¡Hola!

So it has been a crazy week. I have learned so much Spanish and I cannot wait. It is my last week here at the CCM and I am super excited and also super nervous to go to my mission. I know little Spanish, but I don't know if I am ready to go full on. I do know a lot and I haven't said an English prayer in a while.

We went proselyting last Sabado! It was awesome! So we hopped on this bus, and went about 45 minutes out in Lima, and it was very humbling. Honestly, I was taken aback at how people live here. It was dirt everywhere, everything worn down, but it is just normal for them. Houses stacked on top of each other, these weird motor bike taxi things almost running you over.... Also the church building was kinda cool. It is like super run down everywhere, then in the center of it is the church building which is three stories tall with the chapel at the very top. It was so different but so exciting. I got to invite people to come to church and hand out pass along cards!

One thing that gave me a huge headache though.  There was this small truck filled with fruit going through the neighborhood and they were saying things through this freakishly loud speaker.  It hurt my head so bad. All I hear is this dude screaming into this thing FRESA FRESA FRESA which is strawberry, because he was trying to get people to buy his strawberries, and it was funny but difficult to talk.  Hahaha.  Also, one thing that was gross is if you gotta go, you go wherever you are at.  I saw two different grown men just stop and pee right in front of us and that was kinda gross.

It was so awesome to see how nice people were though. Everyone we talked to were so nice to us and very patient with me since I didn't know very much Spanish. We also took a picture with some guy running for office, so Idk if that was supposed to happen or not, but I went with it because the missionaries we were with did it... So if I am on the paper here in Peru, I hope I don't get in trouble... It did make me super excited to get to my mission in Trujillo. I cannot wait! It is weird to think that I have been here over a month. It went by so darn fast. Time needs to slow down a little bit. I'm gonna be so sad to say goodbye to my friends here, but I am so excited to further the work of the Lord because this isn't about me, it is about Him. So lets do this!

I have been reading a lot about 3rd Nephi and when Christ came to the Americas. It is truly amazing that we have the Book of Mormon, another testament of Christ and Him extending His love to all people of this Earth. 3rd Nephi 9 & 11 hit me really hard, that Christ appeared to the Nephites and proclaimed the truth of His gospel and that He is the light and life of this world. He suffered for us and has the marks in His hands and His side to prove it.

I love you guys! Don't be afraid to email me and let me hear from ya!