Feliz Cumpleanos Tyler and Sadie!!

Happy Birthday Sadie!!!!!!! ha I'm glad I get to write an email on the day of my sister's birthday!!!!

 I'm glad you got the pictures I was worried if they were going to make it or not.

 So I heard Brittani got married and all is well there!!!!!

 The more the summer comes the more I wish I was there in the snow haha but everything has been going well this week. Elder Christensen's mom will be there the 24th and so will Elder Samayoa but I won't. They leave 2 days before the change meeting in Trujillo so I would have to stay there forever plus my district lives really far from Trujillo so it's not worth the time or money to go we just always stay in 2s or 3s and wait for our new companions. I think I'm going to stay in Guadalupe again because 4 or 5 of the 8 elders in my district are finishing there missions this change. Our district has been struggling this change with our baptisms and with progressing investigators but we are continuing to work and stay positive.

 Those pictures are of the pensionista's children and there names are Neil and Gema( hema in english) the picture of the mountain and also of the catholic churches are in San Pedro and Hequetepeque. Ya that's spelled right I think..... the hill with the statue is the Virgin of Guadalupe, or the Virgin Mary with the baby Jesus. Guadalupe is one of the specific places in Peru where the catholic church worships/honors a saint, in Guadalupe it is Mary. They have crazy festivals and everything.

 I finally had to use the Dog Dazzer legitimately for the first few times this week. I haven't had any problems at all until this week and we had 3 different incidents with dogs. The Dog Dazzer works really well though so thanks.

 I got the packages from the Sorrentinos and from Jeff and Kathy so make sure and say muchas gracias from me haha. I definitely have enough candy to last me 3-4 months now at least from all the candy that the Sorrentinos, Jeff and Kathy, Grandma Wilk, Grandma Tuttle and my parents have sent me so I'll tell you guys when I run out but thank you guys so much it is delicious!!!

 I don't have anymore time to write because the computer is slow, but thanks for the emails and all that you've done for me.

 I know this church is true and this work is important, cuidense, TY 

Beautiful downtown Guadalupe Peru...

The District...up until December 15th...

Peruvian kids are so cute!!

Gema and Neil...the children of Tyler's pensionista



YEP...THOSE ARE GOATS!



Playing at the beach!

Hey guys! ya before I forget mom I'll tell you what I think about the package. I couldn't really think of anything that I need because I don't need much. Sleeping pills probably and if you could send 3-5 really good pens that would be great because the pens here are terrible. Mosquito stuff but not too much just what I'll need for like 1 month. If it doesn't matter about the weight that much for this package, it would be the best if you could send some Mt. Dew or some Dr. Pepper, those are the two drinks they don't have here and those are my two favorites. Also maybe a little bit of honey, and if you can find a really flimsy cheap tie rack/holder that would be great too, but nothing expensive because I can buy it here cheaper if I have time to look. Also maybe simple recipes for my pensionista to cook so I don't have to eat rice as much haha. They don't use ovens here though so that narrows the options a lot.

Yay!!!! Sadie got a job!!!!!! ha that is great that she gets to do that and work really close to home. How is everyone else?

I don't have a lot of time to write today because we're in Trujillo and two of our elders came late.

For New Years we had to be in the room by six but other than that it was a normal day, just with a lot of drunk people. The weird thing they do though in Peru is they make full sized scarecrows pretty much, or men made out of hay, and they burn them at 12:00, it's really strange.

Who is going to be in the Super Bowl and what is happening with college football/ NBA?

 I can't wait for the day when I can feel cold again and see snow.

 I have learned a lot this week about the importance of prophets. In the issue of the Liahona in the month of September, I can't remember what talk, it says that when the prophet gives counsel it is for everyone but sometimes directed for a specific group of people. For example when they said to make emergency kits, every member needed to do it, but the members in the DR and in Chile needed it most. I know that when we follow the prophets we are blesed, until next week TY