Hola,
Tranfers are on Tuesdays but I am not expecting anything. I will most likely have 6 more weeks with Elder Ruiz. These are his last six weeks so I will learn what it is like to be trunky. I wonder how much I will have to work with him to keep him working hard.
My usual daily routine is: 6:30 wake up and exercise for 30 minutes. After that I shower and get dressed. After I cook breakfast which is usually toast or an egg, or an egg sandwich. By 8 we have personal study for an hour. From 9 to 10 we have companion study. from 10 to 11 we should have language study but it seems like we always have some sort of meeting till lunch. Sometimes we teach a lesson before lunch, too. We go and eat at a members house for lunch at 1. After we study till about 3 usually. Afterwards we just go from lesson to lesson until 9 or 9:30. We stop and eat dinner in there somewhere from a restaurant or buy something from a chicken broaster (vender) in the street. We then do daily planning and get ready for bed. We are usually in bed by 10:30. I wish it was sooner usually. I have said that a mission is the only place where you can get 18-21 year olds to want to go to bed before bedtime.
The temple sounds amazing. I wish I could have seen it in person. I have seen some photos and it looks beautiful.
I never thought Rich would ask you for advice on how to repair a car, I must have trained you well. I am sad to hear Jacob got in an accident but at least he is OK. That is what I am worried about with Kenzie.
I am really jealous of Dex going hunting. That sounds really fun. I really want to try muzzleloading but it will have to wait a couple years.
Thanks for my friends updates. As for a mission nurse, I have never heard of one. We have Sister Erickson, who is the mission mom, but we don't have a mission nurse. Also, what is with people have seizures with the missionaries around. First me, and now Paul! Juan Carlos is not great. His health is getting worse. He is going to the doctors this week for tests but his mom is worried about the money. The only good thing that has come from this is his mom has opened up and started taking the lessons.
I went to the immigration offices this week. It was for my visa. All I had to do was sign a few papers and get my fingerprint taken. It was really easy but was far. Only the new missionaries went. It was really fun to catch up with all the missionaries that were in the CCM with me. Some of the things they told me were hilarious.
We went to the Center of Lima. It was really cool. First we went to a park full of art. It had a lot of statues and an art museum but we didn't have much time in the museum. We then went through a museum of the history of Lima. I didn't understand most of the Spanish in the presentations but I still learned a lot from looking at everthing. Don't worry, I took a lot of photos but forgot my camera today so I can't send any. The way we get there is crazy though. They cram a million people into the busses. You feel so violated afterwards. You don't need to hold onto anything when you are standing because there are so many people jammed in there really tight.
I didn't buy anything this time but we should go back every 3 months. As for mail, when I went to immigrations, I talked with the Assistents to the President. They said that about every two to four weeks a lady travels from Peru to Utah. She lives in Utah. Appearnetly some parents send packages with her and the have always gotten delivered without problems. I don't know if I could send something with her back to Utah but I probably could.
The weather here is pretty nice. It starts to warm up for one week and then will be chilly the next. It is spring here, but mainly there are just two seasons. Spring and Summer.
I went on work visits with my District Leader this week who is a Gringo. I learned a ton from him. He kind of burned me in a few things but it was all for my own good and has helped me out a lot.
Yesterday we finally met a lady named Reyna Saico. She just moved into the area and has taken all the lessons from other missionaries in a different mission. Everthing we talked about she already knew. Those missionaries did all the work and all I have to do is basicially enjoy the baptism.
Oh, I almost forgot. I moved houses this week. My new house is above the Bishops. It is awesome! The house is bigger, has a hot shower, and there are really nice couches I get to study on. We moved because the old house was aweful. Half of the time we didn't have running water and we were over charged. My first warm shower in Peru was probably the best shower I have ever had because I had not had one for a long time. We can't use the stove and shower together though or the breaker is always popping. It is so worth it though.
Love and miss you,
Elder Karter Isaacson
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