Back story about mas o menos. It is seriously the catch phrase of
my district. To any question, that is the answer. "Como esta?" "Mas o
menos" "Como fue su dia" "mas o menos". We live the mas o menos life
here. Elder Vance is the once that coined the phrase living the vida mas
o menos. Oh and for you gringos out there, that means more or less. It
just our favorite thing to say here.
Ok so this week was
pretty good. They´re starting to go by faster but at the same time I
feel like I´ve been here for years but that's alright. I´m slowly loving
it more and more. One of the best things about this week is that at 6:15
in the morning (15 minutes before we had to get up might I add) we got a
knock on our door and there was a Latina standing there asking for
Hermana Rust. Well I was dead basically so I might have been a bit short
with her but I told her it was me and then she asked if I knew Hermana
Ramos from Las Vegas. It took me a while but it finally registered and I
said yes and then she handed me this little package addressed to me
from Alyssa Ramos! I was so excited! The Latina was from Cusco and had
brought it from there to the CCM! I don't know Alyssa all that well but
the package was just the sweetest thing ever and I was so happy! Inside
were 5 of my all time favorite talks (4 are by President Uchtdorf), so
candy, some laminate paper for my first planner to decorate, hand
sanitizer, and a letter from her. And it was seriously exactly what I
needed. Such a tender mercy from God and Hermana Ramos.
Then
on Sunday we had this amazing testimony meeting. My district had the
goal for all of us to bear our testimonies in Spanish and I did! It was
really broken and probably not understandable, kinda like my written one
last week, but it was fun to be able to do it and I felt the spirit so
strong. And then Hermana Park (from another district) got up and bore
her testimony and it started off with her grabbing the mike, pulling it
as close to her face as possible, and basically yelled "What a time to
be alive!!!" She just bore her testimony about how happy she was and how
happy she was to be here and how we should all just be happy. And it
really got to me. Because I had allowed myself a little bit to fall into
the bad habits of "oh I´ll be happy once I get out of the CCM" or "Once
I have my first baptism" or "once I get home" (Yes I thought that
once... whoops.) But then I realized that I can be happy now!° Like
thats totally allowed! I don´t have to wait for some grand event. One of
the talks Hermana Ramos sent me was "Of Regrets and Resolutions" by
Uchtdorf. Great talk. I love it. And in it it says that one of the
greatest regrets of peoples lives is that they didn't let themselves be
happy in their lives. And I am not going to make that mistake. I only
have 3 more weeks here and I'm going to make them the happiest weeks of
my life! So challenge for everyone, don´t wait to be happy. You are
allowed to be happy right now. So just do it!
Today was an
awesome P day. Our district had another goal (my district is awesome) to
talk to 3 people while we were out and about in Lima. And me and Hna
Baker actually did it! Well she did one by herself because I was
checking out, but then we talked to 2 guys and they were totally
receptive and actually flipped through the copies of the Book of Mormon
that we gave them (yeah we even gave them a book of Mormon!!) after we
walked away! It was so cool! Peruvians talk fast. and quiet. So
everyone that told me they talked slowly, y'all deceived me. Because I
couldn't understand them hardly at all. But I felt the spirit with me
and I was able to pick out a few things to keep the conversation going!
It was awesome! This Saturday, all the intermedios (that's me) get to go
out proselyting and I am so pumped! Actual mission work with actual
people! Wooo! Well I think that's all folks! Oh I survived an earthquake.
Now that's all! Love you all and thanks for the emails! Noelle you didn't
send me pictures and its making me a bit homicidal. Anyways Loves to
all! Hasta Luego!
Hermana Rust
The first picture
is my comp after "proselyting" today. A bird stinkied on her... but she
was happy anyways because shes a missionary!!
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