2/20/17-Giant Gringo Problems I Guess

This week was really really solid. We had 8 investigators come to church and it was so amazing. The work here is good and my comp Elder Limachi and I get along really well. We laugh a lot. 

We were walking about 9 at night and ran into this old couple. He was wearing a cowboy hat and we were all laughing and asking where we could buy a hat like that and how nice he looked and honestly it was amazing. He invited us to his house but it was getting late so we taught him the next day. His name is Pedro but he says it Peter because it's English. The ONLY English he knows is "cash money" and he says it for stuff that makes no sense - it's soo funny. He loves to sing and he gave us a dvd of him singing - it might just be the greatest thing in the whole world. 

I was finally able to pet a real llama and alpaca!! This man was just standing on the side of the road with them and he let us pet them but no pictures. He wanted a lot of money for pictures and I don't have a lot of money. I asked if I could ride it and he said I would hurt it ;((( giant gringo problems i guess. Oh well, it was still fun tho! 

I played soccer again and I am getting better - it's really nice. It's still frustrating because I can't use my hands but it's coming!! Our zone is honestly so sick - I have so many friends and our zone leader is the best. His name is Elder Sanchez and he is from northern Peru. He has about 3 years as a member and honestly he is one of the best missionaries I know. I started calling him "President Sanchez" because I'm sure he is going to be a mission president or a stake president one day and now legit everyone calls him that - it's so funny. I am really blessed to have such a great area and zone and I am so excited for the next little while here. 

We have been working with this family that was taught by missionaries before us. They are the family Saccsa and they are really good people. Please pray for them. They have a date for the 4th of March and I'm really really excited. Jessica is really sick but her 2 boys came to church - it was great!! It's just so hard because you want everyone to just get it so badly and come to the light but everyone has their agency. 

This weeks scripture is the 36th chapter in Alma. It's his testimony to his son about his conversion and it's honestly beautiful. The power of the atonement is never ending and it's real!! Christ lives!!! I love you all and thank you for all you do!!

Love,

Elder Nielsen