My first week out of the MTC has been so crazy. I thought La Molina was crazy but turns out we were in the richest and cleanest area. I've never been so humbled in my entire life. Now I feel really dumb for ever complaining about anything I have at home. My stake here is called Santa Isabel and the ward is Tungasuca. There are a few nice houses here but most of the houses here have cement floors, walls and no roof. If they do have a roof it's usually either kind of thatched or it's a canopy (like the ones we take to the beach). Some have couches but usually they just have a few patio or lawn chairs. And we're lucky if they have enough for them and us to sit in.
Our house is on the fifth floor so we have a really awesome view. And we have a roof! But we do have a cement floor and cement walls but atleast they're painted. Our bathroom does have tile and we have hot water. The way to control how hot the water is though, is by turning the nozel to change how much water is coming out. So if you want the water really hot then there`s hardly any water coming out. Our pensionista lives on the first floor of our building and her house is one of the nicest ones i've been in. It's almost as nice as a lot of houses in the US. We eat breakfast with her every morning and she does our laundry. We eat lunch with the members which is really awesome to get to know them, and actually they usually make really good food! But sometimes it's a little crazy. I'm learning to swallow just about anything. So far we've had cow stomach, guniea pig, roots, all sorts of vegetables and fruits and lots and lots of rice.
Right now I'm actually in a trio. We don´t have enough trainers in our mission so each trainer has 2 missionaries with them. My companions are Hermana Choque and Hna. Sales. They're really awesome and Hna. Choque is a really great trainer. The only problem is she's a little unorganized and bad at directions but we're working through it.
One crazy thing here is people always say they recognize me. It's happened 3 or 4 times and so now it's a joke with my companions that I was either really friendly in the pre earth life or I'm secretly famous in Peru. One of these experiences was particularly cool though. We were kind of wondering around trying to find a house (which is really hard here) and this lady came out and asked where I was from. I told her the United States and she said Oh I'm sorry you just looked really familiar so I explained that I was a missionary and she invited us in. It turns out her husband is a member but she would never go with him. She came to church though and now she's taking the discussions! Another crazy experience was on our way home from the Bank. This older woman came running over and greeted us. She told us we were angels from heaven and kissed our hands. Then she read us a scripture in Deuteronomy and tried paying us money. Hna. Sales and I didn't really know what was going on but it turns out she was trying to pay us tithing. It's kind of interesting because she is Catholic so I have no idea why she would try to pay us tithing but she's taking the discussions now. Another family that I really love is Ronald, Karen and their four little kids. They have been taking the discussions for a little while and I asked them if they would be baptized this week and they said yes!! So they are going to be baptized on the 24th and I'm really excited.
Also here is the address for my mission now.
Kelsey Benson (don't put Hermana)
Mison Peru Lima Norte
Av. Carlos Izaguirre 124,
Independencia
Lima 28
Peru
or for packages it's
Kelsey Benson
Mision Peru Lima Norte
Av. Carlos Izaguirre 124,
Independencia
Casilla de Correo
Lima, 28
Peru
and with packages don't send money, Beef Jerky or used clothing.
Hope everything is going well at home!! Love you all!
Love,
Hermana Benson
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