Week 31

This is how we are going to be spending Christmas here!

I'll probably be calling you in a little bit! Makes me heart go crazy thinkin about it!

Congrats Adam on the good grades and on the temple! So great right?! I got to go through last week for the first time in 6 months and it was great. Also I got to buy all this sweet Peruvian stuff. I will bring home some sweet stuff for you guys! Then we will all have to come here after the mish. 

This week has been good. We have gone to the doctors almost everyday it seems, but somehow our numbers are also really high this week. God has been giving us tender mercies. We have SO many nuevos that we are finding. The challenge now is just helping them to progress.   I haven't had a baptism for a while. It's strange because we have had sooooo many people so close and like the week before Satan does something to ruin it! Take a chill pill gosh. But we aren't disanimated, just working harder! This is such a great time on my mission right now. Also its soooo hot, I am bustin out the sunscreen mas y mas.

So we have had two more rich peole in cars stop us this week to tell us our area wasn't safe. Thanks nice rich people, but we live here. haha Chorrillos somehow keeps getting better and better. Especially when we are walking in the street and see our investigator in a legit street fight. Tried to walk by all casual, but we made eye contact. Let's just say we didn't go visit him that day. Also weird girls that got kicked out of their house that need a place to sleep.....no thanks I'd rather not be robbed. 

HAve you guys tried reading Jesus the Christ? You should really think about it if you want to know everything. I don't think I can express to you how much I enjoy reading the scriptures! What was wrong with me before the mission? They are so great!

Christmas here is different. They celebrate it the 24th at midnight. So I don't  really have anything new to write. Just excited to talk to you all on Christmas. I love you guys!

Week 30

So my new comp is Hermana Wickline. She is from South Carolina and we get along GREAT. We are the funniest most awkward companionship in the whole mission. (We were voted so) You can imagine how awkward I am, well just add someone that is equally as awkward! But she is so cute too, so we have so much fun. #awkwardhandshakesareourthing

She has a stomach thing and we have been going to the docters and stuff. It's cool she feels better and I am working her pretty hard. The hardest part is talking in spanish. It's SO hard. But it's what we need to do to help develop her Spanish. We talk a fluent Spanglish.

Yeah so Christmas is comin up. Doesn't feel like it. It's HOTT here. But yeah we will call yall on the 23rd  for a pre call to organize  the call on Christmas yeah? Idon't  know when I will call, so keep your phone on mamma bear. Maybe in the morning.

I got my Christmas package! Surprise! It was so sweet Thank you! I love it! Thanks for ther sweet skirt! Getting new things to wear is my fav. You guys are the best! Special shout out to the Dray fam! Thanks! I love you!

We had a Christmas multizone conference and did white elephant gifts ...let's just say our gifts were the best. We think we are funny. But we also got to watch Home Alone, so thats cool. But in Spanish so that's....less cool. 

Anyway I am not missin home too much idk if that will make you happy or sad. There is just no time. I'm loving the mission right now and I am loving the Christmas season. Our president says everyday is Christmas.

He asked us, if we could think of anything we could be doing better to show Christ our love than serving a mission. And really there is not. There is nothing better than doing his work. There is nothing I would rather be doing and no place I would rather be. I love Peru!....most the time. jaja.

I love my Savior. This is why I am here. And this Christmas season I promise to give him ALL. And after too. Forever!

Love Hermana Quist

Week 29

HOLA! Well time for the big news! ANOTHER EMERGENCY TRANSFER! Whaaa?!  Yep so on Wednesday we got a phone call and they said Drose was to leave in 2 hours so we had to pack her bags super fast and then go get my new companion. Her name is Hermana Wickline. Yes she is American! whaa!? But she is also brand new and I am her trainer. The hardest part is we can't speak in English because she really needs to learn Spanish! It's THE  hardest ever. Actually its impossible. She was sick and that's why we had the emergency transfer. But she is better now! I am working her hard these last couple days. haha

Its was sad to see Drose go, but hey we are just set on living with each other after the mission, so we be cool with whatever the Lord wants to do with us! I am excited for the opportunity to train. It's already a great learning experience. I have to be responsible and stuff...weird haha jk. I do have to teach and talk alot more and handle everything. But I'm good. Actually I'm great. This is such a great thing. This mission thing. Never been happier. 

We had an investigator...the crazy one...say he wanted to get baptized! But he was walking in the street so we were sneaky and followed him and he went right into the Catholic church. Areee youuu kiiiiiiiding me? So yeah we have some work to do there.

The Christmas Devo was super cool. I was watchin it in the stake center with everyone...dimmed lights...great environment for the spirit. And I just got an overwhelming confirmation when Elder Nelson was speaking and the pictures of Christ were showing, that Christ is my Savior. It just amazes me how it doesn't matter who you are how much you know, the spirit is free and given to all men forever and whenever. I have had this confirmation so many times in my life and I love how he keeps giving it to me again and again! Now I just want to take this to the people I am teaching here. It doesn't matter what I say, just the spirit I bring because that's the only thing that is going to make them change.

I love you all and have a good Christmas season!

Love, Hermana Quist

Week 28

#WelcometoPeru

Kid wavin a gun around ouside the window of a car

 #welcometoperu

Guy robbing a ladies purse WHILE SHE IS IN HER CAR through the window and breaking it everywhere 

#welcometoperu

Stepped in Dog Poop again 

#welcometoperu

Earthquakes (little ones) all the time 

#welcometoperu #waitingforatsunami

This week has also been really great! We had some sketchy times and really got more of a feel for how crazy Peru is. So we walking down the street and this guy pulls up in a nice car, and in broken english he says...¨this place is not sure (seguro)(safe) Why are you here? Do you need a ride someplace better?¨  

There are good people too. But I'm starting to think there are more bad ones. 

We have met some guys who speak english really well because they grew up in Utah. It threw us off in the street when they walk by and said..¨whats up¨....What? English! So now we have an investigator and we have a chance to teach him in English!

We also have a completely crazy investigator named Isreal. He has a mental illness I think and has definitely been to jail. D- Rose says  Ï can deal with the crazies and maybe even the suicidle, but Idraw the line at murderers, you never know what crap they are gunna pull!¨

We got ANOTHER 7 new investigators this week! We are keepin up the good work! Now we just need to get them all to have a baptism date! whooo hooo!  I AM ANIMATED!

D-rose and I will probably be split up this transfer. She has been in Lima for 6 months now so it's her turn to leave. I will probably be a trainer. I won't lie and say that is hasn't been the absolutely best companionship in the whole world! It's a sad thing to break it up.

As you can see we went as a zone to The Cristo! Its huge and beautiful! (from far away like everything Peru!) 

I love all the elders in my zone! We have a good time! Here is a pic of my favorite Chilleanos!

Also we had Thanksgiving! They took us out to KFC! classic! haha It was actually really sweet. Gotta love Peru. When KFC is real high class stuff. 

The other pic is The 2 best sister missioanries in all of Chorrillos. 

And then this sweet parrot we saw! It talked! We have a video but its gunna have to wait to be shown after.

I love you guys! Thanks for everything! The chruch is true, so put a smile on your face!

Chau ' Hermana Quist

Mom' 

Hows the tummy? So big! I tell everyone all the time here about your being pregnant and they all think its so cool!