October 12, 2015

Hola Familia,

Like always, it sounds like you had a busy and exciting week. That is great that you should be losing the sling this week. Hopefully your shoulder will start to heal even quicker now. AYSO soccfer sounds like it was really fun. Kenzie needs to stop bullying all the boys when she plays soccer.

Life for me here in Peru is good. Sancarranco did have a transfer. I was kind of sad to see him go because we got along really well. Where he got changed I got a new companion, and gues what? I am training again... crap. I really didn't want to have to train again but that is what President wants. I actually won't be doing the full 12 week training because my companion, Elder Lopez, is waiting for his visa. His real mission is in Wisconsin. He will only be my companion for six weeks. It is still really hard to train him though because he never went to the MTC. He is going to go to the Provo MTC when he gets his visa. He has no background on being a missionary and I have hard to start from square one and teach him everything. Elder Lopez is from Lima, Peru. He lives in The Molina, where the temple is and is one of the richest parts of Lima. He is an only child and it kind of shows. I am just trying to help him get used to the mission and not miss home too much. I have also learned to try and walk slower. He is really short and kind of fat. He walks super slow. I have to stop all the time to let him catch up. I think we are both learning patience right now. Also I am trying to teach him english. That is really hard too. Both for him and me. It is now hard to speak english.

The area is doing alright. We are teaching a family that is really cool. About 12 people live in the house. Only two are progressing but it looks like they might be able to get baptized in the coming weeks. Nikol, one who is progressing, Mom passed away two months ago. The whole family was suffering a little bit. It was cool to be able to see the blessings of the gospel in their lives and help them understand God's plan.

We are teaching a few other people right now but not great potentials for any baptisms this month. Other than trying to train another new missionary my week was pretty normal. Just walking around trying to teach people. I felt kind of stressed due to all the responsibility but now I feel a lot more relaxed.

Yes Mom, I am still the same pant size. My shirts are fine right now and my socks are doing fine too. I know I said my shoes were holding up but this week the rockport's started to give in. The shoes from Brasil are doing great. They will make it to the end of my mission easily. If you want, you could send me another pair of the Brasilian shoes size 10 with the soft inserts. I don't know anything special that I want but I don't need hot chocolate. That is already here. Maybe Nutella.

Les Amo,
Elder Isaacson