Pictures of the Zone

4 June 2012

Dear Family...

Well,  I forgot my other sd card so I can´t send home the majority of the photos that I wanted to, but here are a few of my zone that I took today.

Here is a description of what's happening with each picture.

1. We were bored and my comp and I left a message for the Soc soc (Sociedad de Socorro or Relief Society)

2. Elder Kirtland (AP), Me (jefe) and Elder Sainberry (Newbie).

3. Elder Kirtland is/was my ZL for 3 changes and now he is still in the zone technically, but is the AP. Elder Sainsberry is new in the zone, but is from Logan. I am always teasing and making fun of him... but all in good fun :)

4. Elder Velarde is one of my good friends in the Zone and he decided to go "profet" on us and I grabbed a picture...

5. My comp and a bunch of other missionaries after lunch.

6. La Hermanas Blackwell and Lopez, Elder Nicaragua, and Elder Kirtland... again... But E´Nicaragua is going to end his mission here in like a week so this was our last get together with him. He is cool and has been giving me advanced missionary training for the last couple weeks. (advanced training for lack of a better word.)  He has been showing me how to work a bit more effectively with members, in everyday work, and in my lessons.   I have a ton of respect for him and am sad to see him go.

7. How missionaries work in the kitchen... 6 in the kitchen. 2 talking after having eaten, 2 playing with cameras (one is me), 1 eating and 1 sister trying to serve everyone... :)

    








     This week has been an interesting week. I don´t have changes yet. That is next week. I forgot how to count... sorry Mom.   One more week to wait, but the guess is that I am going to El Dorado to look for gold... which I think is a super ironic name for the area because it's the poorest part of the city.

The other guess is that I will be going super far out there,  like out to Cajamarca.   A bunch of the elders out there have changes this next week or I will open a new area between here and there. Those are the three likely options right now.   Our presidente has mentioned that I might be opening a new area which I think would be fun personally.  I just hope its not in one of the cities here because I hate cities.   There are a whole bunch of new areas here in Lambayeque that president said he wants to open.   So we will see.

     As far as interesting things, well we had one investigator who decided that she wanted to join the church so that her daughter could marry a missionary specifically, at the moment,  me or my companion. haha.  We have to go explain to her today our purpose as missionaries,  but it's likely that she will get baptized so at least there is that.   Aside from that, we also have been running from all sides of our zone to all other sides.   Our ZL´s realized this week that I am an electrician or at least know the principles of it, so I have been called to all sides of our zone fixing problems and changing wiring so that everything works. (Haha) I need to take a picture of a few of the wiring jobs that I have seen here (and fixed).   Dad would just shake his head... or cry... one or the other.   Also I have become the new zone tutor for English so I have been trying to teach all the latin missionaries how to speak English.   It's been exciting.    Then, I went to the beach on Tuesday to work out there with Elder Nicaragua.  His companion went to my area to work.   Wednesday, we have another exchange.  It's been kinda weird here this week.  It feels like e have hardly been in our area, but we have a couple of families that could be baptized here soon so we have a lot of hope for this area.   I think I am going to cry when I leave.   I know personally every member of this ward, both active and inactive. I know everyone and all are my friends.  When the members here heard that I probably will be changed this next week (one of the members here works in the office), several members told us that they want to have a Family Night in their house.   As of right now, we have 3 or 4 planned for this week and of course our the Hma. Graciela.   It's tough leaving the area.   It will be interesting to see where I get sent.    Anyway,  I am out of time.

     I love you all and will write again next week with the news about changes, but it will be 2 weeks before I will have the chance to tell ya where I am at.

Love you all!