Mi Familia Y Mis Amigos!!
I feel like it would take me HOURS to say all I wanted to
about Peru
thus far, but I only have one:( Que lastima! Let´s see...
Provo.
so my last few days in the Utah Provo Mission were WONDERFUL!! LOVE the
people, my 2 companions, mission president, and especially my district!!
Seriously the best district in the world, by far!! At our last district
meeting, one of the Elders from Chile
even bought a cake and rad balloons since I was leaving the next morning. So
nice!! Love them to death and already miss the UPM. Also, ran into Hunter AND
Clark at 7-11 on P-day!! Ahhhhh so wonderful to see family and give each a nice
huge squeeze. Love you both and thanks for the slurpees! It was quite strange
saying goodbye to people that I had come to know and love so much, even in a
short amount of time.
Traveling. Phew. So when I got to the SLC airport early Wed
morning, I was told that there was a 3 hour delay with my flight to Atlanta. So instead of
SLC, AT, Lima, Trujillo-it was going to be SLC, TX, ATL, Lima, then Trujillo.
Except our flight from TX to ATL was an hour late, so I missed my flight to Peru. Me and
another Hna. headed to a different mission in Peru
stuck together and stayed at her relatives´ house for the night in Atlanta. Then we finally
made it to Lima
the next night. Super late after customs. Stayed in a hotel for the night, then
on Friday,
I was able to finally arrive in Trujillo and was
greeted by the fabulous marlers at the airport in Trujillo.
PRO of the traveling chaos-we were able to attend the ATLANTA temple!!!!!!!!!!
ahhh so wonderful, HUGE perk with the airline madness, AND had a bit of time to
relax before hitting the ground running in Peru.
CON-One of my suitcases was at baggage claim in Atlanta, since we spent
the night there I guess...but thankfully the other suitcase that I do have has
about half of my clothes and toilitries. phew.
Lima/Trujillo. My 1st few hours in Peru were spent going to Immigration and
National Police in Lima
on Friday.
Sitting, waiting, etc. Afterwards, we had lunch at pizza hut and I drank Inca
Kola for the 1st time. good, but too sweet! And we had time to take some pics
around the Lima
temple, really pretty! The city was INSANE and the driving is quite scary, but
kinda fun too. Maybe cause I´m a bit of an adreniline junkie, idk. It was kinda
chilly since its winter and there were a lot of American places to eat, mostly
fast food.
Trujillo.
LOVE this city!! In the Marler´s car on the way from the airport to their house
to stay for the night, we drove past the temple and its gorgeous!! really
hoping it gets completed before I leave. There´s dogs just lying all over the
streets, like trash (there´s that too) really sad. The climate is nice, just a
little chilly. The people are really kind, humble, and friendly. Contacting is
fun now!! A group of girl teens yesterday asked for a picture with us yesterday,
probably cause I´m the whitest person they´ve seen in person. jaja. no Americans around here, except the missionaries. People on the streets call me
gringita. I know I´m a "Gringo", but a cool one, right? jaja
whatever. Peruvians also try saying little things in English to be, quite
entertaining.
El Bosque. Is the name of the area that we are currently
serving in! Many contacts that appear interested in learning more about the
gospel. We walked with an investigator named Julio to church yesterday. He lives
about 20 mins away on a super dusty road.
Our pensoniesta is nice, we call her mammatina. Lots of rice
and chicken. Last night she made this quinoa thing with pineapple and it was
really good. My companion is wonderful, using LOADS of Spanish which is great!!
We live really close to a bar, so its a bit hard to get to sleep some nights,
but every night is a fiesta in Trujillo!
Ward and members are really nice, introduced myself in
RS.
Met my district this morning, as we played futbol together
at the chapel.
Coming to PERU
has by far been the easiest transition, as strange as that sounds. REALLY
LOVING PERU!!!!!!!! Defiantly seeing the Lord´s hands in many different aspects of my life and this
great work. love you all!!!
Con Mucho Amor, siempre,
Hermana Boody
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