Familia, Hey everybody.
I know I only called Mom and Karyn but I'm sure you've already heard that I left Atlanta for Peru last night. I thought I'd be able to call you guys from the Lima airport or something when I got back but I guess not. Well, I made it so you can stop worrying. We arrived at like 11:45 last night, then we had to go through customs and stuff. Then we had to meet our escorts back to the MTC. Then we drove about half an hour to the MTC. So then we had to get into our rooms and stuff before we could go to bed at 3:00. So I pretty much got like four hours of sleep last night. The MTC itself is super nice and new. It's like all clean and white and cool. I wish I could describe it better. I'm in a room with five other missionaries, four are latin americans including my companion. His name is Elder Guevara and he's from Lima. I only met him shortly this morning because he didn't get here until then (most latinos get here wednesday morning). Yesterday was so hectic and stressful from a physical standpoint and today is looking to be kind of stressful from an emotional and mental standpoint. The room is really nice but it's smaller than the one in Provo and there's two more people. They speak a lot of spanish here of course so I can see how we will learn very quickly. I was greeted by a North American last night and it looks like they really have a good time here in the Peru MTC. They all had on those Incan sweaters and beanies and stuff. I can get that stuff for like $2 here so that's cool. There's a lot more free time and it's a lot more relaxed here than in Provo too. There's about 150 Elders here now, and that's like full capacity, so it's way smaller. The weather is kind of wierd because it was pretty hot and humid this morning but just before lunch it got really nice and beautiful with a cool breeze. There's palm trees, fountains, a full turf soccer field (of course) and all the tiles and buildings are made of white stone. We drove through some....interesting parts of Lima last night. Our escort was from Peru and served in the Lima Central Mission. He was a really nice guy that told us cool stuff about Peru. All my luggage and stuff made it safely here, but i think i kind of have a lot of stuff, oh well. So on my flight last night, the plane wasn't like huge it was just normal and i was wicked bored because i sat in the middle so there was like no space for my arms to do anything. The situation would have been just fine if I was a normal tourist because there was a screen on the back of the headrest in front of me that I could watch all these brand new movies and live tv on; but since i'm a missionary i wasn't allowed to watch all the movies i wanted :( My P-day here is on Wednesdays so that's when i'll regularly be emailing you guys. We get as much time as we want here so the letters should be good in length if i can find anything to write about. I did take a few pictures but i still don't really know the best way to send them so just hold on for a few more days. So i guess on Saturdays the elders all go proselyting around Lima, so that will be a new experience (and maybe a scary one). The food we had for lunch was pretty good. It was like Carne Asada with rice and some yummy potatoe stuff, and chicken soup. And there was a homemade doughnut too. I think i get to like take a nap or whatever for most of the rest of the day so that's nice. I'm not sure what the relationship with companions are like becuase you don't really see them. We're in different classes during the day so I'm not sure how much i'm going to see them. I just want to stay relaxed right now becuase it will be very easy to be overwhelmed. The first thing they did to me this morning was chop off all my hair. It looks crazy, and i look wierd, but everybody has to do it so i don't feel too bad about it. They told me i have a meeting today at 3:45 with the MTC president and some other missionaries. The other missionaries say we're going to be district leaders. I kind of hope not becuase it would be very hard for me, but obviously i would do it. That's pretty much it for now i guess. Unless you want to know every little thing i do all day that's about all i can think of right now. I miss you all and love you. Thank you for your prayers and your love. Oh, Happy Thanksgiving and hopefully the Utes win on Saturday. The Church is True!!
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