My name is Elder Welch. I am a member of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints. I am currently serving a full time mission, sharing the gospel with the people of Lima Peru West. Here you will read about my experiences in my letters home. Please feel free to write comments, but know I wont see them until I get home in February 2013.

Monday, October 29, 2012

Monday October 29, 2012

Hola Familia!!

We are all set and ready to go. Lilian Diaz received her birth certificate and later today she is going to the town hall to present her papers and then it will be just a matter of waiting until her wedding day. to be honest i think i am more excited than they are. yesterday i went to sayan with the Bishop from our ward in Huaura and the made fast friends with Javier so that will me a huge help for him in the rough times to come.

but with good news always comes some bad news. i am pretty sure that this will be my last transfer with my companion. president dorius has asked us to start looking for rooms and pensions for the new companionship that will be coming to Huaura. . . . that usually meens that i will be with one elder and my companion will be put with the other. that is a bullet to the heart i was hoping that Elder Villalba would be my last companion but it seems that the lord has other plans for him. he has been the companion that has put up with me for the longest time. all of my other companions only lasted 2 transfers but he has suffered almost 3. he is a good guy. ..... he also wants me to tell you hi, and let you know he is taking good care of me.

since i was a boy Sundays have always been the most relaxed day of the week but now it is the most stressful. i have sacrament meetings at 9, 11, and 3 that i have to attend. i have ward counsel at 12.30 and leader training in Huaura at 6. and every once in a while the stake president will invite me to bishopric training that usually starts around 730. my Sundays are from one side of my area to the other and back again. but . . . . . to be honest i love it . i have waited my whole mission for a experience like this and i am not going to miss a second of it. yesterday we organized the Relief society in Centinela and they went right to work. planning activities and visiting teachers, i had to excuse myself to go to the other meeting but come to find out they stayed there for another 3 hours after i had left. when we got home the phone was ringing off the hook. the sweet president was calling to approve their ideas so that they could go to work. it has been a miracle to see how the spirit has worked in them these last few months. 

i currently teach mission prep and i have a average of 17 young men and women in attendance. and the coolest part is that i baptized more than half of them. these brothers and sisters really have been prepared by angels for us. and i am so glad i got to be part.

the fruit goes through its seasons like all other place in the world but no matter what time of year it is you can always find something good to eat. there is one that i particularly like. it is called Pacay. it looks like a huge pea pod. but the only difference is that when you open it up it looks like cotton candy inside. it is beyond sweet. sometimes we walk from Sayan to andahuasi. along the way their is cane sugar that you can cut and peal. we chew on the center sucking out all the sugary juice and spit out the core. it is honestly a heaven on earth. and the strawberries . . . . . i have already told you about them but i cant help it they are so big and so juicy that i cant resist. but unfortunately they are going out of season. but we always find one or two that were overlooked. 

well fam my companion and i are going to go to the beach today. and we are just going to chill. nothing dangerous just peace and quiet. i love you and remember i am working as hard as i can.

Elder Landon R. Welch

p.s. i always try sending pictures but the connection is always slow. i will keep trying.

p.s.s. i am sending a letter home today one is for trevor and the other i would appreciate it if you could pass it one to the Jones family so that they can get it to Kyle.

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