May 9th, 2016: Party in the PerU.S.A

Fam and Friends,

First and foremost I have to wish the ever stylish, beautiful, thoughtful, and hip mom, Dayna J, a HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

If you don't know her consider yourself deprived of all the good things in life and take her out to lunch.... or Costco! I love you so much mom and hope you had a great day!

So. This week.  We found a family with eight kids (shouts out Hardings).  They are super awesome and their kids are super well behaved!  The only downside is that they live in Rosa de Guadalupe where a member of the ward got murdered so we cant visit them past 6 pm. Also the majority of their kids (a good soild five of the eight) are literally always completely naked when we go over. Hahahaha. They are doing great however and already accepted a baptismal date for June 4th!

One of our progressing investigators (has a date for the 21st) had a drinking relapse this week:( He was super sad, we were super sad, but we taught about repentence, the spirit was killer, there were tears from both ends, and then we topped it off with chicken feet soup. The Lord doesn't expect immediate perfection, but he does expect immediate change. #starttoday

I have been sick for the past couple of days and if you ask any Peruvian they will tell you it's because I sleep with the fan on and I drink cold drinks. Dont ask me why but literally everyone here is convinced that those things make you sick. I on the other hand, am convinced it is the work of Satan trying to make us miserable by telling me I can't have a fan or a cold drink when it is 95 degrees. #Apostasy

All in all this week was great.  We had a mother's day activity with the ward that was supposed to start at 7:30 but didnt start until 9.  Elder Sangueza did a musical number at said activity and brought the house down!  And I gave Hermana Vilma an actual hug because she literally treats us like her own kids and that is what she wanted for Mother's day.

I hope all the mom's out there had a great mother's day. Continue to kill it. I love you all and talk to you next week!

Elder Meier