Haley's got jokes

Haley's ugly rubber boots

So glad to hear about the snow, it’s getting hot here and I am leaving Tuesday for the jungle. Everybody I tell just fans their face and smiles. Glad I have light clothes. 

This is my last Pday at the CCM! Next time you guys hear from me I will be in IQUITOS! What what?!

A few things that happened this week:

Monday: Studied a lot. Not super interesting.

Tuesday: Pday, found the native shops and saw Hna. Loayza at the temple.

Wednesday: Felt and lived through my very first earthquake! It was about a 3 pointer. My teacher thought it was the spirit. Also went to immigration. I signed some stuff for my visa but I don't think I have it yet. I also spent 4 hours at an Interpol meeting a last week so hopefully it will be here soon.

Down town Lima is beautiful. They have a lot of really old really great gothic style buildings. I wish I was allowed to take pictures. We spent almost 6 hours waiting for visa stuff to happen. Saw a nun with a habit. She was very nice. I helped Hna. Dickey place a restoration pamphlet. Even though we missed dinner time we didn´t get pizza (usually happens but the last group was out too late). The kitchen staff saved us dinner.

Thursday: Had a very spiritual lesson with our investigator/teacher Marcos. He has been doing really great and committed to baptism. This lesson he told us he didn´t have a testimony but he still wanted to get baptized. Super disappointing.

Friday: I don´t remember what happened this day. They all blend together.

Saturday: Difficult day. We had a tiff in our district. Eventually it got solved but nothing has been as spiritual since then. It’s really sad because we all know the difference.

Sunday: Great day! Fast Sunday so we got to hear all of the new missionaries try to bare their testimonies in Spanish. It’s amazing how far we have come.

Monday: Wanna hear a joke? Great!

¿Que es la diferencia entre una pera y la novia de un misionero?

La novia no es-pera!!

What is the difference between a pear and a missionary´s girlfriend?

The girlfriend doesn´t wait/isn´t a pear.

I swear its funny in Spanish. Even the teachers laughed.

Our district also said goodbye to our night time teacher Hno. Bejar. He has a great spirit and he just brings such insight to the table. When he walks into class he brings the spirit and he does it in a way that we can still joke and have fun. I will miss him. We also said goodbye to Hno. Hinostroza. He helped Hna Nelson and me a lot with our lessons. It was very sad but I am grateful for the chance that I had to know them.

Yesterday was really crazy. We had a girl go home (from the group that just got here) and a girl get seriously ill. She has a pre existing condition that causes her to lose feeling and muscle control in her legs. She couldn´t walk and was trying to get us to let her go to the temple today. She has such a strong desire to be here that she just wants to be perfectly obedient (great choice) and do everything a missionary should be able to do. We explained that because of the physical effort to get to and from the temple plus go shopping the trip would be too much for her today. After a long time she agreed to stay here at the CCM. Hopefully her condition will clear up enough for her to go next week. I wish everybody had her same desire to serve.

Today!: Its Pday, We´ve gone full circle! We went to the shops you know where the natives shop. I got some NATIVE hair stuff and some NATIVE jerseys. Can you tell I'm feeling native? Perú is great, and I love every minute of it! I love and miss you all!

Hermana Burrell