We are one week away from changes. In his email today Justin wrote, "this change went fast." It went fast for us too. Justin and Elder Gil have been together for 4 1/2 months now or for 3 changes. Justin said, "I think I am ready to leave if I have to, so that will be fine. We will just have to wait and see."
They baptized two little girls this week that are 9 years old. "Stephanie Cordenas, whose mom is a member and Sayuki whose parents are inactive but always comes with her grandma." The ward there doesn't always get around to baptizing the kids once they turn eight. "It basically only happens when the parents really want it or when the missionaries coordinate it all. It blows my mind."
On Thursday, Justin and his companion went one hour south to Ica to have their interviews with President Fierro. He was running behind with his interviews, so he asked Justin and his companion to teach a class to all the missionaries in the zone during the whole time he was interviewing his zone and the missionaries in Ica. "So we had to wing 4 1/2 hours of teaching a class. I couldn't believe we pulled it off. Didn't know I could pull that much stuff out to talk."
Justin said on the bus ride down, they hit a huge sand storm. "It was crazyy. You couldn't see ten feet from the bus, it was like being in a fog or a snow storm. (Must have learned what that was like from his time at BYU in Provo, Utah last winter. We certainly don't have those here in So. Cal.) But the crazy bus driver was still trying to pass other cars on a one lane each way. They are crazy. It is a miracle we got there alive though. (His dad just finished telling me how unsafe the bus drivers there are. He said every once in a while you'll hear of deadly bus crashes there. Great news, considering my son rides in these "crazy" buses every time he goes to Lima or to any other town or city in Peru!) They had to shut all the windows in the bus though and it was like a sauna in there, I was dyinggggggggggg. But we made it. (With divine protection!) After the interviews and everything the president took us all out to dinner at this chicken place that was really good. He was a lot more laid back there. It was nice of him. Haha he didn't have any money though and he asked me to pay for it and that he was going to have the offices reimburse me."
A miracle of all miracles, it actually rained last night! Justin said it "never rains here, it was a slight miracle." Big news!
Good news for his parents....... Justin didn't take a skull from the old Inca temple place. He said they went hiking and found tombs full of human bones. Thankfully he left them in peace!
Pday today consisted of playing soccer and volleyball and then a BBQ. He was also hoping to get a nap in. Sounds like a nice day.
Last of all he mentioned that that they found a huge rat in his room and dogs came in trying to kill it. They tore the room apart until they found it in the window. I just asked him in my last letter if he has rats or mice because he never mentioned them before. I figured they would. He also wrote, "I always laugh when I go downstairs and see all the bugs crawling through everything in the kitchen. What can you do." It is good he can laugh about it. The premission Justin would not have found all this so funny! It's true, "what can you do?"
This past Friday, Justin's cousin Scott Mathis recieved his mission call to Bucharest Romania! He reports to the MTC in Provo June 3, 2009. Almost one year to the date of when Justin went to the MTC (Justin reported on June 4, 2008). These two will not see each other for three years. But what a great reunion it will be. And what changes and growth these two will have gone through! Congratulations Scott! Life is good.
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