NEW COMPANION. NEW CITY. ESTOY CONTENTO.

¡FAMILIA Y AMIGOS!

¿COMO LE VA?

I made it! I am here in Arequipa coming at you live from some internet garaje on the side of the street. I am loving it all here! I am truly so happy and it freaks me out. 

NEW COMPANION. NEW CITY. ESTOY CONTENTO. 

My companions name is Elder Taysom, he is from Idaho. Heck yes, I got a gringo trainer. He is such a chill Elder. He has been such a help my first week and we get along perfectly. We watch cheesy LDS movies and go hard to EFY music every night. It is definitely a blessing to have such a chill trainer. He is new to the area as well so we have A LOT of work ahead of us. I am at a loss as to what the last missionaries in our area were doing because the last shown records are from 2011. Our ward has been so inviting, we have like 5 adoptive families. The chillest is the Familia Jarra they gave us some chill Latino stitched hoodrat jeans -authentic Latin fashion here people.

Okay, so the only real stuggle is I had this weird illness! I lost my voice for 3 days and couldn't breathe and my eye swelled up with weird puss. HAHAHA I swear I dont know how we have so many investigadores because when we first met I was looking ruff. I don´t dare send a picture. 

Funny Story of the Week:

Okay, So Elder Taysom and I show up for the first visit with a sister we met on the streets. She was very welcoming and invited us in excited for our message. We make our way to the couch and sit down BAM 10x7 painting of a provocative naked woman on the opposite side of the room. LIKE WHAT? Just your casual living room decor here in Peru I suppose. She left the room for a moment and Elder Taysom and I bolted to the other side other side of the room dying laughing. She gave us a weird look for a moment when she came back but I dont think she noticed why we switched sides. The visit actually went really well, her desire to learn is a lot better than her taste in art. She came to church with us yesterday, we stopped by and she was waiting all ready in her little church outfit with her bible. 

CRAZY OF THE WEEK:

Elder Taysom and I are just bumping down the street contently making our way to the home of an investigador when this little 4 feet tall women yelled something translated to the extent of ¨Hey! White Idiots come here! I have something to say!¨ Like oh, okay. So out of curiosity we listen to her story. Condensed version is she will not be joining our church because we do not wear hats and are going to get skin cancer and die, therefore she will be speaking with the Jehovah Witnesses because they wear hats. She proceeded to share with us that she has seen Jesus. One night when she was walking through a field Jesus stood in a house, but not a house made by a man a cave house. He told her to enter but she knew there was a lion in the cave and refused. She turned around and the devil was waiting for her. She took the devils hand and he took her to safety. 

AT THIS POINT I HAVE LIKE HOLDING BACK TEARS LAUGHING. Sometimes you have to stop and listen to the crazies to keep it interesting. HAHA BLESS THIS HERMANA HAHA 

These people here mean the world to me, and so does the message I am here to share. Its an amazing feeling to wake up everyday with the purpose of preaching the gospel. I hope all is well back at home! I love you guys at can´t wait to hear from you again next week! 

Your gringo, 

Elder Malloy. 

-PS NO PICTURES YET DUE TO THE GHETTO LIFE 

NEXT WEEK FOR SURE

FINNA BUST OUT THE CCM

¡Hola familia y amigos! ¿Cómo le van? Esta semana fue muy bien. Es loco que mi seis semanas en la CCM estan terminados.

BAHA my Spanish game is still weak you guys! But I am so pumped to be leaving the CCM this coming Tuesday! It´s honestly insane I feel like I got here yesterday, I´ve made so many amazing friendships here that I am going to miss. I am so stoked to see Arequipa and write home about some random (hopefully chill) Latino that I have to spend all day with.

OKAY GET THIS. 

My comp broke his foot playing fútball this week. Heaven help me.

So keep me in your prayers... I mean him in your prayers. Maybe we just started off on the wrong foot (SOS my sense of humor is going down hill) because we are homies as of this week. Qizas, I will miss him. HOWEVER I will not miss carrying his rubix cube around because he can´t carry it with his crutches. Yes, my comp has a rubix cube. Entonces, the struggle is real.

My homie Brayden Larkin is here y esta muy GUCCI tener el aqui.

Spiritual thought of the week: 

This week we were able to hear from Elder Richard G Scott, he spoke to us about the power and importance of prayer. It was just what I needed to hear this week. I know now from first hand experience, when there is no where else to turn we have a loving Father in Heaven who wants to listen to anything you have to say. We don´t need an appointment or even a distinct reason our all knowing father will listen to us anytime and anywhere.

I encourage everyone to pray often, these six weeks I have prayed more than I have ever prayed in my life. If you pray with faith to Heavenly Father he WILL answer. Whether its a warm feeling of assurance, an unsettling feeling of doubt, or even the lack of an answer which asks you to act in faith. He will answer.

I am so thankful for all of your prayers I can feel your love everyday.

On a complete other note the Spanish word of the week is: Qizas

Pronounced: (Keez Azzz)

Meaning: Perhaps

OH. Also, none of you sent me a selfie with your favorite scripture... So, no somos amigos.

Well yeah, sorry there is never much to share in the CCM! Other than I am so stoked to bounce out. 

PERO. I am also so excited to send you guys some pictures and even more so excited to send letters from Arequipa!

Alright, I´ll be coming at you next week from Arequipa guys!

Love, Elder Ma¨Y¨oy

WEEK 4 LIKE EXTREMELY AND ENTIRELY GHETTO BUT GREAT

¡QUE PASA!

What is Gucci guys?

This week has been so great. Like extremely and entirely ghetto but great.

I will just jump in by saying this,

Fast Sunday almost killed me. Apparently I have been fasting wrong all my life because there are apparently people who literally go without eating for an entire 24 hours.

THEREFORE after reaching starvation we finally got to eat and it was some ghetto mystery meat but I mean, I was not in any state to turn away food so start eating.

No sooner than halfway through my meal Hermana Gonzolaz starts hollering about something from the middle of the cafeteria. LO AND BEHOLD there was a recall on the ghetto mystery meat.

Gonzolaz yet again made an announcement in the form of a question pertaining to the uncooked meat which I had already partaken of! SOS

IN OTHER NEWS

Our district leader was really cracking down this week! BAHA

Like I follow the rules pretty well (for the first time in my life) but my comp does not like to stay in my sight sometimes! SO like its gucci with me but the DL chewed him out.

I'm like do I start chanting "fight, fight, fight" or am I suppose to like intervene. Luckily things calmed down before I had time to pull out my camera to get this event on YouTube.

OKAY HOLD UP ELDER RANDALL WANTS TO GET A WORD IN (what else is new) 

First off, I was on a totally legal exchange so in my mind, it was totally justified :P so bam.

HE JUST ENDED A SENTENCE WITH BAM DO YOU SEE WHAT I AM WORKING WITH

I got to go proselyting  again! I was a real missionary for a second again!

 It felt so good to get out and share more about the gospel! I meet some great people and learned a lot!

Okay I have no time left but I love all you guys! Thanks for all the emails and for all the dirt you dug up on other Elders!

LOVE,

Elder Malloy

PS send me a selfie with you favorite scripture.

ELDER STEAL UR GIRL

¿Que pasa mis personas?

What is good Americanos? I am finishing off week 3 strong, you guys! I have officially established the chillest crew in the CCM. (Los Ladrones) We are comprised of only the choice of the choice Elders in the CCM.

(Instagram Stalking Assignments: Elliot Anderson, Norman Olsen, Bradley Nicolls, Nathan Smedley, and Trevor Searle.

Additional Stalking: Throughellenseyes.com aka Elder Olsens girlfriends blog that we tease him mercilessly about)

THERE ARE PROMISED BLESSINGS if you dig up any dirt on these Elders and report back.

Now that I have the crew I have proceeded to cease domain over all things in the CCM.

I run these halls.

Okay, enough about the hierarchy I have established and unto the weekly goods.

STRUGGLE OF THE WEEK

Okay so if you have yet to pick up on the fact that my companion is a tad difficult to work with HE IS. But we are Gucci, we get along.I bite my tongue and keep it chill¡ This is not my first ratchet rodeo. So, I have been really trying my best to make progress. Unfortunately the rest of the CCM can not say the same..

A LITERAL LAMANITE ARMY HAS BEEN FORMED AGAINST MY COMPANION

(Lamanite Army - a term used in the CCM when a Norte Americano Elder gathers several Latino Elders to revival against an Elder who has done him wrong.)

Still at a loss at how this even happens but it happens quite often in room 104.

It does not stop here,

I regret to inform you that the Norte Americano Elders have rebelled also against my companion in so much that they did literally lock him in a locker.

So here I am casually strolling back boppin into my room after brushing my teeth come to find my companion desperately pounding on the locker door breaking a sweat trying to bust himself out. So out of the sheer love of my heart I have to go track down who locked him in there and convince them to give me the key to let him out. I mean I am not saying I am a saint but I am also not saying I am not a saint.

(PS this ghetto keyboard doesnt have an apstophy so I gave up on keeping my typing game on point)

Need I ask why the weird things always happen to me? Like, there are plenty of wholesome companionships in this joint. WHY AM I THE ONE LEFT TO FIGHT OFF LATINO MOBS.

#blessingsindisquise

SIDE NOTES:

- My district is getting cray. We started playing survivor (at my request) every P-day eve a companionship is voted off the island and has to complete a challenge to regain acceptance in the classroom

- Rice is still alive and well in the cafeteria

  - Every time I meet a local they laugh because my name tag translates apparently to some
extent  reads Elder Bad

 - I CAN NOT FIND A SOUL IN THIS DISTRICT THAT WATCHED DRAKE AND JOSH AS A  KID AND I AM GENUINELY CONCERNED

For a second this week I was discouraged, Spanish is hard.. I miss all of you so much. But its hard to stay down when the spirit is here lifting me right back up I AM PUMPED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL. Come week 6 I am going to bust out of this CCM and share some happiness.

Alright, Thats all I got this week kidz. I am bouncing out to pretend I can play futball.

SEND ME PICS GUYS I LOVE HEARING FROM YOU ALL.

¡Hasta lluego!

Elder Bad

 A NICE EMAIL FROM A FRIEND:)

 

HOLA!!!!

 Hello Elder Malloys mom!! I am in your sons district! He is one of my good friends here and I told him I was going to write his mom. He only had good things to say Tracy!!! Thanks for raising such a good example for me! Elder Malloy makes me laugh more than anyone in our district. We have a favorite things where we pretend to vote someone of the island. Have a good day and thanks for stalking me on Insta!!