Dear Familia,
I might go to the temple before Christmas, but I doubt
it. The thing is that the temple here in Lima will be closing in the new year,
but we don´t know exactly when, probably sometime in January. I hope to go, but
if I don´t, I went during my last few weeks in the offices as well.
As for Elder H, well of course he remembers Kolby,
so do Elder T (lived in the same house I think he said) and Elder F.
Elder T says that his parents want to contact you just to say hi and swap
stories; they´re from Spokane Valley. I´d say that if Kolby is making as few
errors as he says then maybe he could be even more advanced than them. The three of them are still with their
trainers except Elder F. They speak rapidly but make mistakes, which really
is a good combination, because you can´t really teach speed, but you can
correct errors. Elder H says that Kolby and him always played against
the Latin districts in soccer and usually won haha, he also said about some
plans to go to a Sounders game in 2016/2017 (he´s from Bothell), sounds like he
made a lasting friendship.
Wow, Colin is already home, I think S P should
probably be pretty close too, if not already home. I think the wave of my
friends should already be starting to come home, and maybe come April/May it'll
be at the height of the movement. There´s a lot to think about between now and
then, but I´m staying focused during the week.
You shouldn´t need shots or water purifying tablets to
come to Perú. Water obviously is only safe when it´s bottled or boiled, but
it´s about 1 sol (30 cents) for a bottle, and theirs stores on every block to
buy from. Shots...well there´s not really mosquitos in Lima, there are...but
very few and according to the doctors before the mission, it´s well outside the
malaria zone.
Well this week we had a great experience and a
frustrating one, but determination to fix things up. The great experience was
that R and L got married. Wahoo! We left the area at 9:30 to get to
center of Lima at 11:00 for the wedding. They went through the line to get to
the register clerk and signed their papers, Elder N and I were the
witnesses so we signed next and then the ceremony of the actual wedding
happened. The frustrating experience happened later that night when we passed
by their house to pick up a piece of cake to go...their family members, whom
they had told that they don´t drink, brought alcohol, and they were already a
little tipsy by the time we got there. It was so disappointing to know that
they willingly, albeit with pressure, chose to disobey a commandment they had
just learned. So no baptism this week, or next. We are hoping for maybe the
27th or in January. We have a plan this week to visit them frequently and help
them to see the error and get ready for a different baptismal date. They got
over one hump and baptism is next!
We are also teaching D. He´s Deaf, but learned to
speak through 13 years of therapy. He´s also 22 years old and the son of a
member. His dad isn´t a member, but his brother and sister are, and they have
been really supportive in being able to help him come to church and listen to
us. I don´t know if I told you about W in Tahuantinsuyo, but the sisters
there taught and baptized a deaf/mute there too and I ended up learning a few
signs related to gospel things. Well, for a good reason, because now I am
learning more signs than ever! D
I love you all, I am super happy to be here and to be helping people realize their goals to have happy families and to recognize the help they receive from their Father in Heaven.
Love,
Elder Nelson
Also, I set up the Christmas tree you sent and took some pictures :) Enjoy
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