Peruvians are so silly sometimes!

I´m running out of variations of the word ¨Thammy¨.

And my hands are cold, but this is the nicest computer I have used in Peru so far. It´s kinda fast and the keyboard isn´t broken. Man, I just feel like I don´t have anything to say. I just emailed you all on thursday haha. Thanks for the update on the family, sounds like you are all doing just great!!! That´s good, cuz I am doing just great, too. Not much to say about the investigators, cuz none of them came to sacrament meeting. Peruvians are so silly sometimes. They are all terrified of cold weather and none of them like to wake up early (probably cuz there isn´t any hot water here) and our sacrament meeting starts at 8 in the morning. If we actually wanted people in church, we would have to start at 3 in the afternoon. Oh well.

There is only one temple in Peru and it´s in Lima, like an hour from where we are. We have all heard rumors about a new temple that they are thinking about building in northern Peru in a place called Trujillo. But that´s not in the north mission and it won´t be built for a while. Yes, monday is always pday except for when we go to the temple which should be like one time every six weeks. So if there is some random monday that you don´t receive an email, just wait until thursday. Ummmmmmmmmmmmm, how is Ben doing?????? And have you guys even heard from or about James?? Where is that guy? What is he doing? Could you please like call him or something? Haha wow, my head is thinking in spanish right now and I keep on starting to write in spanish and going back and erasing it. Does that even make any sense? Does anyone there speak spanish? It is so much more comfortable speaking in spanish sometimes hahaha. Well, I love you all. Call me.

Elder Emett

Better late than never!!

Thammy!

Guess I´d better explain myself. Monday was not Pday. Today is! Cuz today we got to go to the TEMPLO! It´s a lot more fun to say in spanish hahaha. I think we are going to go after this to get some PIPZA! That´s not spanish, but that´s how everyone here says pizza. Then i´m gonna go home and do absolutely nothing! That´s actually really cool here.

So I just realized something the other day. You guys have heard enough about ME. It´s about time I tell you about the investigators! Deysi and Nataly just got baptized last week! Their mom is a member, but they just never got baptized so we helped them out! Saturday night after the baptism, Deysi sprained her ankle really bad, but she showed up to church on sunday, hopping on one foot, and told us that she needed to get confirmed before she went to the hospital! HAHAHHAHAHAHA! She is my hero!

We are teaching a family of 4 right now. The Hernandez family. We can only teach them once a week cuz they all work a lot, but just two weeks ago the mom told us that she received her answer about Joseph smith and she knows it´s true and now we are just waiting on the dad haha. He is really cool and pays a lot of attention to all the lessons. When we got to their house the other night, Peru (the soccer team) was playing in the quarter finals of some cup against Uruguay, and he turned off the game to listen to us! Background information- the world here shuts down when Peru plays. Nobody turns off their tv for anything and nobody does anything for any reason until the game is OVER and he turned the game off just after half time to listen to us! That was really cool. We taught them about eternal families and I showed him a picture of our family and testified that we would all be together forever. It was such a cool lesson!

We are teaching a lot of other people now and we have a few baptismal dates set up and we are way excited. One family we are teaching was kind of having a hard time getting along and the dad just got up and left them. So sad. But we have been trying to help them out and keep them stoked (the mom is a member) and now we have a baptismal date with their oldest son Paul: WELL MY KEYBOARD JUST BROKE CUZ I WAS TYPING SO FAST SO NOW THERE IS NOTHING BUT CAPS LOCK, SORRY HAHA. BUT THAT´S WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. i LOVE THE MISSION, I LOVE ALL OF YOU AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT THE INVESTIGATORS ON MONDAY!

LOVE ELDER EMETT

No Worries!

Thahahahahahahamy!

Needn´t thou worriest!!!!!!!!! I AM FINE!!!!! Just like I told you before ya silly mom. Everything is normal, just like before, except for my hands are freezing again haha. I guess I just have to tell you all the story from the start.

Thursday, July 30th. We got done with lunch at a members house (in Yurimaguas) and started walking to our 2 o´clock appointment and we were walking down this big hill and I felt a pain in my lower stomach, but it wasn´t bad so I ignored it. Then about ten minutes later, it was just progressively worse and I had to stop walking. On a 1 to 10 pain scale it was only like a 4,5,6, but it just scared me cuz it was impeding my walk-ability. So we went back to the house to lay down for a few minutes and the pain just didn´t go away. So we called Elder Anderson and he came over and checked it out and decided to call the mission president´s wife just to let her know and she got kinda scared because she thought it was something to do with my appendix because that´s one of the symptoms. So we went and checked out a doctor in Yurimaguas which was useless hahahaha then President called me and told me that he was scared it was my appendix and he didn´t want me to be in the middle of the jungle if something did happen. So Friday afternoon they brought me into Lima and I have been just fine since then. My stomach doesn´t hurt at all and I met with president and we are good to go. SO DON´T WORRY! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! Absolutely nothing is wrong and nothing is going to happen.

Yes, I have a new companion, his name is Elder Paiz and he is amazing! He finishes his mission 2 days before christmas haha. But we are working hard and we are healthy and happy and the ward is good. I got to speak in sacrament meeting on sunday about missionary work and now everybody knows me and we are all good friends. Man, my hands are so cold. Just know that everything is WHAY good and I got like 20 letters from you all on thursday hahha. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! Riley has the biggest muscles ever!!! My companion and I are starting a work out program to be more like him haha. I love you all.

Some Extra Prayers Needed for Kolby!!!

Mom!

I´m not disappointed at all!!!!!!!! It´s just all so new! I love it here! don´t worry about me, my fingers are just really cold right now. I don´t have much to say cuz my head feels kinda sick haha. I don´t want to scare you, but yes I know why I got sent back to lima. I was having stomach problems, but I´m fine!!! I promise!!!!!!!!!!!! I love you all!!!! haha it´s like Christmas here right now cuz it´s cold. Don´t worry about me, I´m still just as stoked as ever, and I will tell you more about the area later! my pension is the best! we are going to have a piñata for my birthday hahaha

Tons of love

Transfer????

Ummmmmmmmmmmmm...

Hey Thams... I´m in Lima. I left Yurimaguas Friday morning and got here late Friday night. It is so cold here. They are in winter right now (cuz it´s opposite) and I don´t have winter clothes, but we are going to go buy some today. Sorry I can´t really type a lot, my fingers are cold haha.

so I´m not with Elder Anderson anymore, but we are definitely still best pals. I think you will see him before I do, though. Don´t worry, my new ward is awesome. The bishop and his family are really nice, and our pension makes me feel at home. Still having an amazing mission, still stoked, still love you all, still have cold fingers, still looking forward to the entire mission.

Love Elder Emett

Kolby sang a duet in church!

HEYHOTHAMMIES,

Wow. Good morning. Yesterday was fantastic. I don´t want to describe every detail cuz I don´t want to cry in this little internet shop, but God answers prayers. Specifically. We can ask for specific things, and he will hook us up! So, the word on the street is that Cap´n Brad is currently aware of my where-abouts via blog. Tell capn brad that I love getting his emails and I get stoked every time he has time to write to me, but it is against mission rules to write him back. I am kinda bankin on the fact that he will read this email sometime in the near future so this little part is for him. Capn Brad. You´re still my hero. I am stoked that your mission is bumpin and I can´t wait to see you again and listen to you speak cambodian. You are such a man. And don´t worry, we will get some snowcones together at harmons one day with all the cute boys. I know you are such a good missionary. Love Elder Emett.

That´s for capn brad. Also, HOW´S THE FAMILY? Did I spell family right? It just looks wrong to me haha. Spanish is messing with my mind so bad. There are so many Engish words that I just forgot how to pronounce. Spanish is way way prettier than english haha. I´m glad you all had a good time in Disneyland and at the family reunion, we had a good week too. I´m not sure if I´m going to permit Elder Anderson to leave. It just wont be the same without him here. In church on Sunday, we sang a duet! It was so cool! We were super nervous, but we just did it anyways. We sang ¨Love is spoken here¨ and he sang the girl part whilst I sang the boy part and it was way way good. It´s a good thing he has a good voice, or we would have sounded awful. After the song, the entire congregation clapped. Bienvenidos al Peru. hahahahahaha. They don´t know they´re not supposed to clap, but it´s ok. We still love them a whole bunch.

Answers to your questions...... I have no clue how things are in Peru, but things are GREAT in Yurimaguas. Just lots of rain and sunshine. I am keeping very busy. I am happy and healthy and working hard. Birthday package?? I want a copy of my patriarchal blessing, and a letter from josh and matt with a mission experience or something cool about the mission, and a hi five. So crazy, we have changes in 2 weeks and I´m not even 1 percent ready. I just want to stay with my companion the rest of the mission, but I will receive any assignment with a smile.

I was talking with Elder Anderson the other day and I decided that you and dad are the best examples I have ever had in life. Thank you so much. Dad always made the hugest deal about taking you on dates and now I understand why. THAT´S SO IMPORTANT!! Thank you dad for having an amazing relationship with mom and always showing your love for her and for all of us. You are the absolute man. Maybe me and you and zac can go do some manly stuff when I get back. We could go shoot some stuff or eat a big steak or something cool haha.

Everything is going excellent in the mission. I am so excited to be where I am and be able to teach the people I am teaching. Thank you for all your support. Talk to you next week!!

Love Elder Emett

Fireflies in Peru

HAHAHAHAHHEYYY FAMOLI!

I bet you guys are all in the car driving to Disneyland! Fun! Enjoy your time there! I have never met a Peruvian who has been to Disneyland so count your blessings and dont take one churro for granted. Well, knowing our family, I bet you guys are still at the house getting ready to go haha, but I hope you can enjoy my email and have a nice safe trip. It actually doesnt make me homesick to know you guys are going to Disneyland, haha. IM IN THE AMAZON RAINFOREST!!!!!!! Haha, Josh and Matt are right, I am having the time of my life. Which brings me to my next point. You guys know the Jungle Cruise ride in Disneyland???? The little hut place that you go into before you get on the ride is just what all the houses here are like!!! Some of them even have little rivers running underneath them. So just go on the jungle cruise ride and think about the cute little Peruvian homes.

So, dad has to give a report on my mission so far? Im sure he will do a great job. Just tell them that my companion is an awesome Chilean and I didnt know that weather could get this hot. I wont give you a number cuz thats lame, but yes, we are baptizing. And yes, I am slowly forgetting english. Yes, we have bread for sacrament and our building is just a small scale church building. We have anywhere from 50 to 90 people at church every week and yes, there are enough youth to make up the different classes and there are always classes. We teach english every tuesday night haha.

Coolest thing ever! We were in this little area last night and all the lights went out (that happens a lot here) so we could see all the stars and it was just fantastic. And I forgot to tell you all, but there are fireflies here!!!!! Yeah, they are as cool as they sound. We almost trapped one last night. Mom, dad, family, everyone else who reads this haha, I want you all to know that I am having the time of my life. I have been gone for 8 months and my life has already changed. I am so grateful for everthing i have, especially you guys. Mom, thank you so much for putting money in my account. We are not allowed to give people money for any reason at all, but it really helps so much to have money to help out other missionaries and be able to send letters and packages home and pay for all the Elders to eat out haha.

Let all my brothers know that they are my heroes and I cant wait to hear where Ben will be serving his mission. When does he send his papers in? Is Lincoln on his mission? Where is he at? I bet he is such a stud. Onesie garments- I dont even ever want to use them during the day, I just want to sleep in them, but if there arent any left I wont worry about it. Sorry this letter is so random haha, I just have tons of stuff to say and I dont know how to organize it all very well. Is Johny Esplin on his mission still? When does he finish? When does Marcus finish? I hope Elder Anderson never finishes, I just want him to stay here with me haha.

Im super stoked for all of you. Have a blast and a half in Disneyland and tell Ben if I were there we would totally own the whole park and talk to all the mexicans. I cant believe you all talked Jer into going with you. He is so fun. Tell Beckham and Scoots to have a blast and I miss them. I hope that email is big enough to enjoy for an entire week. Time is passing so fast. I love you all.

Love Elder Emett