January 19, 2015

So this has been an interesting week to say the least. I'm just going to start with Tuesday.

Elder Thompson had to go to Cusco early Tuesday morning, so I spent all day with Elder George, a kid from my group serving in the branch Azoguinea while he waited for his new companion to get here. We went straight to Azoguinea from the terminal after our companions left and did our studies there then we came to Llavini because I forgot something. We got here and Mamita hurried up to us and told us she had been talking with an old investigator named Liset and that Liset wanted to meet with us that day at 2. That put us in kind of a pickle because Elder George had citas in Azoguinea all afternoon and we weren't planning on doing anything in Llavini until 6 or 7 in the evening. We worked it out though and taught Liset the Restoration. The whole time we were with her she just kept telling us how much she wanted to get baptized. After that cita we ran over to Azoguinea and taught a couple lessons there about the word of wisdom and the law of chastity. That evening we came back to Llavini and went to Brigham's birthday party. Coming back ended up being quite an adventure. We use these little vans called Combis to get everywhere and we found a combi right outside Elder George's room that I thought was going to Llavini. We figured out way too late, though, that instead of going there it was actually coming from Llavini and we ended up in Segunda Etapa, a neighborhood clear on the other side of Puno. I wasn't in the mood to try finding a combi again so we got a taxi from there and when I told the taxi driver what happened he just laughed at us. He was a pretty cool guy though. The birthday party was super funny, after we ate cake bishop asked Brigham to share his testimony and he stood up and said "Brothers and Sisters, today I turned 4 and ate some cake. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

On wednesday we spent the whole day in Azoguinea so Elder George could clean up before his new companion got here. We also left after lunch to try finding some people, but nobody was home. We did run into the taxi driver from the day before though. He drove past us and yelled "You guys lost?" out the window. Jerk. Elder George's comp was supposed to get here at 5, so 4:45 we got to the terminal to wait for him. We waited. And waited. And waited. Finally around 8 he got there. After he got here they went back to their room and I went with Elder Monson, our zone leader, because he was the only other one without a comp.

Thursday I hung out with Elder Monson until 4ish then we went to the terminal again to pick up our companions. We taught a couple lessons when Elder Thompson got back. The most interesting one was with Liset, who''s going to be baptized Feb. 21.

Yesterday we had a big stake conference with Elder Useda, the area president, and Elder Calderon, and the mission president, President Harbertson. We were all expecting huge changes, but then all they did was change the stake president, and talk about the Trujillo temple dedication. That's going to be really cool.

That's about all. Hope you guys enjoy the ramble.