Week #9 - I Am Not a Quitter

I am so sorry for not sending a group email last week. That hour that I have to email always seems so quick.

Yesterday officially marks 2 months on the mission. Wow!!

This week was pretty good. It is still hard, but I am trying. I am not a quitter. I think my companion is getting tired of me crying all the time though. I had to try and explain in my broken Spanish that I'm kind of just an emotional person.

The beginning of the week last week I went to Pisco and did splits with another sister. It was cool. She spoke English so it was nice to be able to talk with someone again, and I was able to ask what things mean without pulling out the dictionary. Pisco is a bunch of sand and hills, so I am grateful for Ica which is mostly flat and has some roads. Hahah.

Funny story. While in Pisco my herniated disk hurt so I took a lot of things out of my bag. After a lesson We got a call from my comp that said I needed to catch a bus right then so I had to leave everything in Pisco for the night. Which meant that the next day I had nothing. I was just grateful I had an extra toothbrush back in Ica. Hahah.

Another adventure... Thursday and this morning as I was getting ready I noticed I had broken out in hives. Still not really sure why, but I took some allergy medicine and it went away. Also I had to spray my bed with Permetherin. So it might be bugs. Gross!!

One thing I am grateful for is the rain. I have said it before but It is still true. I love the rain. It makes me happy. It doesn't rain here very often, but it did this week just a little. I know that Heavenly Father is aware of me, and also my cute angle Sofie.

I will end with just a thought from conference. I was very grateful to watch and even more grateful to watch it in English. Hahah. I loved the focus on families as well as mothers in the womens sessions. I know its silly because I am on a mission, and also I am only 19, but I think about my future family and future kids all the time here. It is a huge goal of mine to be a mom and I want to be a good mom. So I don't know the reason I am here, but it might just be so I can learn and grow in ways I only could in Peru learning Spanish. So that I can be a better mother and teach the gospel more effectivly to my kids and nuture more lovingly.

I love this gospel. I am grateful for a Heavenly Father who loves me and is aware of me. I am grateful for prayer.

I love you and hope you have an awesome week!!!

Hermana Jacey Petersen