Well,
this week was fantastic. Due to a lack on my part of sharing enough details, I will try to share everything I can about Fusagasuga, the food, and my
investigators.
My
investigators. I have some awesome investigators. Adrianna will be baptized in
two weeks as it is Stake Conference this week. She is awesome and I hope things
will continue to go well. Another
is Mildre, a single mom, and her nine year old son Fergini. She is incredible.
She works every day in a factory from 8 to 5, then comes home and raises her
kids. It has been a struggle with her to help her come to church because of her
job, she only gets two days off in the month. It is so cool that she sacrifices
these days to the Lord. She came to church last week, which was awesome. What
we didn't know is that her boss wouldn't let her have work off, so she just didn't
go to work and ended up getting fired. Talk about immense faith. She is
actually happy about this, and hopes to find a new job. I know when we do what
is right, the Lord will always help us.
Another
is Darwin. I believe I have talked about him, but he is doing fantastic. It is
so cool to see him change. He has a lot of earrings in his lips and ears, which
is a problem because they have to be out for him to be baptized. Without us
even asking, he took them out when he came to church. It is so cool to see the
gospel change peoples lives.
The
members. The members have been awesome. They are all way kind and helpful. This
week we had the opportunity to have dinner with the Moreno family. They have
kinda become my second family. The mom, Vicki, is a single mom who works
constantly to support her kids, who all live with her in a tiny house. However
she always invites us over, even when she had eye surgery. She is a great
example to me. She is way funny, and we always tease the sister, who is a RM
about going to Uruguay on her mission, and make funny Spanish hand gestures at
her. They are an amazing family- I am so glad to know them.
Unfortuunately, this week I was sick. Almost all Nortes get sick when they become accustomed to
the food, but I didn't realize it would be this bad. I was throwing up all day Saturday and felt like dying -- but now I am doing good. The food here is good.
The best thing is bread. It is dirt cheap, a roll costs around 3 cents in US money and it is all way good. They put all sorts of stuff in there, such as
arequippe y otros. Also, we always have steak for lunch, which is good and bad
for my stomach.
Fusagasuga
is beautiful, it is on the edge of a mountain, so everywhere you look it is a
rain forest. It is perfect temperature, and however it rains, it feels fine.
This week, we ate
with a member almost everyday--it was awesome. We normally have rice,
vegetables and steak for lunch, and bread for dinner. We
can only go to the Temple when there is a holiday, which actually happens quite
often. A typical Sunday is church from 9 to 12, after we go to lunch, and then
we proselyte till the end of the meeting.
I
have to go soon. I wish I could write everything; a couple of things to end with. I had the experience of riding in a transmillenial, which is a giant bus.
Everyone here rides buses around, as they don't have a subway. To get in one of
these, 100 people wait at one terminal and once the doors open, squeeze into
them. It is crazy, people literally shove one another to get in. I just stand
there and kinda jump, and like a wave, they carry me inside. The only problem
is I have to watch my head, or else I will hit the ceiling. Anyway, I hope all
is well.
Good
luck to all my friends in college, thank you for you prayers, I definitely feel
them.
I
just want to quickly testify that when we keep the commandments, all things
work for our good. In the mission we have a lot of mini rules, like always
going to bed at 10:30. This may seem small, but I feel so much more energized
when I do go to bed right on time. Amazing blessings await us when we do these
things.
With
all my love,
Elder
Parson
