Hey!!!

Let me just start off to say that I am so honored to be able to teach such great and amazing people here in Chepen. I am in love with this place. There are such amazing things that I didn´t realize at the beginning. We are teaching three beautiful families who come to church and are such great people. One of which is the Familia Chavez, and they are just so awesome. It's the mom, daughter, and son and they are so intelligent. Pier, the son, reads the Book of Mormon and actually understands everything and he is only 11 years old. Elina, the daughter, has so many questions but she reads the Book of Mormon and the pamphlets we give her. They kind of bicker, as siblings do, but it is funny because it reminds me so much of my siblings as well. The mom sometimes calls us the dads of them, which is a little weird because we aren´t old enough to be their dads, but we just kinda go with it haha. Also, we have been working with a mother / daughter, Alison and Joana, and they are super funny people. It is like they are best friends, and we are also their best friends, so we are always telling jokes and laughing. They even gave me some toys they were going to throw out.  Hahaha!  But they all came to church!!  It made me so happy to see so many people in church this Sunday. It was so beautiful.

We went to Trujillo this past Tuesday for zone conference, which was awesome!  However, I got a flu vaccine and it hurt my arm because the nurse was not gentle.... I have also been suffering with a cold this whole week, but it is okay because we keep working!  It has been a great week of work. We found some good people to teach and have been learning a lot.

Also, just want to say, I got some CRAZY AWESOME GOLF PANTS that made this week go by like a breeze!!!  And lots of chocolate!!!!   I was so happy to see that. Thank you so much my amazing family!!!  The golf pants make it feel so nice, it is literally like I am wearing nothing and the wind just whips right through. It is literally heaven I can't explain it sufficiently.

I hope you guys are all doing well and remembering what is really important in this life. Work and school are good things, but the things that really matter are that which pertain to our souls and the family. I know that this is the true gospel and that even though we may not understand everything we can hold firm to the facts and knowledge and testimony that we do have to get us through the challenges of this life to have the hope needed to feel the love of our savior for ourselves and for others. I know we are all children of our Heavenly Father, and He loves every single one of you guys.

Have an awesome week!!