Hey dad, thanks for the info!! it was way interesting and I believe it all, having walked the streets for a week already. a couple things about the area:
1 It is unbelievably hot. though I would just reiterate that look up the temperatures and the humidity, and then times it by two giant black boots, black sunday pants, collared shirt and tie, and big black backpack. h-ot.
2 It is not exactly as safe as Alpine, Utah. there are neighborhoods that we simply do not go to after sunset.
3 There is this super cool thing called el cerro! (the hill) that is a giant, hill, absolutely covered with little tiny house shacks. and we have a part of it in our area. But its cool because the government or somebody built really nice staircases of concrete all over the hill so sometimes we go up and contact up there.
Ok my apartment is actually really nice. Its super big, and we have couches and stuff (still no carpet. haven't seen that in seven months) the are is good and the ward is pretty good. but honestly there is not a ton of support from the members. my companion says they talk a lot about doing activities and things but they never get done. Also, there are a ton of ´esnakes´ as we like to call them. Teenage girls in the ward and the neighborhood who are just fascinated with gringos and stop me in the street and try to talk to me all the time. Its kinda crazy but yeah Elder Pérez always tells me ´I got yor back´ so I'm covered.
hmm what else... oh yeah I like being a district leader. I get to help the elders in my district try to meet their potential, and I have added responsibilities and I gave a portion of the lesson in the zone meeting that actually came out really well, so I was pleased.
Elder Pèrez is awesome, he is waiting for his visa to go to Mexico, he is Peruvian, so we talk a little about that and he is really excited to leave and see some place new. He studied architecture in university in his city in Trujillo, so he is a smart kid.
Another thing I like is that the people are generally a little more intelligent here than in Ayacucho, so they understand quicker and we can have more enlightening conversations about religion in the streets with regular people. It is the best.
So therefore, yeah I am officially orientated in the area, and I am pumped to get movig and baptize a bunch of peoples.
not much more to say.
Elder Hartvigsen
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