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| We were playing with a parrot at another sister's pensionista's house for pday last week. It talks in Spanish. lol |
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| This is a juanee a typical jungle plate that our pensionista made for us this week. |
New Year's was fun too. It is basically the same thing as Christmas. They eat dinner at midnight and set off a million fireworks.
It was the most fireworks I have ever seen in my whole life at one time.
It was so smoky and so loud. We had permission to stay up with the
family we live with again but we were just too tired. So we went bed at
ten thirty and then woke up right before midnight. We went up on the
roof and watched the fireworks for a few minutes and that's where I was
when it changed to the New Year. It was a really cool moment standing on
a roof in Huanuco, Peru watching all the fireworks go off.
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| New Year's |
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| So dad asked me about meat in Peru...they like meat. I don't know if you can see how big this is. It was part of my New Year's dinner its from my companions camera. |
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| This is from New Year's. I don't know why they put Santa hats on. Christmas and New Year's are kind of the same thing here. |
This week we were in the hills a lot. Walking alone
is tiring but walking straight up and down hills all day is really
tiring. The body has always fascinated me and that's what I studied in
college but I felt I have never really had as great of an appreciation
for what your body can do until I have been in this area. Its crazy to
feel so strong but to feel so weak at the same time and to keep going
until you think you can't anymore. One day this week after a long day we
came home and crashed on our beds for a few minutes before we started
planning and one of my companions said...you know that scripture that
says we need to serve with all our heart might mind and strength? I feel
like not serving with all your might and strength isn't an option here.
It takes all of it to just get to your appointments in a day. It made me
laugh. I am hoping that by the end of the transfer I will be able to
get up and down those hills like a Peruvian woman. With a whole load of
sticks or leaves on my back and holding a baby. Just kidding we aren't
allowed to hold babies.
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| houses up in the hills |
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| Our hike strait up.... |
Diego also got baptized this week. It was one of my
favorite baptisms of my mission. His smile when he came out of the
water told the whole story. And his testimony was really sweet too. It
didn't come without its trials though. When we arrived to have his
interview he said I have to tell you something. I am moving to Lima
tonight. We were like WHAT?? You can't leave you have a baptism tomorrow.
He said it just kinda came up and that he decided to go. But we ended
up talking to him and he stayed and was baptized. And he is actually
still here because he hasn't been able to leave yet.
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| Diego's baptism and Elder Alverado. He is one of the zone leaders from Equador that we share a ward with. |
When you have a baptism you have five things to
worry about. If you can get through those five things you will have a
great baptism. Those five things are the person being baptized, water
in the baptismal font, baptismal clothing, keys to the church, and other
people to be there and support them. The day of the baptism I am happy
when we check one of those things off the list in my head. I think every
one of my baptisms in my mission have had problems with one of those
things at first despite our efforts to plan so well. But it always gets
worked out and then we have a great baptism. This baptism was no
exception. We got there with Diego and were waiting for more people to
show up when we heard that sound when water finishes draining. Our ward
mission leader went and looked in the font and all the water had drained
accidentally because someone who was doing yard work outside unplugged
it. We ended up having to wait for it to fill back up before we could
get started but it was a huge blessing because the spirit was so strong
as we sang hymns and his grandmother was able to arrive just in time to
see his baptism. His mother had died this past year and listening to his
grandmother bear testimony for her was really special. Everyone was
wiping tears from their eyes.The Lord works in mysterious ways.
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| Negritos - Everyone is dancing in the street. |
I feel so blessed to be here on a mission and to be serving the Lord. Its is amazing to be able to see his miracles each day.
Have a great week everyone.
Love Hermana Rhoten
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