November 2, 2015

Hola Familia,

It is great to hear from you again. The days just seem to fly by now. I can't believe today that I hit 16 months in the mission. It doesn't feel like it has been so much time. Before I know it it will be Christmas and I will be talking to you all again. I am really looking forward to it. It is good to hear that everyone is doing well. Those shots sound like they were painful but it would have been cool to watch. I am glad that everyone is doing well. I can't believe that winter is coming again. It will be super cool to see snow again but that is still more than a year away.

I had a pretty good week. We started off our p-day by going to a huge park outside of Lima. Since our zone is at the end of Lima, we could get in a bus and drive for about an hour and leave the city. It was so nice (and trunky) to get out of the city and into the country again. There were horses, grass, and even a river. We played ultimate frisbee for a long time. Thanks for sending me a frisbee again. That was a great idea. The Latinos have never seen one before.

The week was pretty normal. Like normal, my patience was tested but I have learned to control it better. I tried to sit down and have a conversation with my comp about how we can get along better but he just ignored me the whole time. Oh well, at least I am doing my part.

This week, the zl came to work with me for a day so he could meet John. When we got to his house, his mom came out and told us that he had left the city for about a week to go work. Since he was out of town, he didn't come to church yesterday. That was kind of a downer. He is supposed to get back today so we are going to go look for him.

Nikol came to church again. We don't visit her that much but she always comes to church. I wish she would just get baptized but I have tried so hard for her to get baptized that I think we are just going to wait until January to baptize her. It is kind of sad to wait but at least she will eventually get baptized.

Nikol was one of two investigators in church. The other one is a lady who is not married and will not be getting married until February. There is not much happening here right now.

Since yesterday was the day of the dead, a lot of people didn't come to church. Also, there is a cementery in my area. There were so many people in my area coming and going to the cementery. It was packed and it made it harder to get to our lessons.

Hopefully this next week goes a little better.

Love,
Elder Isaacson

P.S. I am glad to hear that Uncle Si still works.