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| Captain Moroni on the Lima, Peru Temple |
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| My district today at el templo |
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| My companionship today at el templo |
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| Me and Utai |
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| Me and Mortensen |
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| Me and Watkins |
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| Me and Cluff |
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| Me and Cunningham |
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| Me and Whitaker |
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| The back part of the CCM |
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| and me, right now. |
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Avanzado
So this week was even faster. I can`t believe that I am already an Avanzado (Advanced). I still don`t know Spanish very well, but it is definitely coming faster. Also, Soccer has been getting more and more boring. It isn`t fun to play with more than like 26 people, and less than 14 is pointless. So, since nobody plays it anymore, exept for Latinos (there are 80!!!!!), I have been doing more productive workouts with Elder Uta`i. Every night with my companions, I do push ups, and yesterday, I GOT 100!!! That is like 97 more than I can normally do!! A set of 30, then 20, then 30 again, then 20 again. :) And I have been doing sit ups too, but I am still just ok at them, and I can only pull off 2 pull ups... I also have been running about a mile a day and then 1 lap (around the campo de futbol) walking. Elder Utai is going to ``train`` me today... I am not exited haha. I got sick this week, and it was dumb, but I stuck it out. And Watkins learned not to ever put soda in his fancy airtight waterbottle... It erupted when he opened it and the red fanta went straight to the ceiling and all over the door and his shirt in the middle of class! It was soo funny. I am now the oldest group in the CCM, and it is so weird. I go on splits next Saturday with the missionaries in Lima East mission. But yeah, that is my week. I will send some pics too. Just give me a sec.
So this week was even faster. I can`t believe that I am already an Avanzado (Advanced). I still don`t know Spanish very well, but it is definitely coming faster. Also, Soccer has been getting more and more boring. It isn`t fun to play with more than like 26 people, and less than 14 is pointless. So, since nobody plays it anymore, exept for Latinos (there are 80!!!!!), I have been doing more productive workouts with Elder Uta`i. Every night with my companions, I do push ups, and yesterday, I GOT 100!!! That is like 97 more than I can normally do!! A set of 30, then 20, then 30 again, then 20 again. :) And I have been doing sit ups too, but I am still just ok at them, and I can only pull off 2 pull ups... I also have been running about a mile a day and then 1 lap (around the campo de futbol) walking. Elder Utai is going to ``train`` me today... I am not exited haha. I got sick this week, and it was dumb, but I stuck it out. And Watkins learned not to ever put soda in his fancy airtight waterbottle... It erupted when he opened it and the red fanta went straight to the ceiling and all over the door and his shirt in the middle of class! It was soo funny. I am now the oldest group in the CCM, and it is so weird. I go on splits next Saturday with the missionaries in Lima East mission. But yeah, that is my week. I will send some pics too. Just give me a sec.
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
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| In the airport with Elder Watkins |
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| Flight Info |
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| My 2 CCM Companions Elder Mortensen & Elder Watkins |
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| At the Lima Peru Temple |
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| Me |
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| Lima, Peru Temple |
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| Elder Whitaker and Me |
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| Elder Whitaker |
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| Mmmm...Inca kola |
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| Peruvian Sol |
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| Elder Uta'i and me |
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| Elder Weir and Me |
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| P-day |
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| Elder Mortensen |
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| Elder Watkins |
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| Elder Watkins |
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| Elder Watkins, Elder Mortensen, and Elder Olsen (Me) |
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| Elder Uta'i, Me, Elder Mortensen, Elder Cluff |
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| My CCM District: Eler Cluff, Elder Whitaker, ?, Elder Watkins, Elder Olsen, Elder Mortensen, Elder uta'i, Hermana Haupt, Hermana Gardner, & Hermana Shumway |
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| My CCM District |
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| My new soccer clothes! "I'm not the worst player" |
January 21, 2015
This
week was prettymuch the same. The days are blending together. Days
feel like hours now. It is so wierd. And I ws right about the food. As
soon as the new guys came, the food was awesome, and we have had ice
cream 6 times!!! We didn`t have it once until the new guys came.
Anyways, Today is great. I love going to the temple. And, it was nice
and cool, which never happens here, especially while in a suit (we have
to wear suits outside the CCM.) I went to a store called Garajes and I
got a Peru soccer jersey and some really wierd shorts that go past my
knees that don`t match the shirt at all. Haha. My companionship is
getting a lot better. My companion Elder Mortensen is now the District
leader, and it is pretty good. One of the precipitantes liked my music,
so we sing Bastille and Imagine Dragons a lot. Haha. It`s stupid,
because we don`t sound good. I finally figured out why my camera wasn`t
working. I needed a SD adapter to plug my pictures in directly, so I
have them this time. And now I have 3 weeks (days, technically, because
we can only take pics on P-Day) worth of photos to share. I miss home a
lot, and I love you guys. But it is getting better here. The next big
shock will be 3 weeks from now when all I can speak is Spanish... But I
have faith that it will get better. I got socks today, so I don`t need
to worry about that anymore. Anyways, talk to you next week :)
Thursday, January 15, 2015
January 7, 2015
Hey!!!! Sorry I haven`t
written... P-Day is On Wednesday, and I was only allowed to take 2 min
to tell Mom that I am living. Peru is incredible, but always humid. It
is summer here, so it is VERY hot in my suits, but when in my short
sleeves, it is fine. I cried on Sunday about home. Mostly, though, the
thought of you just makes me happy. I am so glad to be here, even though
it is hard. I got to the CCM (MTC) at 3:30am Wednesday morning, as was
only allowed to sleep until 7. Today, I got up at 5:30 to go to the
temple. I took pictures, but forgot my camera in my dorm, across
campus. I already taught my first lesson!! It sucked... Choppy Spanish
is not kool. I will show you all my pictures next week. You can SEE
the humidity here, it is almost misty. The temple is incredible. I had
to wear a translation box thing with headphones. :) I am going to
Interpol (the same one on dvd copyrught warnings) tomorrow for my
peruvian id. Gosh, so much to tell. I miss my entire family.
ESPECIALLY my brothers. I talk about my family TODO EL TIEMPO. Sodas
only come in 3L here, and a 4 pack of 3L costs S/.10 (Soles) about $3 in
America. Yesterday, a 70 Member came and spoke in spanish. We had the
option of a translator talking to us, but I wanted to listen in Spanish,
and I ACTUALLY UNDERSTOOD IT!!!!!!! Can`t speak it yet, but I can
understand. I rode a bus today. It is soo much fun. I wish you were
here, it is so awesome. Drivers are crazy. Road laws are more of
guidelines here, and i feel like I am going to crash constantly. I
would not be able to drive here without dying. On Thursday, a new Elder
came late. Elder Mortensen is one of my TWO companions. I am in one of
the two trio companionships in the whole CCM, the other one being the 3
hermanas in my district (classroom of arrivals). There are 11 of us in
our district. 7 Elders and 3 Hermanas. 5 of us are in room 204.Elders
Uta`i and Cluff are the other companionship in our room. Elder Uta`i is
the best. Whenever I was down, he would have a cripture and a testimony
of the work to share with me. And, being an only recently active, his
words are filled with power. When I start getting the language, it will
be so much less stressful. I have 5 weeks to learn it and can`t wait to
get to the field. I love you guys. Have a great week,
-Elder Olsen
P.S. Here in the CCM, we have an hour to email on P-Day, so take your time with your emails for the next 5 weeks. :)
P.P.S. My other companion is Elder Watkins, from Round Valley.
January 14, 2015
Hey it`s P-Day again!!!! This week has gone by SO MUCH FATSER!!!! It`s wierd. Time is Flying. I am now an Intermedio, because the Advansados left yesterday, and New guys (Precipitantes) came in this morning. I can`t believe that it has already been 2 weeks. I am a huge fan of Inca Kola, and I just bought one today (3L). I brought my camera thiss week, so I will send them today. My Spanish is not getting a whole lot better, but we are in our 2nd week of lessons. In fact, on Saturday, we had a lesson, we were teaching plan of Salvacion, and our investigadora asked a question about trials, and we had to go off of our plan, to wing it in Spanish, and talk about the Atonement of Christ. It was SOO GOOD!!!! I got my fake investigadroa to cry!!! It was filled with the spirit, and one of the best experiences here in the CCM (Pronounced Say Say Emay). On Saturday, we watched a MTC devotional by Elder Holland, and I recomend it to EVERYBODY. It was soo awesome. Other than those 2 experiences though, it has been a pretty uneventful week. I learned how to play a couple thinking games, and they are all stupid when you get them, but really fun to watch people get confused. :) It`s too hard to explain, so I will explain in 2 years when I come home. I wrote the in my journal so I wouldn`t forget. Elder Mortensen is from New Mexico. He is the first companion that I have that is not very easy to get along with a lot, because we have conflicting personalities. I want to be social when he wants to study, and vice versa. He is really flat about his opinions, too. But he is still a really kool guy most of the time, so I am not upset. He is going to Lima South. The food here is still fantastic, though I am convinced that it gets steadily worse for 2 weeks, then starts over when the new groups come. We do laundry once a week, and I am 2 pairs short of enough black socks to last, so I reuse socks at the end of the week before P-Day. I was really glad on the flight here to see Watkins fly with me to Atlanta, but we never sat together. we just hung out and sat/walked around until everybody started showing up after 5 hours. I don`t remember what they served on the plane to Lima. Anyways, On P-Days, we go to the 7:30 sessions at the termple, then shop from 9:30-11:45. Then we do laundry and email, then we do whatever. It`s kinda hard having 2 companions because we never agree on what to do or teach, and there is always 1 person who doesn`t get to talk as much. Anyways it is wonderful here most of the time. OH!!! I forgot to say that I started playing soccer with everyone else yesterday, and I am not the worst player on our team of gringos. But, we always lose to the Latinos... Anyways, it is a lot more fun that ping pong, so I will probably play that every day from now on, including today. That`s my story:) Talk later. Great, my camera isn`t connecting...
Hey it`s P-Day again!!!! This week has gone by SO MUCH FATSER!!!! It`s wierd. Time is Flying. I am now an Intermedio, because the Advansados left yesterday, and New guys (Precipitantes) came in this morning. I can`t believe that it has already been 2 weeks. I am a huge fan of Inca Kola, and I just bought one today (3L). I brought my camera thiss week, so I will send them today. My Spanish is not getting a whole lot better, but we are in our 2nd week of lessons. In fact, on Saturday, we had a lesson, we were teaching plan of Salvacion, and our investigadora asked a question about trials, and we had to go off of our plan, to wing it in Spanish, and talk about the Atonement of Christ. It was SOO GOOD!!!! I got my fake investigadroa to cry!!! It was filled with the spirit, and one of the best experiences here in the CCM (Pronounced Say Say Emay). On Saturday, we watched a MTC devotional by Elder Holland, and I recomend it to EVERYBODY. It was soo awesome. Other than those 2 experiences though, it has been a pretty uneventful week. I learned how to play a couple thinking games, and they are all stupid when you get them, but really fun to watch people get confused. :) It`s too hard to explain, so I will explain in 2 years when I come home. I wrote the in my journal so I wouldn`t forget. Elder Mortensen is from New Mexico. He is the first companion that I have that is not very easy to get along with a lot, because we have conflicting personalities. I want to be social when he wants to study, and vice versa. He is really flat about his opinions, too. But he is still a really kool guy most of the time, so I am not upset. He is going to Lima South. The food here is still fantastic, though I am convinced that it gets steadily worse for 2 weeks, then starts over when the new groups come. We do laundry once a week, and I am 2 pairs short of enough black socks to last, so I reuse socks at the end of the week before P-Day. I was really glad on the flight here to see Watkins fly with me to Atlanta, but we never sat together. we just hung out and sat/walked around until everybody started showing up after 5 hours. I don`t remember what they served on the plane to Lima. Anyways, On P-Days, we go to the 7:30 sessions at the termple, then shop from 9:30-11:45. Then we do laundry and email, then we do whatever. It`s kinda hard having 2 companions because we never agree on what to do or teach, and there is always 1 person who doesn`t get to talk as much. Anyways it is wonderful here most of the time. OH!!! I forgot to say that I started playing soccer with everyone else yesterday, and I am not the worst player on our team of gringos. But, we always lose to the Latinos... Anyways, it is a lot more fun that ping pong, so I will probably play that every day from now on, including today. That`s my story:) Talk later. Great, my camera isn`t connecting...
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