Week 26 - 6 months!!

I can hardly believe it's been six months since Ethan left. I never thought we'd make it without him! Ha ha! It's gone by both slow, yet really fast. Such exciting times! 

"Hey it is time to write again. I heard about Tanner's call. That is pretty cool, I actually have been emailing him almost every week,  Cochabamba sounds cool. It is where my mission president is from and my trainer. There are 2 people in my ward here that served there. I'm really excited for him. That's cool about the other calls too, and I wonder when Chance will get his?

This week not a whole lot of new things happened. I had to stay inside and rest a lot since my stomach is kind of bad. We still went out and taught people and walked around though. We had a baptism this week too, and it was a pretty cool experience. Her name is Rosa and we started teaching her because her husband or the guy she was living with was a less active member. She seemed interested but also I thought that she was only listening and wanting to be baptized because of him. But then they got in an argument and separated and she was living with her parents. I didn't think she wanted to listen anymore but we tried to visit and she was excited she came. She really has a strong testimony because her parents wont even listen to us or go to her baptism. Her mom wouldn't even let her go to church, but she went anyways.

 Other than that the rest of the week was pretty much the same as always. For Pday we cooked the macaroni and cheese in the church building and watched church videos that we had downloaded on our usb. Sorry if i don't have a lot to write about. I will try and get a longer letter this next week.

I may do something fun for my six month mark, like buy a cake or something. Thanks for the Easter baskets. My companion says thanks too. I don't think the native elders get much mail or packages. He appreciates it. We didn't open them, but we might have snuck a candy or two out :)

See you all next week, Elder Lamb"

Week 25

No pictures again this week! Bummer! Not much new information on his stomach problems. We're still praying he heals and feels better soon. At least he still seems in good spirits. 

" Hi how is it going this week? There was not a whole lot of new things that happened this week but I will write them all down. I got a new companion, Elder Nuñez. He is from Santa Cruz Bolivia, and he is pretty alright. He is pretty funny and one of those people who is kind a funny laughy guy all of the time. He has a pretty funny laugh that kind of sounds like spongebob. He can also sing really good, so that is cool. We do still have four of us living in one room , and I kind of like it. 

Thanks for the package. I got the easter one and one from the distribution center. How much does it cost to send stuff here? Alot? Thanks for doing that for me. Dad, I got your old mission pictures. Thanks, those are great. 

You asked if I get to do something fun for my 6 month mark. I think i do. My companion also completes one year this week, so maybe we'll do something cool,

This week was pretty busy. It was a lot of stuff to do to show my companion around and stuff. And I went to the doctor again in Chiclayo to try and figure out what it is that is making my stomach hurt. I actually just got back from there today. It turns out that is not appendicitis or anything like that, but they said that i might have some kind of infection or something in my intestine, but i need to wait for the rest of the test results. and that my abs, the right side is like torn or something and is being pulled really thin. So they told me it is from something that i did that injured it like normal, but since we are walking constantly all day, it doesn't have time to heal like a normal person, so i have to rest for 2 weeks. It is probably going to be really boring. They said that i can only go out for like an hour or two and then come back to rest. That would be easy to do at home with TV, but here there is nothing, and i might be pretty bored. They also gave me like a million pills to try and help it. It's hard to understand doctors. I am knowing spanish pretty good, but I have never had to know medical terms. Hopefully I will heal eventually!

 Other than that there was not a whole lot that happened this week. We didn't have any baptisms planned for this week, but this Saturday we should have one. Hopefully you are all doing good. I will have to write some more things next week. Miss you and all love you so so much.

Elder Lamb"

Week 24

No transfers again for Ethan this week. He was kind of bummed. He was looking forward to a change. I'm sure there is a reason he is staying :)

"Hi how is it going. This week was the last week of this change. My companion leaves to be a zone leader after only one change here. I have my fourth change in this area. That is kind of hard since I have been here since November and I have been wanting a change. Maybe help me `feel a little better, but no. Who knows, our president has been getting pretty crazy with rules and things. Also I still have been feeling bad this week. My stomach hurts and my head too. I am getting tired of feeling so horrible everyday. It has been more than 2 months now and I have no idea what to do. 

I have a few good pictures, but I left my cable again in our room when we left in the morning. I will take some more fun ones this week though. Also I went on a work visit with the zone leaders and went with Elder Lott. He is from Lehi, I wonder if Aimee and Greg know him? 

The good news is that we had 2 baptisms this week. Ines and her cousin Luana. They both are pretty cool and were very excited to be baptized. Ines has 21 years and she even asked us about serving a mission too. Today we just kind of did nothing for Pday. Hopefully your day is going pretty good. I have even less time now, but i think that I will write out my letter next week. I hope that everyone is doing good. See you next week.

Elder Lamb"

Ethan's zone. I got this from one of the other moms since Ethan didn't have any pictures for us this week.

Week 23

Here is Ethan's letter for the week:

"Hi, how is it going? This week was a little better but I still am having problems with my stomach and head. Hopefully soon it will change. Also this is the last week of this transfer, so I guess the next week we will see if I change or stay in this area longer. I have a feeling that I might change since everyone else in our district is new except for the guy that is training another missionary right now, so he probably won't change. This week was pretty normal. We had another baptism for a kid that we were teaching. He was baptized before but he was never confirmed and they lost his papers so we had to teach him over again and baptize him. His parents are inactive but his mom came back this week in church and really seemed to enjoy being there. We also have another two baptisms planned for this week that hopefully work out pretty good. It is a girl who has 21 years and her cousin who is 9 but reminds me a lot of Emma. We were teaching them and only had planned for the girl who is 21, but she always brought her cousin to listen too. Then after our lesson we were talking about the baptism and she hugged her little cousin and said that we are going to be baptized next week. That was pretty cool only now we need to talk to her mom who is really Catholic, to get her 
permission. 

I got to do a confirmación in sacrement meeting yesterday for the first time. I wasn't really sure what to say in english, or in spanish but it went pretty good. I was super nervous too, but it my companion said that he really liked what i said. If you have any more mission stories, I always love to hear them. 


I also tried to cook funnel cakes but they didn't really work. I did deep fried oreos instead. I just felt like the cake mix soaked up a ton of grease. Could you send me a recipe for chocolate chip cookies?

I also thought of a few things that you could send me in the package. There is a small s-clip on my jeep keychain and i need something like that the same size or maybe another one bigger too for my keys. also maybe just some little like souvenirs things from Arizona that I can give to my companions. Or some coins from the united states to trade for some other coins. I have been collecting some of the coins here that are kind of like the designs for quarters, they have 45 different designs for all different historical sites in Peru. I don't need a whole lot of stuff only a little. Also do you have grandmas email. I got a letter from her this week and wanted to send her an email.

 We also had another multi zone meeting in Chiclayo and we again had pizza hut pizza. It was so good. It was also fun to see all of the other missionaries. I saw Elder Smith too, but not my first companion because he is in the jungle part and it is too far to come the 10 hours down to chiclayo. The sad part is that we found out Elder Smith went home the other day. I guess his stomach was bad still, he told me that he had that gastritis and a colon infection and salmonella. Hopefully whatever is wrong with me is not that bad. He also skyped his family and they told him to come home. I thought that was crazy. Maybe he will come back when he gets better though. 

For pday we bought some stuff from the market and cooked it and watched church movies in the church building. The rest of the week was pretty normal, just a lot of walking and teaching and preaching. I feel like some days my Spanish is alright and then other days it is not super good. We also had the two elders in Ferreñafe move into our room since they had a lot of problems with there owner. So that has been pretty fun to have 4 people. Hopefully everything is going good in Arizona. 

Con Amor, Elder Lamb

Pday fun!