Hey everybody. I have a lot less to tell this week, and I'm
not quite sure what to say, so I might be all over the place. Last weeks p-day
went by so fast, especially my one hour of writing. It flew by and I didn't
write as much as I wish I could have. This week went by a lot faster, but
still felt long. The days are slowly becoming longer and longer, and getting more
boring. Its basically the same thing everyday. Classes, physical activity,
meals, and more classes. Laundry here is really bad, it is so unorganized and
they don't have enough machines so its a nightmare trying to wash clothes, but
they get done. The biggest change has probably been having to stay with my
companion 24/7. Everywhere I go, he has to come with me, and I have to go with
him. Its strange.
My companion since he is from Australia brought Vegemite and
eats it every morning. I tried it and nearly threw up its nasty, tastes like
super super salty soy sauce but as a solid! There were 3 earthquakes Wednesday
night, they were all really small and I slept right through them. We pulled a
really good prank on my companion this week. He fell asleep during one of our
study times, so everybody left the room, we turned off the lights and slammed
the door closed, he woke up and was so scared, he ran out the door just to find
us there staring at him.
The days here are also very long, so when I get to bed I am so tired, and then I wake up super tired. It's a struggle, I will sometimes
forget my tie or my belt and get all the way to class before recognizing it. I
really began to miss music this week, just all types of music, and sometimes I'll try to sing a song but there is just a big block in my head that makes me
forget every tune and every word its frustrating. But as a district we have had
Disney sing alongs which are really fun, we all just start blasting our
favorite Disney songs, and just go back to back to back, it brings me lots
of joy. But Elder Tuiatua does not like Disney and doesn't understand the hype, so he just sits in the corner and judges us.
We finally got sun this week!! It
was so nice, for two straight days it was in the 80's and sunny, its weird to
say but I actually miss the sun, its always overcast here. The Latinos think
its freezing here, they are all wearing gloves, scarfs, thick jackets, etc,
mean while I'm sweating because its hot (even on the overcast days). But I've
become super best friends with the Latinos, they have helped me with my Spanish
a lot. I sit by them during meals and its a blast! I love them. One Monday we
found a huge bug in our class room, a cockroach/grasshopper, the girls started
freaking out and it reminded me of Emelie. So I threw a tissue over it then
dropped a book on it. Then I picked it up and was offered 5 soles to lick it, so I had to accept, so I touched it with my tongue and got 5 soles (about 1.75 us
dollars, I was able to buy an Inca cola, mentos, and a bag of chocolate crisps).
On Sunday my district had to sing in sacrament and that was fun, we sang a Child's Prayer (in English) and it turned out good. On Sundays they choose
people to talk in sacrament meeting during sacrament meeting. So everybody has
to write a talk on Saturday and hope they don't call on you to speak. I luckily
didn't have to speak. I've played a lot of Foosball during physical activity it is
a lot of fun, but I am the best out of everybody, they think I cheat when they
cant score. We aren't allowed to keep score so we never really know who wins or
loses, but its always obvious I'm better. If you every wonder how my body is
responding to the food just read Jeremiah 4: 19-20. On Tuesday night we watched
an amazing devotional by Elder Bednar and it was amazing. It was all about how
you should always act on a good prompting. He said to quit worrying about if
its you or the spirit giving you that feeling, just do it. My p-day next week
will be on Tuesday because we get newbies on Wednesday. Which means I'll be in
the older group of Elders which is crazy. I love you all, I miss you a ton!
Having the best day ever,
Elder Luke Gruber
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