El niño 👦💧

 Good week. Transfers are this week so it's the last week with Elder Ostergaard. Big bummer. But we've done a ton of good. Having a native comp (assuming I do) will be good for my spanish. 

We went on exchanges with the ZL's. Good time. Elder Montoya and I were in Lambayeque and it's a ton different there. Everyone is white and rich. Really weird. One of the familys we taught had the biggest freaking dog I have ever seen. I kid you not he was the size of a deer. He stood up on two feet and his head was above mine. I have never been more scared. They don't feed him they just let him out and he eats cats. Luckily he was nice but I had all dogs even the nice ones (accept daisy). 

It rained here. The start of El Niño. I really enjoyed the cooler weather and lack of dust for about 1 hour until the roads that were previously dirt turned into 6 inches of mud. Luckily we have some boots, but still kinda annoying. 

Thanksgiving is an incredibly underated holiday. I remember thinking last year how different it would look this year. Turns out it's just the same accept instead of mashed potatoes it's rice. Instead of stuffing it's beans. Instead of turkey it's chicken heart. And instead of pumpkin pie some more rice. 

The work here had been slow for a couple weeks. I was pretty down I won't lie. Elder ostergaard and I prayed a lot and really trusted in the Lord this week. We felt like we were working hard, but It just felt like a normal week. During our weekly review yesterday we realized we had taught over 55 lessons and had 14 new people at church. One thing I have learned as a missionary is that when we feel down and out, if we trust in the Lord He will always bless us. 

Super cool moment the other day. There was a big youth activity with our branch and 2 others. The first person I baptized here (hermana flor) stood up to bear her testimony. She was crying (it isn't common to cry during testimony here) and saying how much her testimony had grown and how she has come to know the church is true. You have no idea how happy this made me. The sad reality is that a lot of people get baptized because the elders are cool white guys from the U.S not because they have a testimony of their own. To see that she had truly been converted and gained a testimony of her own made me so happy. We baptized her and her sister 8 weeks ago, and they haven't missed one single sacrament meeting or activity since. They are truly converted. Baptisms are super cool, but the church doesn't need baptisms, we need converts. 

"What is bold today will not be bold tomorow." -Ricardi letter

Love you guys

Didn't take many pics this week sorry 

1. Big dog 

2. Elder ponces fit

3. Me and elder ponce doing service (be thankful for what you have)

4. The river (there's got to be some fish in there)