Okay first off is some sweet news. We had our changes today
and I have a change to Cusco, Villa Union! I leave tomorrow morning for Cusco.
I don’t remember my new comp’s names but he's a Latino who only has about 2
changes left, I think. Also, he is the same age as Aaron! So all the
missionaries call him uncle so and so. Oh my gosh, I almost feel like this is a
dream. I had a dream last night that this was going to be my sector for my
whole mission. I am going to miss the people here in Choquehuanca but I am
grateful for a change, especially to Cusco.
But I have a funny story about the changes this morning. So
first off, I was super anxious to see the changes but when we went to use the internet
at 10:00 this morning, they said that the internet was down in all of
Choquehuanca (which is why I’m writing so late). Anyway, I couldn’t wait to get
internet to see the changes so we went back to our house and called our zone
leaders so they could tell us. They told us that they hadn’t received all the
changes yet and only knew about their own changes. So he said he would call
Elder Nicholls in the office to find out. After waiting about 15 minutes for my
zone leader to call me back, I got impatient and called him myself. His comp
answered the phone and when I told him I needed to talk to Elder Nicholls he
just told me I could talk to him when I got to Cusco. I asked what he meant by
that and told him that it was urgent, so he just passed me to Nicholls. Anyway,
when I asked Nicholls about the changes he said he got done talking to my zone
leaders about it about 5 minutes ago and that I should call them. When I called
them they said the name of my comp and that I have a change to Cusco and then
hung up but that they would call back. We waited for a bit but they never
called back so I tried calling them about 5 times but they never answered.
After about 30 or 45 minutes or something, they finally called back to tell us
the details. But yea it was a little crazy to find out about the changes for us
here. But as far as the changes go in my zone, the American zone leader here is
going up to be an assistant to the President and one of the elders in Ayaviri
has a change to open Choquehuanca 2 and train. But 4 new people are coming to
our sector. Anyway, that’s the big news.
This week was a little slow for us because we had to find a room for the new elders that are coming to Choquehuanca and get it ready which took up quite a lot of time, so we didn’t really have much this week. However, we did go to a town called Azangaro on Thursday with my pension's family. I rode on a motorcycle with my pensionista and her husband and my comp rode with my pensionsista's nephew. It’s about an hour from Choquehuanca on motorcycle but it was really fun, just really cold. I’m not sure why there aren’t any missionaries there because it’s bigger than Ayaviri. There are also a lot of less actives there. We talked with the sister of our pensionista and she says she wants to baptize her daughter but there is no one there to do it. So hopefully here soon they will open up a sector there. Also they took us to this salt lake where they make salt. All around the lake there were mountains of salt. I have some photos of it so I’ll see if I have time to send them but if not, next week I will be able to.
This week was a little slow for us because we had to find a room for the new elders that are coming to Choquehuanca and get it ready which took up quite a lot of time, so we didn’t really have much this week. However, we did go to a town called Azangaro on Thursday with my pension's family. I rode on a motorcycle with my pensionista and her husband and my comp rode with my pensionsista's nephew. It’s about an hour from Choquehuanca on motorcycle but it was really fun, just really cold. I’m not sure why there aren’t any missionaries there because it’s bigger than Ayaviri. There are also a lot of less actives there. We talked with the sister of our pensionista and she says she wants to baptize her daughter but there is no one there to do it. So hopefully here soon they will open up a sector there. Also they took us to this salt lake where they make salt. All around the lake there were mountains of salt. I have some photos of it so I’ll see if I have time to send them but if not, next week I will be able to.
Anyway that’s about
everything that’s happening here. Next week you will hear about Cusco.
I love you all.
Elder Halverson
Elder Halverson
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| "Cow". The son of the lady pictured below. (His pensionista's nephew.) (Chase is wearing Peruvian gloves he bought in Pucara.) |
The salt lake where local salt is made.
The older sister of his pensionista.
In a compo "kitchen"
This is what the average house looks like in the compo
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