2/27/17-I Love Lima

This week was a very interesting one to say the least. We were working really hard and everything was gong great. We were knocking out the commandments with family Saccsa and it was looking so good. Then came tithing. The father wants nothing, absolutely nothing to do with it and now he won't answer our calls or the door. The ironic thing is that he is by far the best off of all of my investigators. He has a 3 story house and a car and is a lawyer. Please pray for them. 

Our pension, the sister in our ward that is our cook for lunch, called Wednesday and said she didn't want to cook that day so we ate at a restaurant. The food was good but I started feeling really weird. I had hands down the worst food poisoning I have ever had in my entire life. It was miserable. We had to come home the following 2 nights early because I literally couldn't walk I was so weak. I am feeling a lot better now thankfully!

Maybe it's just me but I'm starting to feel the weather cool down which is so nice. Lima is hot, but thankfully not unbearable - I just wish I could wear shorts hahaha. My Spanish has come a long way but I still have so much farther to go.  I want to be really good so i just gotta keep working. 

Happy birthday to my little brother Michael!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow time flies and he's looking older and wiser too. I'm so proud of you buddy!!!

We have this recent convert that has 4 months as a member. His name is Domingo, which means "Sunday" and he's just the funniest guy. We take him to lessons like every day because he is 75 and works like 3 hours a day. We always get talking about funny questions like "what weighs more? 100 pounds of really heavy rocks or 100 pounds of really light feathers?"  He thinks for a second and then says they are the same and we laugh, classic. Anyway, yesterday we got into really hard questions and I asked him this, "if a tiger is 24 minutes what color is June?" We walked in silence for probably 3 minutes and my comp and I were walking behind him just dying of laughter - it was so funny. He turned around and said, "I don't know, you win" and I couldn't breath I was laughing so hard. I love Domingo so much. We call him our "secret weapon" because whenever we need anything just one call and bam! he's there. He's such a wonderful soul.

I love Lima for many, many reasons - the food, the dogs lol, the language, the weather and the craziness but honestly what makes Peru wonderful for me is the people. There are so many people here who are just such wonderful people and I have a testimony that if you pray to feel the love the Savior has for someone you will love them in a new way, a new light and that light is the GREATEST THING ON EARTH!!!! Alma 28:14! The work is the best and just because you don't have a name tag on doesn't mean you aren't a missionary. My Nana wrote me a letter and it had this quote, "always preach the gospel and when necessary use words."  A simple smile or "how are you" can change the course of someone's day, and for all you know their week or life. By small and simple things great things come to pass. 

I love you all! Thank you for all you do for me and please pray for Jessica, family Saccsa. 

Love,

Elder Nielsen