First Week!

Pictures taken at the Atlanta Airport, 22 Fine Men and Women heading down to Lima. Some will serve in Lima, some in Cusco (will they meet the llamas from Emperor's New Groove?) and a couple heading to Iquitos with Jordan! Check out the super petite gal- she will probably love it in Peru with all the tiny locals! 

Elder Grover with his companion, out on the town doing service. (Not sure what kind of service besides looking sort of tough/smiley.)

10/12/16 (Except from family letter) Yes i am still alive. wednesday is pday so sorry for the delay. I will try to reply to everyone but no promises because they really press you for time. also my spelling and grammar will terrible for the same reason (and maybe because I'm lazy). The work here is so much fun! I absolutely love serving the lord here and I can't wait to get out to the field. My compañeros nombre is Elder Cook and he was assigned to be the district leader, which means I'm totally like the first counselor. He is awesome and so is everyone in out 6 person bedroom, they are all so funny and unique and I love every one of them.  And no they are not all going to iquitos, its a mix with everyone. The weather in lima is AWESOME. its pretty much the same as up there... but then again its been a week!

Hello All! So apparently P-day is Wednesday... and I had no idea so sorry to my family for making you worry. These past couple days have already been incredible and the spirit here is topped only by the temple. Traveling was a breeze but long, both planes got delayed so it took a while. We ended up getting here at 3 in the morning. It was a rough first day. Throughout the rest of the week we all really were just getting adjusted and trying to be as comfortable as possible. The living situation is pretty good and the food takes some getting used to. I've decided rice is the bane of my existence because recently we have all been getting
the urge to visit the bathroom quite often. That part isn't fun but some really funny stories have come out of those experiences... I will not elaborate for the sake of my own sanity. The work has been so much fun. I remember alot more from my spanish classes than I thought I did and I am able to have very broken conversations with the Latinos. Speaking of the Latinos- they are simply awesome (and tiny). I think I may be the tallest one in the CCM (Mtc in spanish). The latinos are hilarious and they have some really cool stories too. Sunday was incredibly spiritual and a relief because all sunday lessons are in english. Today (Wednesday) we left the CCM for the first time for a service project and I found out that the Latinos really don't like it when you slap down a 50 sole bill for a small soda bottle (for the record it wasnt me).  That's really all that's happened of importance. The days are long but we get a lot done. Our schedules are all planned and we have classes for most of the day. For the sake of time, I'll have to cut it here, but before I go I want to testify of the truth of the gospel. Nothing has made me happier and I can't wait to share that with the people of Iquitos.

Until next time! Hasta Mañana.