Week 2
Oh my gosh this week has been crazy, but fast and slow. ill
start off with a awesome spiritual experience i had this week, so on friday,
elder wright and i had to teach our 3rd lesson, and it went awful, i couldn’t
remember any spanish, so when the lesson was done, i walked outside and threw
my book on the ground and started to cry, i was so discouraged, but luckily my
comp and some of the guys from my district were there to calm me down and put
there arm around me and show me compassion. our teacher who is also our
investigator knew that i was having a hard time, so he came out and pulled me
off to the side and we started with a prayer, and then he stood up and said it
is against the rules to give you a hug, but I’m going to give you one anyway,
so he gave me the biggest hug, and during that hug, i could also feel grandma
there too giving me a hug, and he told me that i am an inspiration to him it
was such and amazing moment. But that was so rough! So the next day elder
wright and i fasted for about 20 hours to help us learn the language.It was so
amazing and spiritual, and yesterday we taught our 4th lesson, and during the
lesson, i was able to just speak spanish, i spoke spanish that i didn’t even
know, so i know that through our fasting and faith in god and jesus christ,
that the gift of tounges is real, so that was my amazing spiritual
experience.
So now to go on to the rest of my week, i got my first cold in
peru, ive actually had it for about a week and a half, but it just seems to get
worse, but i know that my district is here to give me a blessing if i need it,
and our district split too, because we have so many people in it, it was kinda
sad, but it will be good this way we can learn spanish faster. on thursday we
went to finalize our citizenship and there was this crazy german guy who was
yelling at us for being on our mission saying things like...you are wasting
your time you should be helping the pentagon, and that the queen of england is
controlling the drug trade and she controls everything, and that christ was a
alien and all of this bull crap, so i finally got tired of hearing him so i
said adios, and he said no no adios, you guys are the sinners. so ya that was
my Thursday. oh and I’ve already written 2 talks in spanish, i just need to
give them now...yay. on monday, our whole district got together and we sang a
bunch of hymns in english and it was without any music, and we actually sounded
pretty good, the spirit was so strong there too. oh and i had my first
opprotunity to ride a city bus which sucked! they pack those things so tight,
and everyone is 1 inch from each others face, I’m not kidding that’s really how
it is! oh and i have already made my first tie trade with elder harper...in the
pictures i send he’s the one with all the ties around his neck. my schedule
goes like this...7 is breakfast, 8 to 9 is additional study, 9 to 10 is
physical activity 1045 to noon is class noon to 1245 is lunch 1 to 3 is class
315 to 415 is tall which is a language learning program 415 to 6 is class 6 to
645 is dinner 7 to 9 is more class unless we teach investigators that night. so
ya that’s my week, and in the pictures, the big latino, his name is oliveres.
he was my favorite he would always make me laugh. i hope you guys have a great
week and ill talk to you next Wednesday. love you guys!
Elder Moore
Week 3
Ah man this week has tested my faith so much! It turns out that
i have had bronchitis for 2 1/2 weeks :/ and last wednesday it started to get
really bad, i hardly got any sleep and i was just coughing up a lung 24/7. it
was one of the longest weeks of my life! last wednesday hermana gonzales (the
CCMs presidents wife) had a tube that i would put in my mouth and inhale fumes
for 20 min 3 times a day for 3 days, and it didn’t do jack squat!! so on
Saturday night i had to go to the hospital with the gonzalezs. so the nurse
came in and luckily she spoke english so she was nervous cause she thought i
had phnemonia cause it was so bad, so they took me in to get xrays and luckily
it came out clean, but she said to be careful because phnemonia could still
develop, but I’m praying it wont! they ended up giving me some antibiotics and
some cough medicine, and luckily that has helped a little bit but I’m still
coughing...but not as much. i have fell back on spanish because i had to sit in
my room and try to get better for a couple of days, but that didn’t help
either. I’m hoping that it will be gone soon! elder wright gave me a blessing
so hopefully that will help, too. Sunday was pretty good, since it was fast
sunday, we had a testimony meeting, and testimony meetings in MTCs are one of
the most spiritual things that i have ever been to, there wasn’t a dry eye in
the room. I’m so glad that i had the opportunity to attend that! we got to hear
2 apostles speak (a recording of course) i love what elder holland said. he
said, ´´on your mission make sure that you get at least one convert, and that
convert is yourself.´´ that quote really hit me because i know that I’m out
here to serve the Lord, but I’m also out here to become a better person, and
these past 21 days have changed me so much it’s scary!! yesterday (tuesday) we
had a live broadcast from the Provo MTC, which was awesome! we got to hear from president russell m. nielson,
and when it’s a live broadcast, there is way more spirit in the room because
you know that it is going on as you speak. he gave really good advice on
missions. i figured out that our first week in chichlayo, elder bednar is
coming in person to speak with us in the mission home! i am so excited for
that!! thank you so much for the package! i was having a super rough day, and
then i heard that i had a package from my parents and the rest of my day was
amazing! could you send me a jump rope, chick fila sauce, honey mustard, bbq
sauce, and just american candy, i already miss it! i cant send a package for a
while cause you cant send packages here in the CCM and i still have to find christ
stickers, so it will be awhile, sorry:/ but i promise I’ll get you one!
And on Monday elder wright and i taught M, and her story is that
she was pregnant, and her boyfriend and her got in a fight and he pushed her
and killed the baby, so we taught her the plan of salvation and how she will be
able to see her baby again, but she took the commitment we gave her to read
Moroni 8:17 which talks about how little children are saved through the atonement
of Jesus Christ, and during the lesson i had SO many impressions to speak and
say what was on my mind, but i didn’t know how to translate them in english, i
was so temped to just ditch spanish and talk in english but the spirit was
still way strong and the lesson went great! on saturday, they are taking us out
in the middle of lima and they drop us off with missionaries in the field, and
we get to go proselyting for 6 hours! I’m excited to finally get out and talk
to real investigators, but I’m also super nervous because my spanish still
needs work, but what better way to learn than to experience it first hand! i
found that panton bread with the fruit you guys were talking about, and it is
amazing! i sent a picture of me with it, as well as the soccer fied we play on
every day (and my soccer skills have increased pretty good already haha).i hope
you guys have a great week and I’ll talk to you guys next wednesday i love you
guys so much! Elder Moore
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| Nate and his companion Elder Wright |
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| First tie trade with Elder Harper |
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