Sounds like you had a very fun thanksgiving weekend! I have to tell you the honest truth... i totally forgot about thanksgiving! No joke, i´ll tell you the reason it was so easy to forget..... I´m living in an apartment with 3 Latinos! Yes, Chesley left to San Juan and i´m still here in Trapiche with my new Columbian companion Elder Gutierrez. He doesn´t speak a lick of english, nor do the other two in our pench. It´s been a bit tough for me, i´ve been feelin a lil lonely but not near as bad as i was fearing when i found out! I´ve learned a lot of spanish this week that is for sure. I´m thinking by the end of this transfer my spanish is going to be pretty good haha. I´ve had a couple nights being sad but i´ve been good the last few! Elder Gutierrez is pretty cool, its so much different with a latin. We´re definately respected a bit more. The pibes (pronounced pee´bays) (basically boys in the range of 17-24) dont make smart comments about the states anymore haha.
Another exciting note. Trapiche welcomed in another member into their barrio this week!!!! Eddie Rivera a peruvian proffessional soccer player. He was unbelievably prepared by the lord. Can´t believe how prepared he was. Truely witnessing miracles out here. We´re working with a few of his friends, and another family, as well as 1 of Carmen´s sons. We´re staying busy, and working hard. I´m having a tough time because i can´t understand everything, but Saturday has put me on a high. There is nothing like witnessing a person get baptised. Seeing them from the first step, and to just see the light start to appear in their eyes. Me and Eddy shared a long tearful hug after his baptism, we´ve become very close. I was sad that Chesley couldn´t share the moment with me, but it was a good way to start off with elder gutierrez. To add on to my happyness from the baptism i got to the office today to see 2 packages waiting for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Wooooooooooooooooooooooo! You did a wonderful job hiding things. I didn´t pay one freaking peso for the box! Not a thing! The other bag i ended up paying 43 peso´s but not bad at all!! Thank you for everything it made my day! Made my christmas! I didn´t open the package, i´m going to wait till Christmas!
Oh also the other miguel that me and chesley were teaching lives in estansuela that has now been taken over by the other elders. He has a date for baptism the 12th! We really changed this area, and the members have been receptive to us. They´ve been feeding us more and wow its funny how just working hard can really earn you respect. I can´t believe that i leave and the vikes are going to win it all... So depressing for me! I´m loving you all, and praying for you every night! I´m going to write a bit more and send some pictures, i don´t have many new ones but i do have the pictures of the baptism! Keep me in your prayers for the next little bit as i struggle through this period of really learning the language! I´ll send another email in just a sec.
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