December 1, 2014
Ok, Thanksgiving actually was
Thanksgiving here. I won't lie, it was pretty nice. The Archibalds
invited the offices over for thanksgiving dinner, and it was almost as good as
your cooking, Mom! The gringos just wanted to cry when we had real mashed
potatoes and everything. We had completely forgotten. It was kind
of funny, because Elder Fierro’s dad used to be mission president in the Lima
South mission, so when we went to President’s house in San Isidro, Elder Fierro
said, "Hey, I lived two floors up from this." Weird. And San
Isidro is pretty close by our mission, but it is a different world than our
part of Lima. It doesn't even seem like the same city. Maybe I'll
send pictures one of these days...
Sorry if what I write
this week isn't exactly literary genius. I'm pretty tired from doing the
numbers last night and passing out on the office’s couch. Good times.
Ok, Thanksgiving actually was
Thanksgiving here. I won't lie, it was pretty nice. The Archibalds
invited the offices over for thanksgiving dinner, and it was almost as good as
your cooking, Mom! The gringos just wanted to cry when we had real mashed
potatoes and everything. We had completely forgotten. It was kind
of funny, because Elder Fierro’s dad used to be mission president in the Lima
South mission, so when we went to President’s house in San Isidro, Elder Fierro
said, "Hey, I lived two floors up from this." Weird. And San
Isidro is pretty close by our mission, but it is a different world than our
part of Lima. It doesn't even seem like the same city. Maybe I'll
send pictures one of these days...
The week went pretty
well. We honestly didn't get as much time for proselyting as we would have
liked, but that's pretty normal because Elder Fierro was just getting used to
his job in the offices. On the upside, though, I have figured out how to do
baptismal records! I think that this is my punishment for not having done
a lot with indexing before my mission, because there are some missionaries that
write worse than any census scribe from 1910. I mean, wow. Another
exciting thing (depending on what you all consider exciting, because I think it
is) is that the Excels I made are now officially being used for a new key
indicator for the mission to track the progress of less actives and new
converts! I know, exciting, right?
Anyway, our
area. I mentioned in a few letters about a man named Johnny who is a friend
of one of the stake’s counselors and who we dropped last week. It seems
like our meeting this man by our tracting efforts has really been able to
motivate President Rojas. We have met several referrals of his since then
that we are going to teach this week.
Last Sunday, I felt
this strange desire to call all of the contacts on my phone (many of whom were
just there before and I didn’t know) and in the end, we were finally able to
contact and later teach Ricardo, a contact we had a long time ago who happens
to be the only Peruvian I’ve met with a sunflower seed addiction. I think
he will come this next Sunday.
One of our best
contacts this week is named Bill. He teaches English here, is from New
Jersey, married a Peruvian lady, and moved here a couple of years ago.
His Spanish is terrible. It was great, because not only did we get their
info, but Bill also gave me a news update that you all never give me. [What?!]
He's also a big MoTab fan.
The "He is the Gift"
campaign is something that the missionary department is taking very
seriously. It's been right up there in effectiveness as free balloons. It's the perfect time of year to share the
gospel, because it seems like everyone is looking for something more this time
of year that they never seem to find. So go out and help them find it! Go to
Love you all!
Elder Johnson
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