Week 11 Out of 78: Sullana

So this week was extremely hard... My companion and I have both been sick with fevers, but everyday we are still working... We have a lot of work to do and not enough time to ever do it. 

On thursday it rained for a solid 10 min. But it was like actual rain. It even felt a tad cold... It was amazing and put us both in a great mood. However the rain hasnt stayed and it feels hotter than ever before here. 

Sometimes the mission’s hard... sometimes it’s happy... and well sometimes you just wanna sleep all day... And I have felt all of that this past week. Our investigators are progresing for the most part... NOT A SINGLE ONE could attend church this week. So just a little frustrating.... or a lot frustrating... 

We have been feeling awful so our numbers were low, which is depressing because we put everything into this week... everything... and to have low numbers stinks... The only thing I am happy about is our Investigators, they seem strong, they love lessons, we just need to put dates. 

Currently I am trying to not be a numbers missionary but my companion and I want to stay together for Christmas so if we have the numbers, we may actually get to stay together for Christmas which would be awesome... We teach really well together, and well in hopes to get our numbers up we are starting divisions, so I will have to completely teach by myself or contact by myself (not by myself but with a member so its different.) So thats a little scary.. may do a lot of knocking doors cause that is easy, and then just throw myself into teaching alone. 

Just honestly a lot going on... but we are finally done with the choir... Surprise!! They got asked to sing at stake conference... Did they sound better? not much... but we had to practice the song! I love the pointless activities sometimes...

Also since my ward is filled with Americans we wanted to do a fall festival.. but sadly that got shut down... We may just turn it into a district activity haha!

This is my 6th week out in the field... and well sometimes you’re used to the men whistling and sometimes like today or when you have a headache it kinda upsets you... I have found Maggots in my crackers... eaten a lot of food I don’t like... Aquired the taste for inca cola... had to skip lessons because drunk guys are outside... doors slammed in our faces... But its all typical mission things. I love everyday, I love the people that I can teach and we are trying to find more. 

I love you all and hopefully all of your weeks were a little better! 

Week 8 Out of 78: Area 1 Sullana

So everything is great here we have a lot of investigators. And a lot of people will at least talk to us. The ward is pretty good.  Only 3 active members in our area.

The big thing here is El Niño. It’s supposed to rain for 4 months and well the houses here are not prepared for a flood... at all...  We will be fine, we may have to move apartments and we need emergency backpacks, but other than that it’s just going to be service for a few months... It is scaring a lot of people here but there’s a lot of construction preparing for it.  So this past week with Angel and Estrella, we are teaching them English after we teach them a lesson. We see Angel reading his BOM while he waits for someone to need him for a ride in his moto. He is a moto taxi driver. They both attended Gospel Principles Sunday morning along with Estrella’s 8 yr. old sister. They may be some of my favorites because Estrella is super patient with my Spanish and will correct me if I am wrong.  So somehow this week at the multi-zone meeting, Elder Meier and I, both brand new, have to sing a duet to a song I have never heard before... It is not an English hymn or no one could figure it out.. Any way that’ll be interesting with our accents.  Ha-ha.  Anyway I love it here, I love the people, I love the kids, and I love my mission.

Jo Dee had asked a few about her apartment and the area (looking a little less than modern).  Here are Katie’s responses:

We may have to move apartments because water may be get into our apartment. That might be a good idea because the people beneath us are always fighting.

You have no idea how 3rd world it is.  After el Niño.... so many people will be homeless....houses are just branches and some adobe. We have a nice area and a poorer area, but our area is one of the nicest here in Sullana.