Busy, Busy, Busy!

Justin said this past week was a long one and a lot of work. He has so many people to visit and teach and not enough time to do it. ( I know... a missionaries dream!) It is frustrating as the people aren't home when Justin and his companion arrive at their homes for their appointments. He had 10 -15 appointments the past two days and no one was home when he arrived! Oh the laid back mentality of South America. It is stressing him out! As he puts it, "I think it's because of them (his investigators), just thinking about all we need to do, all the people we still need to get a hold of, teach, talk to, the people who weren't there when we went to visit them, and how we are going to get everything done we need to." My responsible, reliable, perfectionist one!
He says the members there are great and really want to be involved. Most of their investigators are from member referrals.

President Bush and his wife, Laura were in Peru this past week. Laura was in San Clemente (ten minutes away from La Villa) and Justin was there on the same day. He said the missionary he was with that day has a fear of crowds so they walked the other way.

Justin gets a real kitchen installed in his home complete with a microwave, oven, refrigerator and blender. He will be cooking his own breakfast and dinner now. He will only be going to his pension for lunch. Justin would have been thrilled if he was still in Bolivia, as he couldn't stomach the food the pension forced him to eat. But now he loves the food his pension makes and he does not have the time to cook and eat. Oh well! He had it good for a while! I wonder what he'll cook? He says there isn't a big grocery store with American things. He thinks he'll lose weight again. He probably will because he is not one to make his own food. He'll just eat what he needs to survive.
The good news is he thinks his pension has something up her sleeve for Thanksgiving! She will be inviting all the gringos in the area for an American dinner. I'm so happy to hear that! American food is just heaven for the missionaries from the U.S.. Justin said besides the Latins, there is a Canadian, a Utahn, and another Californian from Fresno or somewhere like that.
As he was emailing us in the Internet cafe, (I finally know where he goes to email!) the High School Musical soundtrack was playing and he said it reminded him of his little siblings.
He is going to the beach about one hour away for his pday. He is so happy to be near the ocean and have sunshine again.

Justin still hopes and prays to be able to return to his beloved Bolivia, but he says for now he is happy in Pisco!