Back at the CCM! Who would have thought?!
Well.... here's the latest update. We got an email from Justin today. Let me post it:
Hey everyone..
I got to Peru a couple of days ago about 4 am in the morning. Our last day in Cochabamba was fun going out and exploring. It was a bummer to leave though, the plane came in about midnight with all the missionaries from the Santa Cruz mission to pick us up. Then we went straight to Lima from Cochabamba even though it wasn’t an international airport. There were also about 15 missionaries who didn’t have passports either because they got burnt down in buildings in Santa Cruz, and president said it was a miracle that he even got ours. The us consulate just came and knocked on his door one day and brought them to him. But the church pulled a lot of strings, got us all out of the country, out of a non international airport and got all those other missionaries brand new passports in just a day. Once we got to Lima we stayed in the ccm again, it was pretty weird to be back. It almost felt like we had never left. We had a meeting yesterday with all of the 4 mission presidents of the Lima mission and with the area presidency. President Nash spoke to us and gave a really great motivating speech about how we should make this an acceleration point in our missions. Anyways I am in the Lima Sur (south) mission now. My companion is Latin, and we seem to be able to communicate fine. Ohh and guess who also lives in the house I am living in. elder Michael nelson. What a coincidence huh? Anyways Lima is really different. Everything is gray and bleek and cold. It is really dirty ad not nice at all. The people aren’t as nice either. Its probably going to be hard few weeks, I just hope we can go back to Bolivia after 6 weeks. President Tenorio in Bolivia talked about it like it was a sure thing, that he would see us in 6 weeks. When I went to say bye to him at the airport he told me no this isn’t a goodbye, ill see you in 6 weeks here again. The president Nash sounded confident that we would return at some point. But the mission president here was talking to us like this was more of a permanent thing. I hope not. So we will have to see how everything goes. I have the address for this mission but I forgot to bring it, so I will email it this Saturday. This will just take a little getting used to. Hopefully it will only be for a short while. Talk to you all on Monday ,that will be my normal day for emailing here too.
Justin
We also got an email to just "mom and dad". In it he mentioned that the area he is in is the second most dangerous area in the mission. He can't wear a watch or anything. So I suppose we won't be getting many pictures while he is there. Apparently there are gangs there that don't like the missionaries. He said he never once worried about safety while in Bolivia. You could go anywhere, anytime and feel safe. Justin told us it has been really hard for him since the meeting he had with President Nash. Up until that point, he was in a state of denial about the whole situation, none of it felt real yet. Now it does. He was told by his new mission president ( he forgot his name) to serve with his whole heart. He said that is hard to do as his heart is still in Bolivia with the people there. He is trying to pull his thoughts away from where he would much rather be, to where he was originally called. It will take time for the adjustment, to be sure. But we are confident that Justin will learn to serve with his heart and soul in the new area he has been called to. It is where the Lord would have him be for now. He is there for a purpose. We will pray for his heavy heart, that it will be light and he will feel love for the Peruvians as he does the Bolivians. I'm appreciative of these wonderful mission presidents as well. Justin obviously already has great love for President Tenorio already. As he said of President Tenorio," President Tenorio just likes to smile and engulf you in his arms." What a wonderful compliment of a loving man. We wonder what is in store for the rest of Justin's mission. Whatever it is, it will be all good.
Hey everyone..
I got to Peru a couple of days ago about 4 am in the morning. Our last day in Cochabamba was fun going out and exploring. It was a bummer to leave though, the plane came in about midnight with all the missionaries from the Santa Cruz mission to pick us up. Then we went straight to Lima from Cochabamba even though it wasn’t an international airport. There were also about 15 missionaries who didn’t have passports either because they got burnt down in buildings in Santa Cruz, and president said it was a miracle that he even got ours. The us consulate just came and knocked on his door one day and brought them to him. But the church pulled a lot of strings, got us all out of the country, out of a non international airport and got all those other missionaries brand new passports in just a day. Once we got to Lima we stayed in the ccm again, it was pretty weird to be back. It almost felt like we had never left. We had a meeting yesterday with all of the 4 mission presidents of the Lima mission and with the area presidency. President Nash spoke to us and gave a really great motivating speech about how we should make this an acceleration point in our missions. Anyways I am in the Lima Sur (south) mission now. My companion is Latin, and we seem to be able to communicate fine. Ohh and guess who also lives in the house I am living in. elder Michael nelson. What a coincidence huh? Anyways Lima is really different. Everything is gray and bleek and cold. It is really dirty ad not nice at all. The people aren’t as nice either. Its probably going to be hard few weeks, I just hope we can go back to Bolivia after 6 weeks. President Tenorio in Bolivia talked about it like it was a sure thing, that he would see us in 6 weeks. When I went to say bye to him at the airport he told me no this isn’t a goodbye, ill see you in 6 weeks here again. The president Nash sounded confident that we would return at some point. But the mission president here was talking to us like this was more of a permanent thing. I hope not. So we will have to see how everything goes. I have the address for this mission but I forgot to bring it, so I will email it this Saturday. This will just take a little getting used to. Hopefully it will only be for a short while. Talk to you all on Monday ,that will be my normal day for emailing here too.
Justin
We also got an email to just "mom and dad". In it he mentioned that the area he is in is the second most dangerous area in the mission. He can't wear a watch or anything. So I suppose we won't be getting many pictures while he is there. Apparently there are gangs there that don't like the missionaries. He said he never once worried about safety while in Bolivia. You could go anywhere, anytime and feel safe. Justin told us it has been really hard for him since the meeting he had with President Nash. Up until that point, he was in a state of denial about the whole situation, none of it felt real yet. Now it does. He was told by his new mission president ( he forgot his name) to serve with his whole heart. He said that is hard to do as his heart is still in Bolivia with the people there. He is trying to pull his thoughts away from where he would much rather be, to where he was originally called. It will take time for the adjustment, to be sure. But we are confident that Justin will learn to serve with his heart and soul in the new area he has been called to. It is where the Lord would have him be for now. He is there for a purpose. We will pray for his heavy heart, that it will be light and he will feel love for the Peruvians as he does the Bolivians. I'm appreciative of these wonderful mission presidents as well. Justin obviously already has great love for President Tenorio already. As he said of President Tenorio," President Tenorio just likes to smile and engulf you in his arms." What a wonderful compliment of a loving man. We wonder what is in store for the rest of Justin's mission. Whatever it is, it will be all good.
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