In our lessons we teach a lot of less active members (I think I might have said that last week) and they are kind of hard because they dont really see the importance of going to church or reading the scriptures so we kind of have to always be checking up on them. We do have some new investigators that we teach and one of them we contacted in the street on thursday, his name is Joel. Our first lesson with Joel went amazing. He is catholic and had questions for us like "arent God, the spirit, and Christ one person?" but when we answered and shared the churches view about his questions he was very receptive. When we asked him to read and pray about the book of mormon he wasnt just willing he was eager. The spirit was strong in that lesson and I cant wait to get back and teach him again. We have a lot of other people we are teaching and for the most part they are doing well too but our lesson with Joel was just that much better.
Ok now I want to share a little about what it is like to live here. The mornings are awesome, nothing gets you up and going like a shower at 40 degrees (seriously it is freezing). We eat a lot of bread here for breakfast and dinner and it is different because here dinner isnt the biggest meal of the day, it is lunch. We eat lunch with a lady in the ward because food preparation is a pretty sketchy thing here so it is fun to converse and talk with their family. The language is hard but it is coming pretty fast. The hard part is here in ayacucho not only do they speak spanish, they also speak quechua so I have to learn both. My companion is of course fluent in spanish and he is very good at english which is good. This week we were helping a older lady move some heavy grocery bags and she only spoke quechua. Elder Hurtado turned to me and said "I have no idea what she is saying" so I turned to him and said "You realize, this is my life". Also everyone wants me to teach them english and I say that I will if they help me to learn spanish.
I dont have any more time but I want you guys to know that I love it here. It is truly humbling and I cant wait to get to know the people better. Guys, we truly are blessed. I have taught lessons where the persons house included a small outdoor area and a small cement room with a dirt floor and a pile of stray for a bed. It is an amazing opportunity to serve here.
Until next week, Love Elder Brown
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