Missionary Impossible

Hola, it is the 5th week of my mission in Peru

Let's start with a game I used to play all the time before my mission with family and Elders that have stopped by. It is called Missionary Impossible. The goal is to collect 21 weeks. There is a card that says six weeks all the way to one week. You just lay down a week card and build your set. But while you do that others can lay down trials. That is roaches, dog bites, bible bashed just a few examples. Then there is blessings and transfers that protect you from these trials. The trial I card I got this week was Montezuma's Revenge. If you don't know what that is I won’t say but google will.

This week besides the trial was very fun.  Lots of events. Thursday, we went to Trujillo for Zone Conference. The way to get there is by a minivan. So, we were being driven there but not by our usual driver. I fall asleep and enter Cormack time. I then wake up in Trujillo surrounded by Peruonios wearing Inspector Uniforms. All yelling in Spanish. Not being able to understand them all I looked completely lost. And total Gringo. I thought that at first was border control looking for people. And seeing a car with three Americans stop them. I also didn't have my residence card or passport because it was at the church office. I could be illegal. The district leader was able to relay that message to them. We are told to get out of the car and walk the rest of the way there. Find out later he did not have registration and they are not border control.

Then it was Zone Conference. I was able to understand so much more than the last one. After that was a Christmas program/ talent show. That was very fun and interesting to be a part of. I definitely won't forget parts of it. There was a magic show, lesson about Christmas in the States and Peru, and songs.

Last very big thing to happen this week would be the Temple trip Saturday with the recent converts. It is so beautiful any Temple that you travel to and is so worth the trip. I love the feeling I get while being there. There are also two lessons I learned from this trip. First is the Temple is a goal for all recent converts and a reason why all should endure to the end and be worthy of the Temple. Second is the any one can be a missionary and that is be doing work at the Temple. It allows the dead to choose these saving ordinances. You may not preach to the living now. But you are able to on the other side of the veiling and it is so amazing to see happen.

I studied 1 Nephi 13 this week and really found some connections from the Book of Mormon to actual world. Take a look and see for yourself. What connections you find.

Love Elder Cormack