Family! Thank you so much for writing. Dad, you said you got my
letter. Does that mean the envelope with the three letters to you, Adam
and Mitch made it home? I sure hope so. I sealed it, addressed it, put a
stamp on it and then lost it somewhere in the SLC airport. So I hope
someone found it and sent it to you three!! Thanks to all those who
wrote. I looooove hearing from my family. You are the most important
people to me. Please tell the Rice family that I love and miss them so
much. Tell them to send me pictures of their little boys. I just keep
showing everyone mis sobrinos. They are the greatest.
Peru is so great. I mean, SO great. Everyday I think to myself,
"Why do so many good things come my way always??" I have been given so
many blessings and tender mercies and opportunities and reasons to be
happy. I don't deserve it. But I'm eternally grateful. Anyway, the Lima
CCM is awesome. The food is very very good. A couple meals have been a
little strange, but for the most part everything is really tastey.
They're favorite thing to say about the food is that it's rich. Plain
white rice they say "¡muy rico!" I've learned that the actual translation is
just... tastey. The other morning we had banana pancakes. That was
possibly the greatest breakfast I've ever had. Also, five nights a week,
at 8:45 we basically have snack time. So, I don't know if things could
get much better.
Again, in class and at church, I'm with Hermana Ellis and Hermana
Giles. Anytime outside of those two, I'm with Hermana Masquez. She'll be
serving in Cuzco (LUCKY). She is the greatest. She's patient and sweet
and happy. She's friendly to everyone and most of all, she is a
fantastic missionary. She and I have taught together a few times and
things have gone really well. We had TRC the other night and she was
very nervous. We studied together a lot and prayed and went into our
lesson, and killed it (in a good way). The spirit was so strong and our
investigator was so receptive. After the lesson she gave us feedback and
began to cry. She was so impressed with 1. my Spanish grammar and 2.
the inspired questions that I asked, which are two things I am very very
aware of during lessons, because I feel like they're so important, so
it was so good to hear that she felt like we were right intune with the
Spirit. Hermana Masquez has a very sincere testimony and is so caring.
Anyway, I owe it all to HER for the success that we've had. In twenty
seconds I can say like three sentences and then she says twenty
sentences in three seconds. Ha. Anyway, she's exactly what I would want
for my companion in the field. She's shared with me a lot about the
struggles that her family has been through and I am amazed at their
faith. She has many sick family members. Her neice recently passed away.
During an operation, her mother (who had an aneurism) passed away and
saw Christ. After she came back, her testimony was obviously so
strengthened. Hermana Masquez is also very emotional, so as she's
telling me these things she's crying and it makes me cry because I feel
so blessed to meet her and learn from her! Anyway, she is a rock. It's
sad to think that I probably won't see her after the CCM! We'll wait
until heaven I guess.
So things with the people here are good. They're all extremely
friendly. We (Hna Giles and Ellis and I) have been teaching our
compañeras how to play ping pong around the world and Foosball and how
to beat box (jajajajajajaj not that WE know how). They know no English
and get upset with us when we speak it, so we've learned of the
importance and universality of Charades. Our first night Hermana Masquez
gave me a bracelet and matching earrings. She's so sweet. She keeps
calling me Barbie jajajaja.
(personal experience edited) .......... we went into a
quiet room and I said a prayer for us. It was a really, really good
experience for me. I literally felt a burning in bosom (sp?).
Literally. Heavenly Father was there listening. It was a really cool
experience for me, so I hope it was as encouraging for the others!
I love you all
Hermana Norton
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