Hi Fam and Friends,
What's that? Where did I go for lunch
today? Oh, I WENT TO CHILI'S! If you couldn't tell by my emphasis via
capitalization, it was a great time and I love my new area. Today basically
every missionary in the mission was just at Chili's eating lunch and it was so
good. I had a frozen lemonade and I was almost weeping tears of joy. I pretty
much feel like I am serving a different mission. Hahaha. My ward is also the
best and biggest ward in the mission. NO JOKE. It is basically the Memorial
Ward. The Relief Society here is so good
that I almost wish I was a middle aged mother of 3 so I could get invited to
play volleyball and eat cookies every Tues, Thurs, and Sat. Everyone also feeds
us every time we go over, as well as gives us a referral. My pensionista (the woman who cooks his
lunch) and her husband are easily the best couple in the world. They can't have
kids so they treat the missionaries like their children. Vilma (my pensionista) only refers to me as
'Mi hijito gringito' (my gringo (white) son). She also gives me the 4-1-1 on
all things Enace (the city he lives in) every day during lunch. Jhon (her
husband and no I didn't spell Jhon wrong) only calls me caballero
(gentleman/sir). Hahaha. Also, apparently there is a famous actor in Peru named
Christian Mayer, so every time I tell someone my name they say 'Oh like
Christian Mayer?'. Hermana Vilma has also started telling everyone that
Christian Mayer has come to Enace and is eating lunch at her house. Hahaha.
The highlight of this week, however, was
easily when I got taught by the Jehovah's Witnesses. LOL. It was during personal study, and my comp.
was in the bathroom (he has had some stomach probs) when all of the sudden
there was a knock on the door. Naturally
I answer the door and there is this lady and this teenage girl with their
Testigo (witness) Bibles and their sun hats just standing there looking at my
name tag and then at each other. Hahaha. Because I have been there, done that, I
invited them in. WEH. They declined and said they just wanted to share a
scripture (lie- they shared like five but it's okay because I do the same
thing.) Anyway, the old lady was making
me read all these scriptures and answer all these questions. My favorite part was that the old lady rolled
every single R in every single word as she told me Jesus was going to come and
that the U.S. and Great Brittain were going to be consumed (?). This continued for at least 15 minutes (yes
my comp was still in the bathroom via stomach probs). Finally the lady ended with 'Y
Jesucrrrrrrrrrristo va a venirrrrrrrrrrr como
rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrey' (and Jesus Christ will come as
a King) and then left as I tried to give them a pass along card. Hahaha. All in
all, it was a great experience, learned lots, was almost convinced, but in the
end I decided I still like being a Mormon. Hahaha.
Mostly this week was just an awesome time
to really appreciate that the Gospel changes lives. The members here are so
happy and SO dedicated to the gospel.
Most of them are converts and they always talk about their lives before
and their stories. Heavenly Father has a
plan for every single one of His children in every single part of the world. I
love sharing the Gospel. I love Peruvians. I love the baby in my ward that
literally looks like the baby Grinch. I love that the Bishop's dog follows him
everywhere and tries to come to church. I love that Peruvians love jello and
coke SO MUCH. I love being a missionary and I love the Gospel. I hope you all have a great week and give the
missionaries in your ward/stake a referral. Hahaha.
Love,
Elder Meier.
