The last week of the CCM was filled with mixed emotions. I was sad to leave all of my new friends, but happy to leave because some of the teachers there treated us like babies. Anyways, our bus ride to Huancayo was almost 9 hours, but it was the nicest bus I've ever been on. 8-ish of the hours we were driving through the mountains. There were some dope views. The road was a little sketchy just because we were in a double decker bus and the road was similar to switchbacks on a hiking trail. A couple people threw up, but I felt great. We saw a lot of llamas (I counted 74 but there was definitely more), and surprisingly in one of the mountain lakes was a flock of flamingos.
The night we arrived and the next morning we had orientation classes and then around lunch we met our companions and found out our areas. By the way our lunch was Pizza Hut, and after being out here for a while it tasted like straight heaven.
Anyways my first area is in Huancayo city, and the region is called Mantaro. It's not the center of Huancayo, but it's pretty close. My companion is Elder Arias. He is from Buenos Aires Argentina and is 27 years old. He is actually the district leader also, so now im 4/4 for having comps be district leaders. Anyways Huancayo is dope! Whenever I'm feeling homesick or tired or whatever, I just look at my surroundings and think, I'm in the middle of Peru, no one around me knows English, I know a little Spanish but I don't really understand a lot of what anyone says, there are 8 billion homeless dogs around me, WHAT AN ADVENTURE!
My pension makes really good food! There is this one meal that is so good. It's green spaghetti noodles with grilled chicken. Also they eat a lot of fried rice here. And in the mornings we have a bowl of cereal (giant corn puffs) but instead of milk they use different kinds of yogurt. When I first got here, I didn't like it, but now I love it! And I think it's pretty healthy. Also for breakfast we have bread with a kind of bologna or something. I have had some really good food here, but also some pretty gross food that with every spoonful, I thought in my mind I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. haha
One funny story I have is that on my first day when we were contacting a car broke down in the middle of the road. We went and started pushing the car. Instead of pulling off to the side of the road , the guy had us push him to a service station. So my companion and I pushed a car down a crazy Peruvian road with cars honking at us for about a half mile. It was dope and I got my exercise in for the week haha.
One of our investigators is named Carlos. He is 27 and super cool. One day we read the Book of Mormon with him but in English because he wants to learn English. It was fun for me but also a struggle trying to explain to them what thou, thy, thee or shalt (I call them biblical words) mean with my Spanish vocabulary. But it was nice to speak English for a little. Another lady we teach knows Quetchuan so every time we talk with her she gives me Quetchuan words. A prayer they have in Quetchuan is Ama Yuya, Ama Keya, Ama Sua. That is not how you spell it but how you would pronounce it with English. It basically means No lying, No being lazy, and No stealing. Anyways that's all I have for this week I love and miss you all so much!!❤
Elder Corbett
1)Welcome to Huancayo!
2) A view of the Andes during our bus ride
3) My companion and I with Carlos
4)My companion and I with our Pension who makes rico food
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