Contigo Perú

 I ate 15 bananas in the span of 30 minutes this week. I am still not even kinda sick of the bananas. I did the math and have eaten more or less than 1,734 during my mission. 

On saturday the tabernacle choir was in Lima and it was a huge event. It was a huge thing for the missionaries as well. We received a ton of invitations, and the church had rented out the gobierno regional (litterally the biggest building in this town) it was going to be a huge live steam on a jumbotron with food and everything. Unfortunately the area ended up canceling the budget for us because we are in such a small branch. So we did it in the house chappel on a tv screen 🥲But it was still super super cool. The members were kinda bummed and felt left out because in the rest of Peru it was a massive event in every stake, but they are all set on doing their home visiting visits to make sure they can be a stake soon 👍I love peruvians so much. It wasn't quite the event we hoped it was but it was such a blast. The tabernacle choir is so insanely cool. They sang in spanish and the people absolutely loved it. We received the instructions from our mission president to just go enjoy ourselves. We were told not to teach lessons, contact, or anything. Just kick it with the people that came, get their number and talk with them. It was fun to just hang out and enjoy! It was litterally a party. We got to just hang out in the church until 10 pm and have a blast. 

The choir sang Contigo Perú and I realized that I can't even realize how much I love Perú. These people, these places I have served, and the memories I have made here I all love so much. 

The closing song was "the spirit of God" in half spanish/half english. It was so dang beautiful. It was seriously one of the coolest things ever to watch. 

On saturday it rained all day long. Super hard downpour. All of our apointments fell. We almost just called it and called references in the apartment but we decided to go out and try to just make the best of it. It turned into one of the funnest days of my mission. We were soaked to the bone, wet socks and all running around contacting people in the street. We were the only ones out in the open rain everyone else was standing under the overhanging roofs and looking at us like we were crazy. I'm not sure why but it was a really fun and memorable time. 

Jenny Pacherrez from pomalca was baptized. It was super cool to be able to participate on facetime. One of the coolest ladies I have ever met. 

I think it is super cool that multiple times in the BOM the missionaries get super beat down and rejected and are about to turn back right before something super cool happens. It is always right before the incredible experience that satan is working his hardest to beat us down. 

I love this work, love the Lord, love the Peruvian people, and love the oportunity to be a missionary.