Week 27

First off thanks everyone for the Bday wishes! I feel loved! This was a pretty great bday. I was planning of not telling anyone, but everyone knew somehow. But yeah, it was pretty chill all day and I thought I was safe. Then Bam! One of my ... no my favorite family, threw me a party! So sweet of them. They are my Peruvian family for sure! I was pretty embarrassed, but it did make me feel important, so I guess it's ok. They went all out. Balloons, cake, presents, (even the elders gave me stuff!) Food! ( we actually got sick after and threw up all morning, but hey that's how the morning after parties usually go right?) They got this cute doll candle top thing that had a plaque and a long modest skirt on hahah! I'm 20~! whaaaat!? I'll come home only 20 too. Weird right? I'll be a RM at 20! 

I hit 6 months this week and wow! WOW! Can you believe it! Where has the time gone! Only a year left! ahhhh! nooo!

So we are basically fast and furious up in Peru! You know how they have the nitrogen boost thing in the movie..well they have that here too. #streetraces!

They had elections yesterday so we didn't have church. Turns out everything shuts down on election morning because it is mandatory to vote. So we didn't get to go renew our covenants :(   The sacrament is so great. The happiest way to live is repenting every day and taking the sacrament every week. It's just a nice clean way to live! Without sin! Think of it! Do it! 

Oh oh. Ok, so this week, we taught a lesson and we didn't understand why it smelled so bad in front of this guy's house where we were sitting. And the smell stuck to us. Literally. I smelled real bad. Had to take a shower when I got home but I dragged that stink into other people's houses. Turns out that all their... let's call it bathroom water... just soaks into the ground where we were sitting.  I almost threw up 3 different times. Wow this just smells like.....Peru.

Ummm, what else. Got a good pick up line this week. Not like the usual harrassment, hop on my motorcycle, mamasita, type of stuff. This was clever. And clean. If I understand the Spanish right. Which I did. He's driving by on the bus and shouts at us "Hey where are you going? Huaylas? Miraflores?.... Cielo?" And for all you non bilingual people out there, he asked us if we were going to heaven. Pretty smooth. And yes, I smile everyday when I realize that I am bilingual. Take that high school spanish!!!!

So we had (like every week) a goal of 7 new investigaters for this week. We never actually get 7 but this week we made a goal with faith and just made the decision that yes we are going to get them! With the PROMISED divine power of God! And guess what WE DID IT!  It has been a really good week and a big faith growing week. FAITH WORKS, GOD WORKS, AND FAITH IN GOD REALLY WORKS! Every day we went out with faith and did ALL we could do to get one, then it was amazing to see how God would provide us the opportunity! We do all we can, then God goes to work. I have a testimony of this principle.

I love you guys! I love the Lord! Chau! 

Hermana Quist!