SHALOME!
This week has been yet another week of the hard work. Dad i have felt the same
this week. I have been wiped out at the end of everyday, but im glad that im so
tired at the end of every day because it shows me that i worked hard that day.
And its funny that im asleep by 9 30 or 10 everynight. My companion thinks that
im a little crazy. But he is the one that needs naps every now and then haha.
But the work is progressing, very slowly unfortunately. We have our
investigators but they are both a little slow mentally, so we have to teach them
for longer. We do have one woman that has a lot of problems, she thinks that
her baptism is valid in the catholic church when we told her no and she is
afraid of water haha. But the hardest and coolest part of the lessons is that
she speaks quechwa, and very little castellano. Quechwa is the old aztec
language, and my companion knows a little and we use his Book of mormon in
Quechwa so she can understand. And it was awesome, to read quechwa. Its
actually similar to english with the grammer, its also pronounced the same way as
english, so it will be the next language that i learn after spanish. WHO KNOWS
THAT ONE BACK HOME HHHMMMMMMMM!!!! Ill probably give my testimony in quechwa in
the states and here, just to be super cool. Its alright to be proud of me
parents haha.
Other than that, not much has been happening out here. We have walked to
highest part of our area, and found a family of 7! We are going to work hard
with them for the end of January. They are our blessing among all the walking
in the hot sun. I forgot my chapstick one day, and my lips are totally burned.
As a result i cant open my mouth too much, and my lips are super sensitive to
hot and cold stuff. But it has still been a great time.
I will look into the call thing, but im sure that ill be able to call on new
years day or a day afterwards. Just tell me the best day for you, and whether
to call you on the home phone or a cell phone. Im going to buy a phone card so
the whole thing will be payed for by me. They are cheap here, only 10 soles for a lot of time
so dont worry about it.
I do have one funny story for the week. So we were walking last night to visit
less actives, and people are getting drunk more and more often with the holidays
coming up and all. Anyways we were walking on the sidewalk, and a drunk man was
peeing out front of a bodega in the middle of the sidewalk we were walking on.
I jumped out of the way at the last second because my companion didnt warn me.
Moral of the story, watch where you walk cause you might get peed on, and drunk
people have no shame.
Have fun for your holidays, and try to not do what our drunk friend did haha.
But most importantly, remember why we have this season. WIthout our savior we
would be nothing more than the dust of the earth. After reading Jesus the
Christ i have gained so much more appreciation for the Savior and his sacrifice
for us.
I love you all, and am so thankful for your prayers and love this christmas
season. Cuidanse!

Love,
Elder Washburn