April 18, 2016

Hola Familia,

I still can't believe you guys bought a trailer. It suprises me even more that it is new. I thought you had bought it used. I went through all the photos. It looks really big and really nice. I will have to take it out and test it all the time. I think we will really like. Now we just need four wheelers and we will have all our dreams come true.

To start off answering your questions, I took chemistry in high school. I got a 3 on A.P. lit test. I don't know what would be holding us back from getting me registered. You are probably right that it is a hold on the scholarship that we put for the mission. Thanks for all you are doing to figure these things out and thanks for signing me up for SOAR.

Secondary water would be nice but it is way to expensive.If we wait a year maybe the price would go down. If it is already put in they would probably willing to negotiate on the price just so we would hook up to it. You shouldn't sell the acre next to the house. I don't want neighbors. I am tired of living so close to other people and not having a yard or even parks. I like my space.

We had a really good week here in Mariategui. Jimy got baptized and confirmed just fine. It was a really easy baptism and basically a gift. It was a really small baptism because the Stake President didn't want people to realize the mistake that had been made. Jimy was excited and cool with getting baptized again.

Korayma also was baptized. I baptized her Saturday and then we went buy to pick her up Sunday for the confirmation. We found her and her siblings locked in the house. Felipe and Fatima had both gotten in a fight and both stormed out locking the kids in the house. We went back later and found one of the kids crying. Felipe had gotten back super drunk and hit him. The kid took us to Felipe and he just broke down crying. We took his last beer and dumped it all over the ground. We then sent him to his mom's house so he could sober up. We then went and found Fatima who is 8 months pregnant. She was also drinking but was not drunk. We sat down and had a calm conversation with her. Each one blames the other. We are going to have to visit them everyday to help them out. It was a really sad situation and we all felt bad after we left. Our ward mission leader, Erick, helped out a ton along with Omar. The members help us out a ton. The truth is though, is that I am sick and tired of alcohol. It causes so many problems. We dealt with such a big problem yesterday and then everyone that was drinking on the street just made us sad. Sometimes Peruvians are just idiots. They work just so they can drink. This morning we saw some guys drinking at 8:30. They are destroying their lives and it makes me really sad. My comps and I are doing all we can to help them but they have to practice what we preach them.

Other than that, we had a great week. We are teaching a young couple, Miguel and Yanina. They came to church for the first time this week. They really enjoyed it. They pay so much atention when we teach them that they were answering all of the questions in the classes. We got their ID's this week so we can start the marriage process. They will be getting married at the end of May. They are really excited.

Maria came to church again. She is really excited to get baptized but doesn't want to get married. Her and her husband don't love each other. They haven't had any relaciones for 2 years but live in the same house. It is a tough situation. Hopefully we can work through their problems so they get married. We try not and never advice someone to seperate their families. We found Maria crying this week. We were able to help her out and calm her down. That is the best thing about this gospel. It doesn't matter what trials or problems we have, the Gospel can help us. It can be money, alcohol, family relations, or any other problem this message helps. The gospel is universal and that is why I love it and share it daily.

Love you lots,
Elder Isaacson