I'm a Missionary!!

What up everyone!

This week has been really good! As you can tell with my use of the exclamation point haha. So we weren't able to teach the real people again because the girl wasn't feeling good. But they are seeing missionaries and are very interested in the Book of Mormon! It was sad that we didn't get to see them again, but Saturday made up for it.

On Saturday we went out proselyting with missionaries in the field. I was nervous for it all week because I would be greeting and having conversations with natives who don't know any English. But it went well and was a big confidence boost for my Spanish. Shoutout to the Gift of Tongues. Anyways, we drove for about an hour and a half outside of Lima. I don't know what town we were in, but it was in the Lima East mission and it was DEFINITELY not in the city. It was super dusty and hot there. And there were dogs, if you could call them that....everywhere. The first thing I noticed was that the missionaries shoes were covered in a layer of dirt and dust. Anyways, I was paired with a cool missionary whose name I fogot, and another dude going to Huancayo with me! So we just went out and walked around and talked with everyone we met. The roads were dirt and everything was different. It felt like I was on a completely different world, like one of the star wars sand planets.

Most of the people we talked to were nice and a only a couple ignored us. I also understood a lot of Spanish, but not enough. The first attempts were a little awkward but after that it went smoothly. We were all given a Book of Mormon to write our testimony in and hand out. The guy I gave mine to was super chill. We talked for a good minute and I shared with him one of my favorite scriptures in the Book of Mormon (Helaman 5:12). Then I showed him my testimony in the back of the book. He read it while I was there and asked when I would be able to come back to teach him. It was sad that I would never be able to do that. The missionary I was with wasn't from this specific area either so we couldn't do much. We were able to tell him where the church was though. Anyways this proselyting activity has made me super excited to go out and leave the CCM! I still have a lot to learn, but I'm ready to full send the mission!

Also I can finally read and understand 95 percent of my Spanish kids Book of Mormon picture book so YEET. Next Tuesday I have an 8 hour bus ride to Huancayo where I've heard we get to 17,000 ft elevation and also people pass out on this ride because of the elevation change. I'm not sure how true this is, but I'll let you know next time I email. Also I don't know if I will be able to email next week because of the exchange, so if I don't email I'm not dead.

Love Y'All!!!!!!!!

Elder Corbett