"Dios le amo"

I did not get the letter you sent yet, but I did get one from Emmaline! It made my weeek! I read it in front of my district and everyone laughed because Emma is hillarious. Ive had a great week. I really love my district sooo much. I now have two companions. My Spanish is coming along well. I know all the words I need to know to teach the basic lessons, but I still struggle with casual conversation. The people in Lima speak super fast, but it gets better in Huancayo, Ive heard. I have been to the temple, every week that Ive been here. Its very beautiful, but kind of small. Ive been getting into all sorts of new music here. Mostly classical that others have showed me. I love the song This Is The Christ. Blows my mind every time. Theres a kid that plays it on the piano and makes people weep. Ive also been getting good at piano. Ive learned a couple hymns. Everything I need, I usually can just get at ____, but they dont have chewable melatonin here, so well see how long mine lasts. I keep giving it out like drugs though, because everyone is having trouble sleeping. I went prostletizing last Saturday, and I cant tell you what an incredible experience it was. I was paired with a latin companion, Elder ____, and we taught two lessons and got one street contact. We werent even supposed to be street contacting, we were supposed to be meeting with less active members, but we stopped at a shop to ask a lady for directions and she almost forced a lesson out of us... while she was dealing with customers. So, that was interesting. One Hermana in our district actually had someone chase them down and ask for a lesson. I though people were exaggerating about how easily people accept the gospel here. I guess not. haha. One members house whom we visited had no roof, no floor, just dirt, and a large pile of bricks, etc. But I had to pee really bad so I asked to use the bathroom. I wont even describe it. It was very humbling. I feel terrible for being born with carpeted floors. I may have to pull a Brian Wilson on my room mates and fill our room with dirt. Maybe not. But there was a grafiti that said "Kiss the love forever" and that was pretty cool. Because it was english. And one of the lessons, I told an old lady "Dios le amo", instead of "Dios le ama" which is apparently the difference between "God loves you" and "Gosh, I love you." She laughed at me. We get laughed at a lot. Especailly by the Latino Elders. So we taught them that "cutie pie" means "stud" in english. So, they walk around calling each other cutie pie and its really sweet.

I miss you all mucho mucho mucho!

Keep me updated on everything going on!

Love you so much!

Elder Gabriel Alexander