30. After we dropped our stuff off at the hotel we headed to the centro to go eat. On the way we were walking and we had to cross the street. so we go to cross and there was a car parked right there on the side and I went to walk right in front of it and I stepped right in front of the tire, then the idiot in the car decided to go for some reason and he drove right up on my right foot. It was super weird cause all the sudden I couldn't move hahaha Then I realized a car was on my foot. It just felt like a fat dude standing on my foot, but ya all the elders freaked out lolol. then I slapped the hood of the car and told the guy to back up and he did. lol so ya that was lit! We went to McDonald's to eat. I hadn't eaten McDonald's in 15 months and it was so amazing. We ran into like 20 other elders there so it was lit lol.

Saturday we went to the meeting. it was crazy there with all of the missionaries in the whole mish. But ya the prophet didn't actually come. He got sick apparently. Elder Soares came instead.  He speaks Spanish pretty well. grammatically its aight but his accent is perfect. But ya we took some pics and everything but I don't have them. I have to wait until I get them sent to me. I assume some of them should be on the blog or something cause some church photographers came and took pics of us with Elder Soares but idk

Afterwords we had like 2 hours before the bus left so a bunch of us headed to one of the big malls to go eat. we went to TGI Fridays where we ran into a couple from Arizona that was living there that are members. After we ordered the wife came over to our table and said they were going to pay for our meal lol. Then as soon as she left we all ordered dessert as well hahahha lol. It was amazing I got a bacon cheeseburger and it had legit meat and bacon it was so amazing!!! So good! Then after, we went to Papa Johns and I picked up 2 pizzas to take back to Tacna.

the ride back was even longer cause they didn't play any movies.

but ya that was my Arequipa experience lol

Nothing else happened lol

peace

elder mortenson

Week 73

chill week. just trying to get familiarized (is that how you say that?) with the area and the new investigators and members. This is probs the biggest area I've had. Tacna is definitely the biggest city I've been in by a long shot. super weird.

My comp is chill, likes to talk a lot in the lessons which can be annoying. he also doesn't and/or can't pronounce the spanish "R" which is weird. I thought it was just a Bolivian thing cause none of them pronounce the spanish R but apparently in his city as well hahha. he completes a year this Thursday which will be chill.

There are 2 zones here in Tacna. one of the zls is from my group and me and him are the oldest in our zone (not sure about the other cause idk who is in it) so that's sick. super weird being the oldest but also cool

this Griday we are gonna travel to Arequipa and stay the night cause Saturday morning we have a meeting with Pres. Nelson with the entire mission. The bus ride is around 7 hours so that sucks way bad. but that will be pretty crazy with all 160+ missionaries there. I'm not sure where we are all gonna sleep cause everyone from Tacna, Ilo and Moquegua is traveling to Arequipa on Friday and we are like 58 missionaries or something hahaha. and no I don't think we are going to the temple, just gonna meet in one of the stake centers there.

Thanks for the package btw hahha, the shoes are sick and ya they fit. lol its a good thing Trish put "for Brock's comp" on the other package or I would've taken it lol. 

Also they are making a Pizza Hut here which is a miracle. I should still be here when it opens which will be sick.

Apparently this change is only gonna be 5 weeks. That's just what I've heard. I haven't heard anything official but that's what everyone is saying so ya this change should go by pretty fast with Christmas and everything.

no new pics. maybe next week lol

peace

elder mortenson