Anyways, first things first! A special birthday shout out to the hippest little sister in the game Abby!
I love you so much and hope you have a muy chevré cumpleaños¡ (PS
Chica, you know I got a b-day card with some Peruvian goods coming your
way)
Okay, next
item of business. It is time I talk about our shower. First of all, let
me start by counting my blessing of warm water. The water is heated by
electricity which is sketch-ville sketch-county Peru if you ask me. I mean
I am not going to pretend have a vast knowledge of the heating of
shower water at its appropriate methods, but I am also not going to
pretend like the occasional strike of lightning from the shower head
should be a normal occurrence! The only really questionable part is when
you have to flip the switch to turn the water on, and this is not some
normal household light switch, people. We are dealing with some serious Frankenstein industrial hardcore means business med-evilest electrical hardware. Needless, to say I count my blessing even if they are sketchy
and carry a temperamental electrical current.
Next,
Companion Update:
Elder
Taysom is still best. He has been a huge help these past weeks and this
last week specifically he has just been a solid friend. Missionary
work is all the more chill when you companion is a homie. We have a hard
time keeping it together sometimes when people tell us their life
stories (I am not sure what it is about the mission plaque but people
will and do tell us everything) But yeah, we are constantly cracking up
slash nudging each other to stay awake when Hermana Rosa takes a trip
down memory lane. Last night we found this old LDS film called "Our
Heavenly Fathers Plan" OH MY YouTube this thing right now you guys. It
is legitimately the cheesiest cinematic production in the history of men.
The script and wardrobe changes are out of control HAHA. So quoting
that sarcastically is one our other favorite activities. Elder Taysom is District Leader so I go on a lot of exchanges which is always fun as well. This week I went on a 24hr exchange with Elder Wilches from San
Antonio, Chile and Elder Olachae from Lima, Peru.
The Grind:
So
the basic update is overall really good! We have a lot of investigators
who want to listen, a lot who want to be baptized, and a lot we can
help. But, not a lot who want to give up their Sunday mornings to come
to church.. Basically here is the struggle: Lote Reuniones these meeting
they have here weekly for all the residence of a certain part of town,
its basically mandatory. You have to attend or there is a fine and if
you miss a certain amount you are evicted from your lot. SATAN IS
LITERALLY IN MY AREA DISGUISED AS LOTE REUNIONES. But, from what I
understand you only have to go through all the meetings once and then
you own your lot. Who even knows? Ghetto. But, most of the members have
lived here long enough to have it all figured out. Super ghetto and
weird, but we still have a lot of hope for next week!
We are really wanting to get the community involved in wholesome
acivities together. (Poppin bottles on the street corner is just not
cutting it) We have a brand new chapel in the middle of our area in
walking distance from everyone! So Elder Taysom and I are putting
together weekly community activities at the church:
Jueves: Clase de Ingles
Viernes: Noche Misional (Vídeos y Películas)
Sábado: Fútbol (con los Gringos)
This week was our first week doing this so it stared kind of slow. HAHA
For
example, Friday (movie night) We had two families and one investigator
show up, a total of maybe like 7 people. I mean all was good though!
Other then the fact that halfway through the movie a gang of stray dogs
made their way into the chapel! Here I am
trying to make sure everyone is having a good time enjoying the movie we
picked out of the life of Christ and out of no where we got Lady and
the Tramp over here in desperate need of a Chastity pamphlet! But I broke
up the K-9 love fest and showed them along with two other strays to the
door. The rest of the night went smoothly.
We are really excited for these activities. With the help of The
Lord we are going to bring this area together! I am really happy with
the way things are going!
D&C 6:36 "Look unto me in every thought, doubt not, fear not."
A
good friend shared this scripture with me and it has been a great help
for me this week. Its easy to get lost in my incompetence with the language, with my teaching abilities, and with my knowledge. But when I
look to The Lord and confide in his knowledge before my own I am
blessed! This is his work, I am just a tool in his hands.
Love you all!
Elder Malloy.
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