Official Word from our Elder!!

Heard from Elder Stevens today!  He sounds really good, I will piece together several emails so you all can see how he is doing.


I had asked him about the lake:


Remington: 
yup its 12k feet in elevation i dont get to see the lake from the pueblo(ILave) im serving in but p days i get to go to Puno and hang out with the missionaries here that are in my zone. everything is going well right now. its pretty cold in the area im serving its one of the coldest parts of the mission. its tranquilo in Ilave because its just me and my Companion there serving the whole city its kinda rural in the sense its small and they have a huge market on domingo where they sell everything from cabinets blankets clothes vegtable fruits and meat just everywhere in the city its literally packed. so that was interesting. We have a pensionista that cooks and does laundry for us Elder Hatfield my trainer calls her mamita. had a baptism that him and his old companion had set up so that was fun. otherwise going pretty good oh and its cold always so im always wearing a sweater or jacket. oh and i traveled to Cusco by plane then hanged out there for 2 days then the 3rd day left on a bus to Puno which was 8 hours. then another hour out to the pueblo that is Ilave. pretty good got some pics of the flight and the baptism but nothing else so far.  


we are celebrating thanksgiving thursday and also our pensionista's birthday is the same day so it will be a good day.  there is internet cafes everywhere in Ilave and Puno , but it depends where i am if in Puno Puno if in Ilave Ilave.


 the food is pretty good havent had cuy and there was this one dish that was super sweet and turned my stomach but other than that the food is good.


its ok not many pick pockets since i keep my hands in my pockets when walking










  

Cusco at night

Cusco

 

 

 

 

 

 

Out into the Mission Field!!

So last week Elder Stevens left the Lima training center and moved down to Cusco. I looked up a travel map to drive from Lima to Cusco takes 18 1/2 hours.  So he had quite the day of traveling.  Because of this he did not get to email us personally.  But there has been communication with others along the way.  Today I will post the emails and pictures I did get this week from everyone else! 

Dear Parents,

 

As you can see in the attached photo, your son has arrived safely to the Peru Cusco Mission! We are thrilled to have him here! He looks great, a bit tired from the travel, but ready to go! Thank you for allowing us to watch over him for the next two years. He has promised that he will be a missionary we can trust, and we have now given him that trust. As well, you can trust that we will do everything that we can to care for him and to help him to become a successful missionary.  

Con Gran Amor,

Presidente y Hermana Herrera

Then I received the following email:

I sent a message on facebook to you but I don't really facebook. So I thought I'd email you too. Looks like our boys might be companions. So exciting. We're from Mesa. Our Elder Hatfield has been out since July. Loving every minute of Peru!!

So I emailed back with her and got even more information about where Elder Stevens will be:

I know, it's a small world. We heard from my son on Monday and knew he was going to be a trainer and picking up a new companion in Cusco. Then another member passed by our boys and took a pic of them and sent it to us. (I got your email off of that email). We saw your son's name was Elder Stevens. My husband was on facebook and you must've posted something on Peru Missionary Moms and we put two and two together.  We love having a missionary!  And any connection we find with him it makes it that much better!  If what we're assuming is correct they'll be serving in a town called Ilave, close to Puno. They have a sweet lady who cooks and does their laundry. She's inactive. My son has been working hard to get her to come back. Anyway, it's good times!

So we printed out a map I found on the church website, I again looked up travel mileage and driving from Cusco to Ilave is 6 1/2 hours.  So he had a big day of travel again to get to his new area.  I look forward to hearing from him to see if this is where they really are and how he traveled etc....   You don't realize how much you miss hearing from them until there is a week they don't get a chance to.  It is different then being away at summer camp for a week or 2. 

 

im just gonna email you today and you can choose what to send out since i feel really bad todaydid laundry in the early morning and just was nausis so i went to breakfast and after that went and got my laundry out of the dryer then i went to sleep at about 810 and didnt get up till 945 felt a little better when i came to write you but still feel bad. rest of this week went well and i am learning a lot of spanish still so thats good. no pictures this time not really anything new. go out in 6 days tho so im excited.

All 5 are leaving for Cusco next week!

Even though he said he did not send any pictures, I have recently joined a facebook page for Peru Missionary Moms.  These 3 pictures were shared on the facebook page today!    He looks so good and happy!!   He transfers out to Cusco next week and is going to be so great!!  Thanks for all your support and following him!

Studying Spanish!!





almost done at the CCM

so my mom wanted a full over view of the average day at the CCM. Wake up at about 630 brush teeth and just get ready for breakfast at 715, finish and start personal study at 745 till about 9 then we do practice investigators till about 10 then either language study or some other teacher led study till lunch at 12 to 12 45 after that is a personal language study, physical activity from 130 to 230. then its get ready for class till 320 then either a assesment on the missionary handbook or the langauage program TALL we use to help with the language. then at 515 its another investigator, dinner at 545 till about 630 then the rest of progressing investigator till about 710, another language study or coaching study, then at about 8 its usually a practice teaching or demostrate teaching till 9 plan till 930 then get ready for bed till 1030 and its lights out. not much going on just having a good time here so far. Went prosiliting  this last saturday and it was a lot of walking and just getting referals didnt get to teach people like others from the CCM but it was awesome and i stilled learned a lot.

Remington and his roommates doing some laundry!

 

  last week bought 2 llama ties for 15 sols each which is just under 5 bucks they are not like wool but they are kinda rough and the scripture cases were out still might not bother with that. ill get a picture next week for you.