It’s been pretty nice
here in Cusco this week. I’m still trying to memorize everyone’s names and
where they live but that shouldn’t take too much longer.
Anyway to first
answer your questions, in my house we basically have power for light and
charging things and water. Like I said before, most people here in Peru don’t
have heating or air conditioning in their houses. And I think it’s like that
for basically all of Peru. Even our mission President had to get heat installed
in his house. However, we do have an electric heater that we can plug in if it
ever gets too cold. Also, our shower broke Tuesday and so we've had to take
cold showers this whole week. We didn’t have any zone fund to fix it but
tomorrow we will receive some money for that.
Also, I’m not sure
the names of the dishes we eat here. Basically, the main difference is that
here they actually are not limited by ingredients. Something I noticed, though,
with people in little towns is not only is it a hard lifestyle but it also
makes the people hard. I’ve definitely noticed that people here in Cusco are a lot
more open and personable. That may also be because they are more educated as
well. So needless to say, the members here are a lot more active in the church
with their callings as well as helping us out. And I do think people here are
probably more receptive but that still has yet to be seen because I still don’t
know Cusco all that great.
And no, I have not
gotten lost yet. This is mainly because my companion knows Cusco pretty well so
I don’t need to worry all that much. Well, as for Chinese, I only know a few
words. It’s pretty hard to learn, especially because the guy teaching it to me
is teaching it to me in my second language that still isn’t that great right
now. But my comp is a really cool guy. He grew up in China and didn’t move here
until he was 15 so his first language is Chinese. And to find out about my old
investigators, I can just call my old comp.
I still don’t know
much about Cusco because I’m isolated to my sector except for p-days. Also my
sector is in a little valley looking out on Cusco. So I still have a lot to get
to know here. Last week though we did go to an Incan museum and that was really
cool to look at some old artifacts as well as read some history about the Incan
race.
Right now, the person
we have progressing the most is a mom of 4 kids, I think. All her kids are
members except for one who is preparing for baptism. She would like to get baptized
with her son, the only problem is that she is not married to her husband.
However, they do not live together because he works in Madre de Dios and only
can visit a few days every few months. So I think we can baptize her. Also last
night we were talking to her husband too and he sounds pretty interested.
Anyway, that’s about
all I can think of for this week. I love you all and until next week.
Elder Halverson
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