Momma thanks so much for sending the report! (She requested the church stats because they wouldn't be able to look them up.) I was missing fast Sunday dinner this week! I thought about you all as i ate my pollo y arroz. I also told everyone in my district that post mission they are all welcome to come have a fast Sunday dinner at our house, but we'll see if that ever happens :) (I have been asking her every week where all the missionaries in her district are going and she finally answered!) So my companion Hermana Agasen is from Canada, going to Peru Chiclayo mission. Hermana Coats from South Jordan Utah, Elder Eduria from the Philippines, and Elder Villareal also from the Philippines are going to Lima Este, Hermana Gundersen also from South Jordan Utah and Elder Thornton from Australia are going to Lima Norte, Elder Neyra from South Carolina is going to Ariquipa, and Elders Baxter from Oregon (he is from Union) and Sabin from Mesa Arizona, are going to Bolivia Santa Cruz Norte, so they'll both be on the plane ride over to Bolivia with me in 2 weeks. And yes! there are tons of people in the CCM again!
Dad - I'm very proud of Elijah for branching out! That's so cool that she served in my mission! (Her Dad told her that there is a new young couple in our ward and that the wife came home from the Cochabamba mission 2 1/2 yrs ago. She said the potatoes called chunos are kinda gross and not what we think of. Jessica loves potatoes and was excited when she heard she would be eating them A LOT! We will see when she gets there.) And those chunos... hmmm we;ll see how i feel about them when i get there. I've met a few latina hermanas from bolivia, and all of them say that the weather in Cochabamba is great, and they serve tons of food, so don't be surprised if by the end of my time in the CCM i'm a little bit bigger, because I've been working on preparing my stomach for large quantities jaja. I miss talking with ya daddypa! Your antics are so fun and i miss being about to quote things with you (and this statement goes for all members of the fambam )
So this week!! We received lots of new principiantes this week, although less than us. So there are about 90 Latinos and 20 English speakers. It's so fun to start over with all the new Latinos because now we actually know how to ask and understand getting to know you questions! We love the Latinos they are so fun!! We love talking with them, eating with them, playing sports with them, you name it! And it's great practice for our Spanish too!
Some funny stories from this past week: This week when we were alone we played soccer as a district and it was so fun! (for me at least! All my soccer skills from when i was a kid came back and i was destroying people! in a non competitive way, of course) The next day we played ultimate Frisbee with the principiantes, and that was a blast! A funny part of what happened (me being silly) was that i had run to catch the Frisbee and missed it. I was a little frustrated that i had missed it, so i went to jokingly kick it away from the other team when Elder Neyra from my district came running in to pick it up, and i accidentally kicked him in the shins!! i felt so bad, but it was SO FUNNY!!! I need to be better at turning down my competitive energy i think jaja.
Like i told mom earlier, fast Sunday i couldn't help but think about the traditional fast Sunday dinner, sugar muffins, scrambled eggs and bacon. Wow i missed it a lot! but it's alright, i'll have it when i get back :)
My piano skills have really come in handy here at the CCM! I play piano for basically everything that a piano is needed at, like yesterday, we have a devotional (live from the Peru CCM) with Elder Godoy and I was the pianist! So now I've played for a general authority, what what!! It was also a cool devo because it was in Spanish, so they gave us headsets and we listened to it translated. So cool!
I'm out of time for this week, but i love you all so much!!!! Read the Book of Mormon every single day and it will bless your life! Love love love,
Hermana Rowe
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