Holy moly. Where do I even start?! How about the plane? First flight doesn't matter. But from Atlanta to Peru was pretty great! I met up with one other elder in the airport. He happens to be going to Cusco too, and he is in my disctrict at the MTC. He wasnt supposed to leave until Monday but the lady he talked to about his flight happened to be lds (a church member) so she worked really hard to get him a flight. I was definitely grateful for her because he was the only other missionary with me! I sat next to an Australian man during the flight. He was so cool! Mostly his accent, but in general too I guess. He knew everything about everywhere it seemed like. He loved having deep conversations even tho we had just met. I didnt mind. The more he talked the more I felt like I was sitting next to Hugh Jackman. But I said something about BYU and my mission and he commented about me being Mormon. Long story short, I basically ended up giving him the first lession in PMG (Preach My Gospel is the missionary manual/study guide). He's an athiest so it was super interesting. When I thought we were done talking about it and moved to a different subject he kept bringing it back up. So I gave him the cards that they sent with my itenerary. He gave me his business card so that it was even :)
Going from the airport to the MTC (Missionary Training Center) was pretty crazy. Thank goodness Elder Lundell was with me or I dont think I would have figured it out. But it ended up good. I thought I was going to die in the taxi. Speed limits and traffic lanes? Yeah, forget about it. My driver was going about 110km\h in a 60 zone. But it was difinetly exciting.
I LOVE my district and my companion! Her name is Hermana Child. She is hysterical!! Elder Lundell and I were the last people in our district to get there so everybody was super happy when we got there. Especially her apparently. I'll attach some pictures so you can see her.
We got to go to the temple today for pday. I'm not posititve, but I'm pretty sure that we get to go every week. It was cool tho. They ran out of headsets so I listened to the whole thing in Spanish. There were two ladies doing the last part, one in English and one in Spanish. I had to go to the one in Spanish. Surprisingly it wasn't that bad tho. Afterwards we went out to the markets. I was surprised, the store was basically Walmart. But even nicer. One story had the grocery store, the next had toileties. And ice cream :) Then clothing up top. I was impressed.
Overall everything has been good. Overwhelming, but good. Its hard to believe that Ive only been here for one full day. I've heard that the first week is the slowest but after that its better, once you get the hang of things a little bit more.
I wish that I had more to tell you right now. Im sure there is but this one hour thing is stressing me out so its hard to think of everything. Ive only had one day of events tho, so Im sure next weeks email will be more exciting! We do have a devotional tonight. One of the seventy will be there and my district is singing for it. Apparently practicing the first day was rough. So yesterday when we practiced they all kind of freaked out when I was singing. I thought it was funny.
Anyway, not much else to report other than going to class and studying. Spanish is super stressful, but I really like my teachers. So thats good.
Love you all! Keep me updated. Tell Micah my letter for him is P for Peru! :)
* Amie talks about the temple. It's a treat to be close to one and attend every week. Temples are special. They are more sacred buildings than our chapels. To learn more about temples you can go to http://www.lds.org/church/temples?lang=eng
Hermana Condie and Hermana Child
Hermana Crosby, Amie, Hermana Child, Hermana Essig
P-Day at the temple
Money and Magnet Snowman :)
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