Sorry that I didn't email last week. I was traveling all day for transfers. I found out that I was going to the jungle! And what a drive! So first I went to from Huanuco to Cerro de Pasco which was 4 hours and went smoothly. Cerro de Pasco is at about 17,000 feet elevation. I waited there for a little while and it's crazy how elevation changes the climate so much. It felt like I went from Logan summer to Logan winter. After that I traveled alone to a place called Tarma and then took a different car to La Merced. That drive was crazy because we switch backed down the mountain from 10,000 feet to about 2,000 feet elevation. The speed limit was 35km but we were definitely going 110km haha it was crazy, but I counted 22 waterfalls on the drive and some of them were giant.
But in the end, I did make it safely to my new area. It is called Villa Rica and a fun fact, is that it is home to the world's best coffee. Literally everything here is coffee themed. The park has a statue of a dude carrying a giant coffee bean. There are little coffee beans designed into sidewalks, and I heard about 75 percent of all work here has to do with coffee. So we will have lots of work to do with the word of wisdom haha.
But it is so beautiful in this town since everything is green and there are lots of bugs which is good since you see some cool butterflies, but also bad because of things like mosquitos. Also it rains a lot here. One storm came out of nowhere and destroyed all of the roads and bridges around us so we were isolated. That led to prices on food rising but most of the roads are fixed now so we are all good. Haha I guess that's why its called the Amazon RAIN Forest.
This week was a lot of work which is good and my new comp Elder Canquilla from La Paz Bolivia loves to work so it's going to be a great transfer! This Sunday only about 40 people were at church and as church started I found out I had to give a talk. I guess the missionaries talk a lot in this ward so I will get lots of practice. In my talk I shared the story of Nephi in the book of Helaman when he is preaching to everyone but no one listens, so he prays for a famine which kills a ton of people until they remember God and repent. So my message for you all is to please listen to conference this next week! It only happens two times a year! And then please act on the words of the prophet so you wont have to experience spiritual famines. The prophet is here to guide us in the last days!!!!!
Dog Count: 7702
Photos: Goodbye to Huánuco
Night view of Villa Rica
Dope ice cream cake I made for a ward activity
Photos of the activity
Photos of a mission conference before my transfer
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