It has rained every day this week except for Saturday. Apparently we are approaching summer and I've heard that it basically rains every day. But sometimes the rain is nice to cool things off. Every day this week it starts off cool and partly cloudy. The clouds disappear and it gets super hot. Then around 4 or 5 big rain clouds appear out of no where and it rains and gets cold until the next day.
But Huancayo has been good to me! The work is coming along really well for us. What is cool about it, is that all of our progressing investigators are youth. It is super cool to see young kids taking charge of their lives and caring about religion.
This week was a little more eventful than last week. I met a drunk guy. Side-note, every drunk person I've met so far knows Joseph Smith which is funny. One even told me he needed to pray to Joseph Smith for forgiveness. Anyway, this drunk guy shook my hand and pulled me so close to him, that he could've kissed me. And yeah, he told me I have beautiful eyes and look like Brad Pitt. Ladies take note.....just kidding - Don't. But sometimes being a gringo almost feels like being a celebrity down here. Everyone loves to talk with me, but a lot of them are drunk people or kids so you can't do a lot with them.
Anyways now for a small spiritual thought. My stomach has been hurting a lot the past couple weeks. But don't worry I'm feeling better now. One day I was laying on my bed and I thought, I've had a stomach ache for a week straight, I'm in Peru, it's pouring rain, I have to express myself in Spanish, but I feel super happy. I was trying to figure out why I felt happy. I still don't completely understand, but I think a couple reasons are that one, on a mission you don't have to worry about yourself. You are guaranteed food to eat, a place to sleep, and I have clothes to wear. That means I don't have to worry about myself at all, or even if I have money. On the mission you only need to think of others. Also I've been reading the Book of Mormon a ton and I'm in a super cool spot right now. This week I finished the war chapters in Alma and am starting 3rd Nephi. So if you need some happiness, in the wise words of Cee Lo Green, Forget You - haha. He meant it in a different way, but forget yourself, focus on others, and read amazing scriptures.
P.S. This Tuesday I started counting street dogs. But don't think much of this count, because I forget to count a lot of times, and I probably see a lot of the same dogs every day.
Street dog total for week: 342.
Anyways I love yall and would love to hear from you!
Elder Corbett
1) Family History Night!
2)Chillin with some street puppies
3)This photo is a result of not having water to shower, and all of my p-day clothes being washed haha
4)First Baptism! (From Last week)
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