Hola Familia!!!
Another week come and gone and i have to say it was a good week even though we didnt have much time to work but that is all going to change starting tuesday. WHY!?!?! . . . . . . . . drumroll please . . . . . . . . I am going to Sayan it is going to be my only responsibility from here on out. the only bad part is that to make that possible like i said last week they had to absorb Centintella that now doesnt exist. i just hope the members of Huaura can take care of them better than they do for themselves. but going to sayan isnt the best part . . . . . . . . i am going with ELDER VILLALBA!!!!!! they didnt spit us up. and opening a new area means that he will most likely be my last companion. WOO HOO i just hope he can last 7 hole months with me. one thing is for sure he is the companion that has lasted the longest.
we spent the week getting everything set in sayan and that in
itself is another miracle in the progress of Sayan. i am not sure if i
told you last week but we are going to be our own Pensionistas. we have
to cook and wash all our clothes. so keep that small fact in your
prayers but i want to share the experience we had with you. we went
looking and didnt have much success in finding a room. the only one we
found that was at least decent was a one room 0 windows basically garage
that they had refurbished. well what can you do we just got to work
getting everything in order to move into our new room. well this last
week i was looking at some info in my agenda and i saw the number from a
room i Sayan that we called but were asking way to much for the rent.
well my good friend "Spirit" said to me. "why dont you call him and see
if he wont drop the price" so i called and i started to explain that we
are missionaries and that we aren´t even in the room for the most part
of the day. he cut me off mid sentence and said "missionaries from what
church" and in that moment i had lost hope because i knew that our
neighbors (also his renters) were catholic missionaries so i was certain
that he was going to refuse our offer. but with all the pride i could
muster i said "LA IGLESIA DE JESUCRISTO DE LOS SANTOS DE LOS ULTIMOS
DIAS" and his response was almost angelical. "oh well well then you are
my brothren. i am a member of the church in Huacho." come to find out
not just a member but the stake patriarch. well long story short he was
willing to drop the price almost 50% from what he was asking. now we
have a small house two rooms a small kitchen. nothing more or less than
what we need.
i spent my birthday buying the stove and fridge and all the other
appliances we are going to need in Sayan and i must say it was a good
birthday. also thursday morning i received permission to go fishing with
one of our converts that was a cool experience too. the tide washed in a
ton of tiny fish that got traped in the rocks well we used them for
bait and look at what i caught. "lenguado" is the name of that fish. and
my convert sold it for 26 soles not a bad catch huh.
as for your questions mom i am sorry to say no package yet but
tomorrow i am going to Lima for the transfer meeting and so i will be
able to see if it is in the offices. as for my release date i have known
for a little while but i have been debating telling you for fear that
if i do it will all become real that my mission is coming to a close.
kinda like when i got my call and it only hit me after i did my facebook
update haha. Elder Landon R. Welch is due to be released the 19th of
february. (unfortunately) but tell bro sjoblom that i still have 3 months
left and not to rush me :) and then tell him that i love him and his
family.
well fam it is off to pack and hit the road we are going to try to
get all our stuff to sayan today so that means alot of car rides. but
remember that i miss you a ton, that i love you more, and that i am
working as hard as i can.
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