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The CCEmbassy

¡Hola!

Well, We are halfway through the CCM! It's going great here! It's just beginning to look the same!

So This weekend is Peruvian Independence day! We can't wait! We are going all out on Chokies (Chips ahoy), Krispy Kream's, Gudu Cubos (Starbursts), Pake Taxos (Chex Mix Mexican style), and we are going to play UNO until 10:35! Rebels! But I mean, we have to party for our independence day since we missed the 4th! We are thinking of bringing the flag with us to all of our classes! It will be fun!

Today is our first P-Day, and it's weird not having to go to class! We went to the temple two times in a row, and didn't have any P-Day the first week. So now we are just taking the whole day to take siestas! We are going to go play some beach volleyball in a little bit! 

We have been joking around this whole time calling it the CCEmbassy. It really doesn't feel too much like mexico in here. We have pretty much everything we had back home, and the food is definitely not authentic. It involves only carbs and slabs of random meats. The fish here is so frozen - I am pretty sure I heard it singing "Let it go"... We have many saying about the food, and one is that "El Pescado es un Pecado" Which also helps us remember the word for fish and sin! (Fish is a sin)

Our district! I can't stop talking about them! It is so fun with these awesome guys! Elder Webb and I work super well together! And he can memorize up to 4 scriptures a day! I am still working on my half a day goal... Haha! But I am getting smaller scriptures, so it will probably be a lot easier. We are crazy, and sometimes off topic, but  I love the spirit we all have! We got new Sister trainers, and they are our sisters in our District. So now we are the Zone leaders, we have District leaders, and the Sister trainers! So half of our district is leadership! So funny! 

Our Branch president is Presidente Lyons, who is also the Executive Secretary, who also speaks perfect English and Spanish. He has amazing stories about him on his mission, and when he moved to the states for a little bit! That's why his English is so good! He is such an amazing example, and super super busy! His wife is having health problems and it is really sad! But he keeps working like crazy here! Him an Presedente Bennett are so fantastic! And work well together!

Our teachers, Hermanas Sausedo and Correa are so marvillosa! Hermana S. Went to Peru South on her mission, and has a blast talking to us about Peru! She was our first investigator, and now our seccond! Hermana C. is another investigator, and its weird to work with two people at the same time. You really have to remember what person knows what!

The weather here is fantastic! Every Tuesday is when the new missionaries arrive, just before Cena.(Dinner.) Every Tuesday, It DUMPS rain on them. Just like it did on me! The worst storms happen on Tuesdays, and every time you feel so bad for all of these new kids running in the rain with their luggage! Every day starts out not cold, but not hot! And then it moves to a little toasty, and then rains a little every night! It is perfect here! I don't know how I am going to survive Peru weather. It's too perfect here!

Spanish is going along muy bien! I can talk with Latinos, ask questions to the teachers, speak to our fake investigators, and read all in Spanish! Now of course I need more help, and of course it is really difficult, but we are all so focused and so ready to go to our mission, that we are so motivated! Our Mission Presidente asked us to "hit the ground running" and we have been working on that as hard as we can!

The Temple! It is so beautiful! I went through with absolutely no English, and it was definitely amazing! I can't believe how much I have been able to understand. Going two times in a row was super fun! It takes a very long time to get there in our big yellow CCM Bus! 

Although the weeks are the same, it is great to be here! I have learned so much Spanish! I can totally speak to a 3rd grader by now! The spirit is here with us, and I just love the amazing people I have met!

Thank you guys so so much! I love you all!
¡Hasta luego!
¡Cao!


Elder Ball
Peru Lima North Mission


Mom notes:  Super mad at Mr. Mac as Taylor told me the hem of his pants totally came undone. He said the rest of them are "loose" and he will need to re-hem them all.  Grrr!  At least he has some mad sewing skills, right? 

He gets 100 Pesos a week that he can use to buy things in the "store". He spends his money, (about $5) on Chokies that he said are amazing. (They are like chips ahoy cookies).  He still has 150 Pesos left because $5 a week is almost too much.  HA!

He leaves for Peru on August 15th! Coming right up!

Love this boy. 

Elder Ball with his District at the Mexico City Temple last week



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