October 7th Letter

Answers: well stomach yeah ;) sorry I didn’t respond to your emails I have a hard time reading and then well responding no I heard about our ward and am happy to hear about bishop Russell. You’ll do great in your calling! And it’s great to read about the family. Well... I could be packing meat... hahahhahahahhahahhaha. Yeah. that was about the theme of this week :) after the first week jitters rolled off well I’ve had a lot of… well yeah :) first day this week we had 9 appointments fall through and we just ended up walking around for ever and ever.. Kind of rough, but one day was especially hot and I was sitting leaned up against a pole taking a break and just busted up laughing. My companion couldn’t get me to talk! Ha-ha it just hit me. I could be still packing meat :) it’s funny how a little perspective can change our mood! So a little bit about Peru, the doors and people are small, all about 4ft the people talk quietly and grab your fingers when shaking hands. If there a man they hug you, and a woman they just shake hands... unless they know you or think you’re cute then they kiss you ha-ha well needless to say I thought warding off my friends about a first kiss. I found it almost impossible to ward off these girls. Every girl tries to kiss me ha-ha but don’t worry, 18 years… why break that streak :) ha-ha no I’m fine, so I’m really grateful for everything you got me from the thermals down to the umbrella (explain in a second). So the days were a little longer but well it’s hard to keep Jed Grow from being happy especially in the service of god and I’ve been enjoying every minute. Wednesday we went up to a house way up in the Andes, and built a house out of adobe bricks for service, it was great but quite the hike. My companion is a little lax, and well I’m having a hard time expressing my opinion on how we should work harder because well my Spanish… but I try my best. He’s the most loving and caring guy, and really great but sometimes that’s a problem because we spend a lot of time just talking for no reason to his friends in the ward and no preaching but there is a line. We are here to serve and build up the ward, but through ensana and well were working on that. The next day’s blended together… long… filled with a lot of walking. Ha-ha I have broken 2 chairs since I’ve been down here! Ha-ha yeah I really don’t fit in. Anyway than Saturday I woke up sicker than a dog puking… yeah it was rough (probably the food, which I’ve realized is useless to complain about cause… well it’s still the same ha-ha) and but we still had to go to conference so I spent all Saturday in the church bathroom listening to all Spanish conference, after dragging my companion to priesthood session. We got to listen to it... IN ENGLISH I was really happy. Tell dad I didn’t sleep at all! It was a great session even though I was sick. Then Sunday I woke up feeling great! It was a miracle. I went to conference and had a really spiritual experience. Then I was able to accompany the bishop and do a lot of teaching and visiting people in the ward! It was a really great time and the work goes great... love you all