Well father, your wish has come true out here in Peru. We are having the challenges of the mission life right now. Many of our investigators have fallen out, and the ward is pretty much sleeping. Its tough, but were not depressed. We gave talks on Sunday about how the ward needs to pick up there efforts of teaching. I used the book The Miracle of Forgiveness, which is an amazing book by the way, and talked about the sins of omission. I didnt burn them in any way, but i was direct with my message and hopefully the ward will start to pick up in their efforts as missionaries.
This week has been a lot of walking to and from appointments that seem to fall through more often than not lately. But we have really grown accustomed to it. Whats funny is that i tell my companion that i feel like i havent left the states because of how hard the work is. I told him about you andrew, and how you had 5 baptisms your whole mission, and how in our ward back home, one baptism in 2 years is a miracle. He just looked at me with big eyes and wondered how it was possible. He is a little down, my companion, because he came from a ward that was great with the missionaries, and they had baptisms almost weekley, and now he is here and has only seen 1 baptism in 7 weeks. But i help him to stay chipper with the usual jokes. Our pensionista also helps us stay happy with her jokes, as well as our laundry lady.
I am doing really really well though. This last week i finished reading in my language book and realized that i knew practically all of it! Its funny how its progressive and you dont realize that you know a lot of spanish. Dont get me wrong i still mess up and have a lot to work on, but i understand practically everything that is said, and can respond to practically all of the questions they give me. I truly have been blessed with the gift of tongues because i see people that have much more time than me but still are at my level. It is testimony to keeping the rules and continually relying on the Lord and his power.
I am glad to here that things are getting better at home, with the houses and everything. Ill be sure to pray for you guys and the house situation. Thanks again for the great box of goodies, the snickers have been GLORIOUS!!! Especially because i froze them mmmmmmm.
Thank you for the letters and the support. Be sure to try and help out the missionaries somehow this week. Make them happy! haha