Kotosh

Hey how is everyone?

This one will be pretty short, but this week was a lot more normal so that has been good.

Last Monday we went to this famous place in Huanuco called Kotosh. It is an ancient temple and has these famous things called the manos crusados or the crossed hands. I was super excited to go but it was the biggest let down ever haha. We showed up and the so called temple is this tiny roofless house made out of rocks. And the manos crusados are tiny and also replicas (the originals are in a museum in Lima). But it was cool to hear about the traditions there and people say that there is a certain part of the temple that takes you to the third dimension haha. I'll send photos for you guys to see for yourselves.

Then the rest of the week was a normal proselyting week. But the weekend was crazy as Saturday we were told about transfers and found out my companion was leaving. So then we went around saying goodbye to people and he had to pack all of his stuff. It was sad to see him leave, but my new companion is Elder Moore from Atlanta. He is a really cool guy, so I'm excited for the new transfer.

Also Sunday we went to this popular park as a district and did a contacting activity. It was super funny because the park is big and really crowded. There was a preacher there that a lot of people were watching and he was healing people haha. We would just hear him yell over a microphone ¨Sanate Sanate Sanate¨ which he was commanding the people to be healed haha. Also in the park there were a lot of people who were obsessed with gringos. One lady told me that she wanted me to meet her granddaughter, and she also wanted to use my blonde hair to knit. Then another girl wanted to take a picture with the 3 gringos there because it was her birthday. So that was fun. We got to meet a lot of interesting people and also found a lot of people interested in the gospel. Sadly none of the people in the park were from my area. But it was still fun to go around and talk to a bunch of people. But that's about it from me this week. I will give the dog count next week, and I hope you all are doing well in the snow ;)

Love, Elder Corbett

Photos from Kotosh - The crossed hands on the left are supposed to be male and the crossed hands and the right female, but we couldn't see any difference. Also the last photo is a mountain line you see from Kotosh where the line matches up with the knuckles of a fist.