As Justin said in his last email, "For those of you that still haven't jumped on the band wagon, I'm in PERU, not BOLIVIA." He got a bunch of letters this week from people that sent them to Bolivia. He loves to hear from you all and thanks you for your letters. It is quite a long delay if you send it to the wrong place (could be a couple months). His new address in PERU is on the blog.
Justin got in a ton of trouble when his dad called the mission home about his typhoid fever. Oh well, no apologies from us, sorry. We'd do it again when it comes to Justin's life! I guess Justin did not inform the mission president about his sickness (as we suspected) and got in a ton of trouble for it. Hopefully there won't won't be a next time, but if there ever is, I think he will call the mission office first. The church has a doctor (Dr. Drake) from the US that serves in the Bolivia/ Peru area treating the missionaries. That is a very good thing. I heard that you do not want to go to the doctor's in Peru. It's very scary! I actually got a kick out of what Justin wrote about the whole thing so I'll post his words here. "Well dad managed to cause quite a ruckus here in Peru last week with his phone call to the offices about me getting sick. When I got home from fishing (I got a sunburn from sitting on the pier all day. It felt kind of nice. I am getting quite a good farmers tan.) last Monday Hermana Sonia, my pension, was freaking out and asking who I told that I was sick because President Fierro had called a half hour before all mad and up in arms that I hadn't called the office before I got the blood test and it wasn't authorized or something and said I couldn't do anything else, not take a pill or anything until I called him again. Which sucked because I was going to get another blood test in the afternoon to verify that the one in the morning didn't screw up (I had been fasting all day to do the test too because you can't eat before them) but of course the president disappeared all day and wasn't in his home or office. So the phone call from dad actually impeded the situation, although I know it was out of love. I finally got a hold of him the next morning and he asked why I didn't call yesterday. I told him I called until 10 pm and reminded him that he had left. Then I got a lecture about the line of authority and how we love our pensions but we need to call the offices when we are sick and they will tell us what to do and the president needs to know and on and on. But in the end, he had me call Dr. Drake the doctor for the area of Bolivia and Peru for all the missionaries. He graduated UCLA and everything and he was a bit worried and was saying I had to take the pills they gave me right away and should've started yesterday (which I was going to do! If the whole dad/ president thing hadn't of happened) But anyways, I've been on these antibacterial pills and everything's fine, so I'll live. I managed to get everyone here in Peru to calm down about it, so don't worry or anything. So please stop calling the offices, everything is just fine."
Life as a zone leader sounds busy. Justin says he is always doing paperwork, dealing with people's problems or calling someone. He doesn't have much time for writing or anything for himself. Good thing he is not his mission for himself. We will get fewer letters, but being busy in a good cause is a good thing. It will be a good learning experience for him. When Justin was called to be a trainer to Elder Gil, he felt too inexperienced and inadequate. He said he was "freaking out about it." Then he wrote, "I remembered 1 Nephi 17:3, how the Lord always provides a way to fulfill his commandments, and that if President Fierro gave me this assignment, he must know something I don't and that I can do this with the Lord's help. I feel like any of my difficulties from before this in my mission have helped me prepare to train, taught me to humble myself and rely on the Lord's help. But I'm sure looking back on this, training will of been preparation for something else. I guess that's just how the Lord works." You were right about that Justin. Good insight.
They had another baptism last Saturday. A 15 year old girl named Karol. And looking forward to three more this Friday.
Today is changes and he said a ton of new missionaries are coming to Pisco. He has to get people off to their new areas and receive new ones, and get everyone situated. Today for his p day he is also going to Pisco to buy stuff and write a few letters. He is trying to write back everyone that wrote him for Christmas. He'll be busy!
Today is Justin's mom's birthday and in his email to her he wrote, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY! How many years are we at now? Love you." 29 Justin, always 29!
Justin got in a ton of trouble when his dad called the mission home about his typhoid fever. Oh well, no apologies from us, sorry. We'd do it again when it comes to Justin's life! I guess Justin did not inform the mission president about his sickness (as we suspected) and got in a ton of trouble for it. Hopefully there won't won't be a next time, but if there ever is, I think he will call the mission office first. The church has a doctor (Dr. Drake) from the US that serves in the Bolivia/ Peru area treating the missionaries. That is a very good thing. I heard that you do not want to go to the doctor's in Peru. It's very scary! I actually got a kick out of what Justin wrote about the whole thing so I'll post his words here. "Well dad managed to cause quite a ruckus here in Peru last week with his phone call to the offices about me getting sick. When I got home from fishing (I got a sunburn from sitting on the pier all day. It felt kind of nice. I am getting quite a good farmers tan.) last Monday Hermana Sonia, my pension, was freaking out and asking who I told that I was sick because President Fierro had called a half hour before all mad and up in arms that I hadn't called the office before I got the blood test and it wasn't authorized or something and said I couldn't do anything else, not take a pill or anything until I called him again. Which sucked because I was going to get another blood test in the afternoon to verify that the one in the morning didn't screw up (I had been fasting all day to do the test too because you can't eat before them) but of course the president disappeared all day and wasn't in his home or office. So the phone call from dad actually impeded the situation, although I know it was out of love. I finally got a hold of him the next morning and he asked why I didn't call yesterday. I told him I called until 10 pm and reminded him that he had left. Then I got a lecture about the line of authority and how we love our pensions but we need to call the offices when we are sick and they will tell us what to do and the president needs to know and on and on. But in the end, he had me call Dr. Drake the doctor for the area of Bolivia and Peru for all the missionaries. He graduated UCLA and everything and he was a bit worried and was saying I had to take the pills they gave me right away and should've started yesterday (which I was going to do! If the whole dad/ president thing hadn't of happened) But anyways, I've been on these antibacterial pills and everything's fine, so I'll live. I managed to get everyone here in Peru to calm down about it, so don't worry or anything. So please stop calling the offices, everything is just fine."
Life as a zone leader sounds busy. Justin says he is always doing paperwork, dealing with people's problems or calling someone. He doesn't have much time for writing or anything for himself. Good thing he is not his mission for himself. We will get fewer letters, but being busy in a good cause is a good thing. It will be a good learning experience for him. When Justin was called to be a trainer to Elder Gil, he felt too inexperienced and inadequate. He said he was "freaking out about it." Then he wrote, "I remembered 1 Nephi 17:3, how the Lord always provides a way to fulfill his commandments, and that if President Fierro gave me this assignment, he must know something I don't and that I can do this with the Lord's help. I feel like any of my difficulties from before this in my mission have helped me prepare to train, taught me to humble myself and rely on the Lord's help. But I'm sure looking back on this, training will of been preparation for something else. I guess that's just how the Lord works." You were right about that Justin. Good insight.
They had another baptism last Saturday. A 15 year old girl named Karol. And looking forward to three more this Friday.
Today is changes and he said a ton of new missionaries are coming to Pisco. He has to get people off to their new areas and receive new ones, and get everyone situated. Today for his p day he is also going to Pisco to buy stuff and write a few letters. He is trying to write back everyone that wrote him for Christmas. He'll be busy!
Today is Justin's mom's birthday and in his email to her he wrote, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY! How many years are we at now? Love you." 29 Justin, always 29!
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