What a good time to be alive, right?!

Hi friends!!! What a good time to be alive right? Right! I hope you are all doing well!!!

As always, here is the rundown!

Tuesday the 7th:

We did the funnest painting service with our district!! We did that early in the morning and straight from there we went to the offices so that Hermana Luke could work on her BYU app! Woot! So we spent the whole day there. We had about an hour and a half to talk with people so we were walking around and the guy that had legit YELLED in our faces and come up to us, yeah, so we saw him again! But this time he came up to us with his wife and he apologized for the last time he talked with us. We ended up having a really, really good conversation and he wants to learn more! It is crazy because you never see the same people twice in Peru! So that was a miracle!!

Wednesday the 8th:

We had zone meeting and district meeting! We taught our district about stress management and WE KILLED IT! WOOT! Our whole district is training and all of our trainers said that this was the best district they have ever been in so that was so GREAT!! We saw all of our "amigos" that are progressing this day so that was a blessing!! I also got to try pollo a la brasa today!! It is just chicken and fries haha! 

Thursday the 9th:

We had weekly planning and like always, WE ARE STOKED!! We also went to Familia Arambulo and I have never laughed so hard. We started to teach them some english phrases and words so that was a blast. The Arambulo family is the family that really helps me know why I am here and they make me realize that I can do hard things. They are so loving and they allow me to make mistakes while teaching them because they really understand the spirit. BLESSINGS!! No language can stop friendship and this fam defines that perfectly!

Friday the 10th:

How are we in double digits in JANUARY already. What the what!! We woke up early and met the district to head to our 3 week meeting with President!! it was great!! We just asked questions and we learned how to be a better disciple of Christ. President and Hermana Strong are amazing. We spent the rest of the day here at the offices to finish some stuff for Hermana Luke's schooling! Then we went home. We talked with our Duena (landlord) and we shared a short message with them and they loved it! They ordered us PIZZA FROM PAPA JOHNS!!!! We had a knock at our door and it was PIZZA! What a miracle. haha!!

Saturday the 11th:

We had a super fun contacting activity and I spoke spanish with a Latina comp for TWO HOURS haha! And I managed! Woot! MIRACLES!! We sang hymns for contacting and we met the coolest family that we got to teach!! We had lunch with familia Arambulo! We had a super fun stake activity and we watched Ephraims Rescue! Okay so this activity was a stake activity but in reality it was a very small gathering of basically 20 people including the missionaries but ESTA BIEN! hahaha! It was great!!

Sunday the 12th:

We sang in church!! We sang Father I Adore Thee (THANKS GIRLS CAMP) and we translated it into spanish. Everyone loved it! We also taught relief society! It was great!! We have a new "amigo"!!! His name is Carlos and he is READY FOR BAPTISM!! He has been coming to church for 6 months but the missionaries had never been able to find him outside of the chapel.....until about a week ago and we taught him today!! He knows everything he needs to and has the strongest testimony!! YAY FOR THE GOSPEL!!!! WOOT!!!!! so we are excited to get a date for baptism with him!!

Monday the 13th:

We woke up this morning and got ready and headed to the ZOO!!! YES WE LOVE THAT!! The zoo was so fun!!!!! then we got pizza at Little Caesers because the zoo is in a niceeeeeeee part of Lima so once again, we love that!!

Such a good week!!!! 

my spiritual thought comes from Elder Uchtdorf!!

"If you hesitate in this adventure because you doubt your ability, remember that discipleship is not about doing things perfectly; it's about doing things intentionally. It is your choices that show what you truly are, far more than your abilities." GUYS!! We are doing better than we think we are. That is something that I needed to focus on this week! 

Challenge for you all!! You know missionaries love to give challenges hahah

Read " Your great adventure" by Elder Uchtdorf and then pray about how to talk or show or explain you story to a friend! For example, write your testimony in a BOM and go give it to someone! We are proud to be members of the true and restored gospel!!

I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!!!