My week was good I’m back in Lima the city. It’s about ten minutes outside of my old area Libertadores. It is really cold, I am freezing most of the time but it should warm up in a month.
My new house is rad, our room is nice. The family reminds me of a young George Lopez family they have one son. He reminds me of a kid from a movie, he is really nice. They have giant pictures of him all over the house, if that tells you anything.
The food is so good they have a maid that cooks chicken, potatoes, white rice and homemade hot sauce. We had pizza the other night and chicken because some nights she doesn’t cook, so she just buys our food from a restaurant. I was so happy to eat cereal with milk the other morning. No, I did not get my package, hopefully tomorrow in zone meeting.
I am so happy to read about your new calling, you are going to be amazing. You are always so dedicated to your callings. I am thinking about when I used to watch you prepare so diligently for your activity days girls.
Until next week,
Love you all.
Monday, July 2, 2007
Monday, June 18, 2007
Hey I really enjoyed your letter it was perfect.
A barbecue buffet sounds so good you would laugh if you could see the stuff I’m eating here, but I eat it because I’m so hungry. Since it was father’s day the husband of our pension was home and he barbequed chicken and some kind of other meat it was good but not filling.
This past week was ok for p-day we went to some more runes that over looked the beach and then we went back and just relaxed in our zone leader’s house. The week was ok I spoke in sacrament meeting and taught the lesson in Sunday school for the young men young women it is not that big of a deal because their is only ten of them and I showed a video. I still get really frustrated when I can’t say or speak exactly the way I want to. But I know that the spirit helps me so much with the language when I’m sitting in front of investigators.
This past Friday was really nice I did a comp change with my zone leader in his area. He’s from Idaho and a good missionary it was so nice to work with a comp that I could trust and learn good things from. He speaks good Spanish and him and I share some of the same ideas about the work. His pension is the best in the whole mission she owns a pizza restaurant. For dinner we ate pizza and hamburgers.
We’ll be going to Lima this week for a zone conference and to say good bye to President Morris. I love you all so much I hope you have a great week.
Love
Elder little
A barbecue buffet sounds so good you would laugh if you could see the stuff I’m eating here, but I eat it because I’m so hungry. Since it was father’s day the husband of our pension was home and he barbequed chicken and some kind of other meat it was good but not filling.
This past week was ok for p-day we went to some more runes that over looked the beach and then we went back and just relaxed in our zone leader’s house. The week was ok I spoke in sacrament meeting and taught the lesson in Sunday school for the young men young women it is not that big of a deal because their is only ten of them and I showed a video. I still get really frustrated when I can’t say or speak exactly the way I want to. But I know that the spirit helps me so much with the language when I’m sitting in front of investigators.
This past Friday was really nice I did a comp change with my zone leader in his area. He’s from Idaho and a good missionary it was so nice to work with a comp that I could trust and learn good things from. He speaks good Spanish and him and I share some of the same ideas about the work. His pension is the best in the whole mission she owns a pizza restaurant. For dinner we ate pizza and hamburgers.
We’ll be going to Lima this week for a zone conference and to say good bye to President Morris. I love you all so much I hope you have a great week.
Love
Elder little
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
My new area is really cool it is two hours outside of Lima so I am way north. It is really cold and foggy every morning. My area is Pativilca the closest town is Barranca. There is one main highway that links to Lima and the northern cities that goes up through the town.
The beach is not to close but it is kind of a beach town this morning on the way to breakfast I saw a car pass with a bunch of boards on the roof. We eat avocado every morning for breakfast with bread and butter with hot water coco powder and sugar. The other day I was so hungry I bought two dozen rolls and gave four to my comp and ate the rest. I got another needy comp but I like my area and he helps more with my Spanish.
The people are a little crazier out here then in Lima. We are in a branch there were 20 people at church on Sunday. I am learning with my comp that if you have something and they don’t it’s theirs also. The branch president wanted my camera to take pictures of some lady that got a wheel chair from the church and I said look this camera has all my mission pictures on it so I went with him to take the pictures and helped him put them on the computer.
Before I forget give this scripture to Stephanie Alma chapter 37 verses35 37 I found it the other morning and thought it was good just replace son with daughter.
It sounds like you guys are having a lot of fun I love to hear from you every week. I love you and I will talk to you in a week got to go.
Love
Elder Little
The beach is not to close but it is kind of a beach town this morning on the way to breakfast I saw a car pass with a bunch of boards on the roof. We eat avocado every morning for breakfast with bread and butter with hot water coco powder and sugar. The other day I was so hungry I bought two dozen rolls and gave four to my comp and ate the rest. I got another needy comp but I like my area and he helps more with my Spanish.
The people are a little crazier out here then in Lima. We are in a branch there were 20 people at church on Sunday. I am learning with my comp that if you have something and they don’t it’s theirs also. The branch president wanted my camera to take pictures of some lady that got a wheel chair from the church and I said look this camera has all my mission pictures on it so I went with him to take the pictures and helped him put them on the computer.
Before I forget give this scripture to Stephanie Alma chapter 37 verses35 37 I found it the other morning and thought it was good just replace son with daughter.
It sounds like you guys are having a lot of fun I love to hear from you every week. I love you and I will talk to you in a week got to go.
Love
Elder Little
Monday, May 21, 2007
Hey family,
That is rad that you guys went to a Padre game. I forgot all about how much fun their games are. It sounds like you guys had and exciting week and school is almost over so I bet you are all excited.
Well this week was good for me to. Well the beginning was hard but it got way better. On Monday for P-day we went to this big park and five other zones in our area came. All the North Americans played american football. It was fun, but one of the workers of the park juked us because we were gringos and made us pay 2 sols each just to rent the field for an hour.
The Lord blessed me so much this week. On Tuesday one of the elders in our zone got called to the offices. So his comp was alone, so he stayed with us for the week and I got to learn a new area because we worked in his area to. It really lightened things up between my companion and me. The week got a lot better, we taught a lot of good people in both areas.
Yesterday was a great blessing for me I spoke in sacrament meeting again and my comp said it was powerful and my pronunciation was really good and after church a lot of the members started giving us references. We are teaching a man who is really progressing and is going to be baptized this weekend we taught him and his girl friend last night the plan of salvation and the spirit really helped me to teach, and then in our last appointment I felt so happy and grateful because it is so nice at times to just be able to teach with the Spirit and let it guide and help me to remember things.
To top it all off I’m being transferred on Wednesday. To Barranca it is about two hours north of here.
Love and talk to you next week. Love you so much!
--- Elder Little
That is rad that you guys went to a Padre game. I forgot all about how much fun their games are. It sounds like you guys had and exciting week and school is almost over so I bet you are all excited.
Well this week was good for me to. Well the beginning was hard but it got way better. On Monday for P-day we went to this big park and five other zones in our area came. All the North Americans played american football. It was fun, but one of the workers of the park juked us because we were gringos and made us pay 2 sols each just to rent the field for an hour.
The Lord blessed me so much this week. On Tuesday one of the elders in our zone got called to the offices. So his comp was alone, so he stayed with us for the week and I got to learn a new area because we worked in his area to. It really lightened things up between my companion and me. The week got a lot better, we taught a lot of good people in both areas.
Yesterday was a great blessing for me I spoke in sacrament meeting again and my comp said it was powerful and my pronunciation was really good and after church a lot of the members started giving us references. We are teaching a man who is really progressing and is going to be baptized this weekend we taught him and his girl friend last night the plan of salvation and the spirit really helped me to teach, and then in our last appointment I felt so happy and grateful because it is so nice at times to just be able to teach with the Spirit and let it guide and help me to remember things.
To top it all off I’m being transferred on Wednesday. To Barranca it is about two hours north of here.
Love and talk to you next week. Love you so much!
--- Elder Little
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Thank you for telling me all about grandma and grandpa’s party and wish I could give them a big hug right now. I’m glad to hear that grandma and grandpa’s party went well but did you get my letter?
We had a multi-zone meeting this week and there is an Elder Hixson in my mission he doesn’t know Brad and Jeanette though he is from Sandy. He is new like me; well he is on his second change. He is cool and I asked him what he was doing to cope, he said pray. I miss my old area and my old comp. The food is worse here. The plumbing here is really weird they don’t have hot water but they have a circuit breaker switch next to the shower and two wires going into a plastic shower head. I guess the wires are hooked up to two little probes inside the shower head that heat the water as it comes out. The other morning I was showering and my elbow touched the shower head and it shocked me.
In your last letter dad asked for my address to send goodies. Please don’t send a lot but maybe send some power bars and normal food and maybe some food to help keep my strength, also some Pepto-Bismol pills and Tums. Please don’t send a lot!
How is Craig doing? I wrote him two letters before I left the CCM.
The other night I was in a teaching appointment with a family. I was going to start the lesson but my comp started by rattling off something about prophets and then was looking at me to teach. I was frustrated because that is not the way you should teach and my comp really bugs. But I just took a deep breath and started teaching, my frustration left me and I was able to teach by the spirit.
Tell everyone that I love them; oh it is really expensive to send letters here so I might send a pouch of letters later, and will you just mail them to the right people please. Oh please ask questions about anything that you want to know about. I love you all so much and will talk to you soon.
Love Elder Little
We had a multi-zone meeting this week and there is an Elder Hixson in my mission he doesn’t know Brad and Jeanette though he is from Sandy. He is new like me; well he is on his second change. He is cool and I asked him what he was doing to cope, he said pray. I miss my old area and my old comp. The food is worse here. The plumbing here is really weird they don’t have hot water but they have a circuit breaker switch next to the shower and two wires going into a plastic shower head. I guess the wires are hooked up to two little probes inside the shower head that heat the water as it comes out. The other morning I was showering and my elbow touched the shower head and it shocked me.
In your last letter dad asked for my address to send goodies. Please don’t send a lot but maybe send some power bars and normal food and maybe some food to help keep my strength, also some Pepto-Bismol pills and Tums. Please don’t send a lot!
How is Craig doing? I wrote him two letters before I left the CCM.
The other night I was in a teaching appointment with a family. I was going to start the lesson but my comp started by rattling off something about prophets and then was looking at me to teach. I was frustrated because that is not the way you should teach and my comp really bugs. But I just took a deep breath and started teaching, my frustration left me and I was able to teach by the spirit.
Tell everyone that I love them; oh it is really expensive to send letters here so I might send a pouch of letters later, and will you just mail them to the right people please. Oh please ask questions about anything that you want to know about. I love you all so much and will talk to you soon.
Love Elder Little
Thursday, April 26, 2007
4-23-07
Hey thanks for your letter, how are mom and Stephanie? Make sure that you are not still sending letters to the CCM. Well I’m in a new area, my comp and I were out teaching and when we came back for lunch the pensinista said that there was an emergency transfer and I was being transferred. I’m not sure exactly why, but it had to do with safety and having white boys in that area.
Before I left that area our zone had interviews with President Morris. He told me to make sure that you guys were writing and that it’s important that we save these letters because they will act as a journal. My new area is all up hill, it is a little nicer than my last area. It’s more of a city and our apartment is not great but better than Ventanilla. My butt is killing me because it is like walking up and down Shadow Mountain 10 times a day. I’m so tired and frustrated at times. But President Morris told me that sometimes it feels like we are going backwards but really our success comes in huge steps. The mornings are really hard for me but the day gets better. My comp and I have two areas Vista Alugre and Libertadores.
On Saturday we had a baptism, well it was a baptism for my comp because Saturday was my first day and I didn’t know the people. Someone in the ward had filled the font, but the water was nasty so we drained it and cleaned it. We go to two wards on Sundays and the ward in Libertadores has a brand new chapel. It is amazing and it’s really nice. In my last area we had three baptisms planed for this month, but I left, oh well its ok.
I hope you got my letter for grandma and grandpa’s anniversary party in time. How was their party? Sometimes I feel like I don't know English or Spanish. I am so proud of Stephanie and everything that she is doing the first goal wow! We don’t live with the pensin. In this area we have to walk down the mountain to eat. Sorry I can’t send photos by email, but I can receive them from everyone. It’s ok to give this email to people, well people you choose like friends and family. I would love to see a lot of photos of you guys and what is going on. Write as many times as you want during the week. I have to go. I love you so much and talk to you soon.
Elder Little
Hey thanks for your letter, how are mom and Stephanie? Make sure that you are not still sending letters to the CCM. Well I’m in a new area, my comp and I were out teaching and when we came back for lunch the pensinista said that there was an emergency transfer and I was being transferred. I’m not sure exactly why, but it had to do with safety and having white boys in that area.
Before I left that area our zone had interviews with President Morris. He told me to make sure that you guys were writing and that it’s important that we save these letters because they will act as a journal. My new area is all up hill, it is a little nicer than my last area. It’s more of a city and our apartment is not great but better than Ventanilla. My butt is killing me because it is like walking up and down Shadow Mountain 10 times a day. I’m so tired and frustrated at times. But President Morris told me that sometimes it feels like we are going backwards but really our success comes in huge steps. The mornings are really hard for me but the day gets better. My comp and I have two areas Vista Alugre and Libertadores.
On Saturday we had a baptism, well it was a baptism for my comp because Saturday was my first day and I didn’t know the people. Someone in the ward had filled the font, but the water was nasty so we drained it and cleaned it. We go to two wards on Sundays and the ward in Libertadores has a brand new chapel. It is amazing and it’s really nice. In my last area we had three baptisms planed for this month, but I left, oh well its ok.
I hope you got my letter for grandma and grandpa’s anniversary party in time. How was their party? Sometimes I feel like I don't know English or Spanish. I am so proud of Stephanie and everything that she is doing the first goal wow! We don’t live with the pensin. In this area we have to walk down the mountain to eat. Sorry I can’t send photos by email, but I can receive them from everyone. It’s ok to give this email to people, well people you choose like friends and family. I would love to see a lot of photos of you guys and what is going on. Write as many times as you want during the week. I have to go. I love you so much and talk to you soon.
Elder Little
Monday, April 2, 2007
03-08-07
Hello, how is everything going? Everything is good here. I got to go to the Lima Peru temple today with my district. The session was in English. The temple is only like ten minutes from the CCM. Not a lot has happened here; I wake up, eat and go to class. We teach everyday in Spanish with the Latino’s. I‘ve learned so much in the past week. One of the teachers that I have at night looks like Carlton from “Fresh Prince” except Peruvian. It is a nice place here. The CCM is small and it does have a nice soccer field that we play on everyday for P.E. The CCM is kind of back up against the mountains. There is a big wall that goes all the way around it, with a guard tower in the front.
03-11-07
I think that it is better when I write on Sunday. I was having a tough day on Thursday. Yesterday we got to go to my mission to do some proselyting. Well I think it was a part of my mission. It was about 2 hours away and we all traveled by bus. I was so excited because once we got out of the city, we traveled on the road right above the coast for about 30 minutes. The road was right on the cliffs that go straight down to the beach. Well not really cliffs more like sand dunes that go straight down. I saw a guy (American) walking on the side of the road with a surf board. It reminded me of Jeff and he looked like Jeff. When we got to the city it was crazy. People and dogs everywhere, herds of cars trying to go through alleys. A lot of the people drive a motor-taxi which is a motorcycle with a little carriage on the back. We started at the church which was on a back alley. I had a Latino comp and one of the ward members came with us because we were visiting less active members. The first house we went to the people we needed to teach did not live there anymore. We went and started contacting people. I would just bear my testimony and talk about Heavenly Father. My comp would help me when I got stuck. The best part of the day was teaching two less active members in their homes. This was in the afternoon and a member of the bishopric was with us. We taught them the first lesson and talked about keeping the commandments and they committed to come back to church. I could not understand most of what they were saying, but I could tell that they were truly genuine. I got your letter Thursday. I’m glad you got to talk to President Cryak. I’m glad that “Dear Elder” works well. I’m starting to adjust, but I don’t know about fluent in Spanish. I had the opportunity to speak today in sacrament meeting. I had prepared most of my talk, but I needed more. A few minutes before the meeting, the spirit prompted me to what I needed to say. The spirit helps me so much when I speak Spanish. I watched a talk from Elder Uchtdorf for district meeting. He gave the talk about 2 months ago at the MTC in Provo. He talked about accepting your challenges and the situations you are faced with and just knowing that the Lord will bless you and that it is part of his plan for you. Also about becoming a great missionary and converting yourself. I hope that everything is going well for you and that everyone is happy. Oh don’t worry about sending me my blessing, I found mine in one of my notebooks, I hid it.
I love you, talk to you soon,
Elder Little
Hello, how is everything going? Everything is good here. I got to go to the Lima Peru temple today with my district. The session was in English. The temple is only like ten minutes from the CCM. Not a lot has happened here; I wake up, eat and go to class. We teach everyday in Spanish with the Latino’s. I‘ve learned so much in the past week. One of the teachers that I have at night looks like Carlton from “Fresh Prince” except Peruvian. It is a nice place here. The CCM is small and it does have a nice soccer field that we play on everyday for P.E. The CCM is kind of back up against the mountains. There is a big wall that goes all the way around it, with a guard tower in the front.
03-11-07
I think that it is better when I write on Sunday. I was having a tough day on Thursday. Yesterday we got to go to my mission to do some proselyting. Well I think it was a part of my mission. It was about 2 hours away and we all traveled by bus. I was so excited because once we got out of the city, we traveled on the road right above the coast for about 30 minutes. The road was right on the cliffs that go straight down to the beach. Well not really cliffs more like sand dunes that go straight down. I saw a guy (American) walking on the side of the road with a surf board. It reminded me of Jeff and he looked like Jeff. When we got to the city it was crazy. People and dogs everywhere, herds of cars trying to go through alleys. A lot of the people drive a motor-taxi which is a motorcycle with a little carriage on the back. We started at the church which was on a back alley. I had a Latino comp and one of the ward members came with us because we were visiting less active members. The first house we went to the people we needed to teach did not live there anymore. We went and started contacting people. I would just bear my testimony and talk about Heavenly Father. My comp would help me when I got stuck. The best part of the day was teaching two less active members in their homes. This was in the afternoon and a member of the bishopric was with us. We taught them the first lesson and talked about keeping the commandments and they committed to come back to church. I could not understand most of what they were saying, but I could tell that they were truly genuine. I got your letter Thursday. I’m glad you got to talk to President Cryak. I’m glad that “Dear Elder” works well. I’m starting to adjust, but I don’t know about fluent in Spanish. I had the opportunity to speak today in sacrament meeting. I had prepared most of my talk, but I needed more. A few minutes before the meeting, the spirit prompted me to what I needed to say. The spirit helps me so much when I speak Spanish. I watched a talk from Elder Uchtdorf for district meeting. He gave the talk about 2 months ago at the MTC in Provo. He talked about accepting your challenges and the situations you are faced with and just knowing that the Lord will bless you and that it is part of his plan for you. Also about becoming a great missionary and converting yourself. I hope that everything is going well for you and that everyone is happy. Oh don’t worry about sending me my blessing, I found mine in one of my notebooks, I hid it.
I love you, talk to you soon,
Elder Little
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