All is calm, all is bright (dang Peruvian sunburns)

All is calm, all is bright (dang Peruvian sunburns), here in Huancayo. We had an interesting week, I suppose. We felt like we should visit a member who is actually active and doing well, but when we got there we found that he was not doing so well. His son had recently left on the mission and they have no way of communicating with him because they don´t have email or even know how email works. Anyway, we helped him and he told us his conversion story and how he was an addict to alcohol all his life basically. Which was incredible because just that morning, we had been racking our brains trying to find someone to help one of our investigators with his alcohol addiction. So, he came with us to our appointment. The person we wanted to help wasn´t present because he happened to be drunk, but the member shared his testimony of the atonement with the family and the Spirit was undeniably present. We have another appointment with the both of them tonight, which I´m excited for. We also printed him a wallet-sized picture of his family to carry with him to look at whenever he feels tempted to drink. I´ll attach that picture, I suppose.


Something else that happened this week is that we met someone from Holland and someone from Germany, living in a humble little house in our area. They had just been visiting their friend who´s studying here. They both spoke perfect English and we shared a bit about the church and our testimonies with them. They weren´t interested but it was awesome to get to know them and hear about their culture. They say they don´t like America and our culture. Understandable, I suppose.


I´m digging the Christmas season here. Everyone has their decorations, even though they may be humble. We only know two people so far that have a Christmas tree. And they´re both fake, of course. But nonetheless it´s undeniably Christmas, here. I need to find a new excuse to reject the panneton.
Much love,
Elder Alexander

Making peppermint bark in Veronica(member)´s house!

Sprinkling the bark like the professionals we are.

Don´t worry about the dog bite. It wasn´t even deep. The health secretary just had me keep an eye on the dog for ten days to make sure it´s not sick or anything. And it´s all good. The dog came up behind me and I didn´t even see him unil after he had bitten me. The dog dazer couldn´t have helped much. :(
Thanks for your love and worries.

Pachamunca!