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Well, this week was interesting! 

We had a lot of changing around! First we moved classrooms! It was mega sad! We had a beautiful view of these mountains, a little area outside on the grass, trees, birds, sun, the bathrooms were right there… It was fantastic! And now that the number of people here at the CCM is 650, they had to move a lot of people around! Now we are in the middle of the John Taylor building, which is in the middle of a long hallway with the drinking fountain at the end, the windows are blurred out (we can only see another building anyway), it has more mosquitoes, and is so large for 12 people it echoes! But we are doing alright now, and there are way worse things to worry about! But, having to walk for 5 minutes to get to the bathroom isn't very fun!

The big change this week was our houses. In our house, we had two rooms (a total of 8 people from our district) and 3 rooms of another district. The other three have been kind of annoying, but I can sleep through a lot. We reported it just to a supervisor, and nothing really happened. A couple nights ago, they were throwing a little ball around and even broke a sign! We actually had the Presidente of the MTC and his councilor (who is former military) come to our house and yell at us! We felt fine since we have gone to bed every night on time, been able to study, write in our journals, and have some fun quality time! But they have moved every companionship to a different house/ dormitory. It is super sad to leave our district!  We finally moved, and we are with Latinos! I might not know their names quite yet, but they are definitely Mexican! Wow! They speak crazy fast and have heavy accents!

For Peruvian independence day, we all played some UNO! It was a blast! I have never ever had more fun playing UNO in my life! We only played a couple of rounds, and we went back to our rooms at 10:00! Horrible missionaries I know... That meant we only had a half an hour to get in our beds and say prayers! Haha! But it was fun just to talk and play for a little bit! And we spoke Spanglish so it was okay! ;)

The food has gone downhill! I don't know how because they set mega low expectations! It is just random slabs of meat and a pick your carbs! They mess up noodles here! How do you mess up noodles!?!

Spanish is going great! Latin has helped a ton with the vocabulary, but not so great with grammar. I get to learn all of the verb endings again! Yay! It's really difficult for me to memorize, but I am doing pretty good!

Well, I am having a great experience! Its a little sad to move houses, but again that is no problem. The Devotionals here are either so amazing, inspirational, and fun, or President Stapley. He is an amazing guy! So funny, great content! Just a little bit too many powerpoint slides. To listen to President Bennett is an honor! Same with President Eves! Great stories, and so motivational! Presidente Eves is very strict,(former military) and proud! All of my leaders here are fantastic! It's been great to get to know Presidente Lyons, and he has some wonderful stories about his life!

Book of Mormon class is so wonderful. We each have had an opportunity to take a chapter and just discuss it in Spanglish! It is definitely one of the best times of the day!

Thank you guys so much for all of your support! It is so fun here, and I am able to learn a lot!

¡Hasta Luego!

Elder Ball

Peru Lima North Mission




Views from their "former" classroom



Part of their district



Celebrating Peruvian Independence Day! 

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