October 4, 2014

Hola Familia,

I know this letter is a little early this week, but it is because we have ''mundial'' this p-day, or the mission soccer tournament. It was kind of sad knowing that when I came today to write that I would not have a letter from the family. I look forward to reading about your week every p-day.

I don't get to watch all of conference this week. This Sunday, in Peru is elections. Every year the first Sunday in October is elections. Everyone in Peru is required to vote or they will get a huge fine. Almost everything will be closed tomorrow, including the church. We are going to try and watch some of the sessions with investigators or members over the internet today and tomorrow. It might be a little difficult though because I don't know if the internet is fast enough to keep up with the video. Either way, next week the whole stake is going to watch all the sessions next week in the stake center. I hope I can watch it in English because I will get a lot more out of it and understand a lot more.

I contacted a lady earlier this week and we have started teaching her and her 2 children. It is really fun to teach them because the 2 kids are really fun and really smart. I wouldn't be suprised if the kids are smarter than the mother. The kids are really into the lessons and want to get baptized. They have been doing all the assignments that we have been leaving with them. Hopefully, in a few weeks we will be able to have a baptism of a family.

Elder Ruiz woke up sick this morning. I think he is actually sick but I also think it is a small case of trunk-itis. He has 23 months in his mission and is completely exhausted, mentally and physically. I have to keep working really hard and am going to have to push him to continue to work hard.

I have been trying to work on getting over the fear I have in the mission. I am scared when I talk. I strart to close up my body like I want to curl up into a ball and disappear. When I do that I don't think as clearly and it makes everthing worse. I am working on just studying the language and the lessons where I can feel more comfortable to just talk. I need to realize that I will probably never see these people again and it is ok if I make mistakes while I talk. Hopefully I can get over this fear.

I am expecting a big letter next week because it will be two weeks without a letter. I hope you all enjoy Conference (in English), you will probably get more out of it than I will, but I might be suprised how much I will understand.

Love and miss you,
Elder Karter Isaacson

P.S. Someone just told me how USU beat BYU 35-20. Go USU!!! It is a little sad for BYU though because they are ranked right now.