New Presidency and bishopric!! Wow. What a cool thing it is to see the keys moving along like dad said. We see the keys moving here while working in the office. I love being in the middle of it and seeing President make decisions and receive promptings and stuff. Of course we only actually notice a fraction of it, but it´s still super cool.
This week president and sister Douglas took us to Burrito Bar for Elder Durfey´s birthday, which was mexican as ever and oh so needed after a week of stressful stuff. Elder Topham, the elder that cut his hand up in Ayacucho and had to get tetanus and antibiotic shots and emergency room care all right there in the tiny hospital in ayacucho, is staying with us here in lima becuase the doctors here have to do certain things on the hand that cant be done up there. And that story, together with the following make me feel so blessed that nothing bad ever happened to us while I was up there.
...So the ayacucho zone at the minute has had some disobedience and the Elders are always asking permission to go on super crazy fieldtrips like that lake razuhuilca way up in the mountains, for their p days. But president has to be super careful about giving them permission, since those mountains are where the shining path was born, (according to what they´ve told us here in the mission.) So this last week the elders asked to go up there AGAIN and president said no, and it turned out that almost the same day they were up there, there was reported terrorist activity. i know, freaks you out. Like i said, how blessed i am to have been protected up there!!
The other thing president is doing with his keys...(stinking awesome.)
So,... President and sister douglas have been way into the NBA finals this last week, and sister douglas really momishly (affectionately) tells us stuff every here and there. haha almost nothing, but she´ll throw out little thought about what has happened here and there and president will try to stop here from doing it. But... when we were at burrito bar, president told us that for us, the elders in the office, he is going to record the final game and let us come to his house to watch it on a p day prob next week!!! I am unbelievably exited, and together with the rest of the elders slightly skeptical. We keep expecting him to take it back as a sick joke haha!! But so far so good :D I´ll let you know how it goes!
That is way cool about President Butler as I think about it. He set me apart, and I still read the blessing very often. probably have read it some 50 times in the mission field, or more. And what a group it will be to go back to, the bishop who sent me off included!! cool.
Today we went to a main center part of Lima, where it is super modern and there is this big public bus system with a central station two floors under the main highway with a connection to I think the biggest mall in the country.. And we ate at the food court. I ate pizza hut and a hot dog. I love office life!! But after wards, we went to Polvos Azules, (Blue Dusts) weird name, I know which is a huge huge market packed with tiny little booths where they sell EVERYTHING. I want to take you guys there, or at least to a place like it. I grabbed a couple keychains and small little stuff like that. They sell anything from bracelets and wallets and crafts stuff, to sweaters and shirts and shoes. All kinds of jerseys as well from soccer, nba, football, tons of nike and addidas stuff. Way fun.
Hmm.. Things learned in Perú... I dont even know where to start nor how. I think more than anything I am learning more about myself and how I react and how I act and most importantly, how to change that when it needs changing, and how to magnify it when it´s sitting well. In the office, I learn all kinds of leadership skills, and even more, decision-making skills. It can be stressful, but very rewarding. President will give me personal, challenging tasks, and I simply have to figure out how to get them done. Or the world will throw us curve balls, as we like to say when passports get moved from elder´s apartments to the office, or when companionships need to be changed al toque (instantly). It is always fun here ha. I am learning to put aside fear, and be proactive. I try to make my own decisions, and I definitely have to take the consequences when i mess up. But it´s super cool because President does not get angry when I take responsability and just fix it myself. He is teaching me what a true priesthood leader does.
And many more things. I hope that letter was sufficiently long enough hehe. Anything else.... hm...oh yeah
Being a missionary has changed my desires. some of them have entirely changed. Some of them have been born in my heart while being here. Some of them have literally been set aside and left behind. IT is strange, but I see myself changing, and I note that as my father in heaven guides the whole process, it is ALWAYS FOR THE BETTER. And something else very interesting is that I usually cannot see the outcomes, --As I act in faith, and continue in hope, the right outcomes simply come out-- do not let fear stunt your growth, because inability only exists as long as you retain your perspective in the moment. And that is not a good idea.
Elder HARTVIGSEN
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