Feliz Navidad a todos!
Well changes went smoothly and
I have adjusted to my new sector and things are cool. It's kind of an
interesting place. Crowded, lots of tourists and traffic. Kinda like
Juliaca only a little less crazy and a lot cleaner and prettier. Cusco
is the most beautiful city, for real. It's like a big bowl made out of
mountains. It's awesome. And we're in such a high altitude that when it
rains the clouds touch the tips of the mountains. It's really pretty.
I'll take some pictures this week. The altitude here is actually about a
thousand feet less than Puno, so I've been feeling fantastic. The other
day we were walking up some hills and my companion was getting tired
and I hardly felt anything. It was awesome. I can only imagine what it
must be like to drop like 10,000 feet in altitude. I'm going to be
frickin' marathon man.
My pensionista is Yomira
(jo-meer-uh). She cooks very well. I think she cooks healthier than any
of my other pensionistas. She makes breakfast lunch and dinner and does
our laundry. It's awesome. She has two sons that are 16 and 14 years old
and they're fun. Things with my companion, Elder Arias, are going well.
We've been getting along just fine. He's 24 years old. He was baptized
like two and a half years ago. He's from Santa Cruz. He's a cool guy. We
won't be having any baptisms on Christmas, but I think we'll have one
or two this change. We found a new investigator this week. A member was
doing visits with us and he took us to her house. Her name is Sol Mar y
Cielo. That means Sun Sea and Sky. That is literally her name. I call
her Earth Wind and Fire because I can never remember what her actual
name is. She's cool though. I think she'll progress.
I've
already been playing the piano a lot here. I was asked to play for the
stake choir in an activity, as well as a bunch of primary choirs (didn't
know about those ones. Good thing my sight-reading has improved!). I'm
also going to play for a missionary choir in the mission Christmas
dinner this week. Lots of fun. The stake choir did a good job in the
activity. They sang one song in English and every time they said forever
they pronounced it foreber with a b because they can't pronounce the v
very well. It was cute haha.
The elder that I
replaced here was Elder Day, Trevor's seminary student. He's going to
Andahuaylas as a zone leader. He and I decided that we want to visit the
mission together because we've been in the exact same areas our whole
mission. Andahuaylas, Juliaca, Puno and Cusco. Kinda funny. Elder Day is
a stud and has become a good friend of mine.
Well
that's all for now. Love you all and I hope you have the best Christmas
ever! Remember to make room for Jesus this Christmas and every other
day of the year. I know that He lives.
Loves,
Elder Tate
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