Week 13 - ITS NOVEMBER

So Happy November everyone! I made it through another month haha.

This week again was a lot of walking, and it is now getting very hot here in Ica. So I am just hoping with all this walking and sweating I won’t gain weight from all the rice I am constantly eating here!

This week was also Halloween, so Happy Halloween. I wish I could tell you I did something fun, but not really.... On Halloween I had a training in Lima for my first 6 weeks in the field. So I did get to see my friends from the CCM. I was happy about that.

I got called as the English Specialist for my zone. Not sure why me because I feel like to help a Spanish speaker learn English you should know Spanish, but oh well. I actually really, really like it though. I love everything about the English language. I talked with all the Latinos on Saturday in my zone and asked them their favorite word or phrase they learned this week. These are the words they told me.... naked, what the heck, in a nutshell, and oh man. So I am so glad everyone is learning such useful things here!

Today we went to Huacachina again, and it is so fun but also so HOT!! I am way burnt. It is weird to think it is getting cold and everything at home and still so hot here. Also some guy at the grocery store asked my friends for my number so that was weird. My friends, the elders, just told him no. Glad he asked them not me. I hope everyone knows that here I am really awesome and really pretty so I hope that everyone remembers that when I get home so that I can find a husband!!! hahah jk.

All the time my companion tells me that I am different. Not really sure what exactly that means, but I guess I am doing this mission thing and my life differently than other people. I think the reason is because I have an opinion and I am not afraid to share it. I really am not afraid to share the gospel. I am not afraid to knock on a door and get rejected. I really am not that afraid. I don’t speak this language anyway. hahaha.

To me this gospel is worth sharing. If it wasn’t I wouldn’t be here. I am here to talk about Christ and share his gospel. So why not be bold and why not be different.

So many times I feel like I am making a fool of myself because I speak really pretty SPANGLISH, but I am trying. I am trying to learn Spanish. I am trying to share the gospel. I am trying to be happy and love it here. If there is one thing that I am here on this mission to learn it is patience. I am not a patient person. I like to live my life quick and everything here is a process. So I am trying to learn that it is okay to slow down. It is okay to not know. People always tell me poco a poco. I know this church is true and I know that my Heavenly Father is so loving and aware of me. This mission is hard, but I am grateful for the things it is teaching me.

Love, Hermana Jacey Petersen

Pictures:

Me and my comp on Huacachina

My comp thought it was so bizarre that I asked this guy if he needed help as we waited for the other elders so she took a picture of me helping him.

My house
(and a picture a ward member sent to me through Facebook.)