Thursday, September 30, 2010
Tour of Lima
Last Wednesday all the missionaries got to go on a "TOUR OF PERU" and here is their day in pictures.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Trip to Lima
heyo familia!
This week at the CCM has been great! All the new elders came in on Thursday so that was pretty cool. There's alot of them. I guess theres' around a total of 150 of us now and its way crowded here. Apparently its the most theres ever been here. But its still way awesome. Ha ha I'm a little disappointed about the football scores but its alright.
Everyday my testimony is strengthened about why I'm out here. i miss you guys and all but I wouldn't cut this experience short of two years for anything. Its amazing how happy i am all the time. I know it sounds weird but having the spirit with you all day everyday is amazing.
Well my new comp is Elder Ewing. Hes been in my district since Provo so we already know each other real well. He's really tall, like 6 foot 7. He's way easy to get along with. Elder Sheridan is still in my room, I love him. He's almost convinced me to try and go to Univ. of Utah after the mission.
I did end up having a way spiritual experience this week. it was during our tour of downtown Lima, and at the end they dropped us off to go shopping and grab some real food. And it was coming down to the end of our time that we had to shop and we had been buying jerseys from this lady (like 5 dollars each, CRAZY) and the other elders in my group told me it was time to go. But as I was walking out of her shop I was literally stopped in my tracks by the spirit was totally prompted to go talk to her about the church. she ended up being totally into it! She asked for a Book of Mormon before I could even offer it to her. I told her that in three weeks there will be some more missionaries there that she could talk to and she was super excited. It was so awesome, just thought I would share that experience with you guys.
And I guess while we are on the topic of the tour we went on, AMAZING.
We got to stop at the beach and take pics, drove through the business district with all the huge buildings, and then we drove through downtown Lima that had a bunch of cathedrals. Sorry I didn't explain it better last week but the presidents house I was talking about was the president of Lima (the ccm president lives here). And all we did was drive really slowly by it. At the end of the tour when we got to go shopping, me and Elder Capps grabbed some pizza. It was like 50 cents a slice! everything here is super cheap.
And to answer your question if there is anything i need, I definitely do. I don't know if you would be up to it but if you could get like two more of those shirts from Pomeroys that would be amazing. because the two that I have are the only ones i ever wear because I really don't like the other ones at all. So if you could do that just send them to the mission home or whatever. Another good idea would be pens. You did send some pens with me but i would kinda like some nicer ones. I'm gonna look for some while shopping but idk if they'll have any. But those are the only two things i could think of that I need. Idk if its too late to send them with Elder Riders mom, and if it is just send them to the mission home.
Oh and one request about the letters. Try to send handwritten ones!
they are so much more exciting to read (well actually i wouldn't know cause i haven't gotten any).
I'm definitely excited for that stomach medicine stuff because lets just say eating rice twice a day every day makes things interesting.
My Spanish is doing great. It seems like its slowing down and that one of the reasons I want to get to the field because I heard it gets better way faster out there. But I just wanted to share my testimony in spanish. Theres probably a couple errors in there but the more I share it the better it will get. Well that should keep you guys busy for a little bit trying to figure it out.
Yo se que este opportunidad que tengo ahora a servir el señor es el mejor opportunidad yo he tenido en toda mi vida. Yo se que si guardo los mandamientos y ser obidiente durante mi mision, mi padre celestial va a bendicirme. Estoy tan emocionado a ir al campo y poder a hablar con la gente de peru. Yo he tenido muchas experiencias espiritual ya aqui. Estoy haciendo amigos que tenerá para toda mi vida. Yo se que este iglesia es verdadero y quiero ayudar a las personas a tener el mismo luz que tenemos en nuestras vidas. You se que nosotros como un familia, hemos sido bendicido porque tenemos el evangelio en nuestras vidas. Yo se que sin el evangelio yo no podria tener el gran vida que tengo. Yo se que Jose Smith (joseph smith in spanish, dont ask me why) fue un profeta de dios, él tradujo las planchas del oro mediante el poder de dios. Y yo se que el libro de mormon es perfecto y lo tiene la plentitud del evangelio de Jesucristo. Yo se que Thomas S. Monson es un profeta de dios, y él recibe revelacion para nuestra dia. Y mas imporatante you se que si nostros tenemos fe en Jesucristo, y Nuestro Padre Celestial, ellos van a ayudarnos en nuestras vidas (Alma 44:4 is my favorite). Y digo estas cosas en el nombre de Jesucristo, amen.
Okay so I used transloator to translate this :
Con Amor (with love)
ELDER PAOLACCI
This week at the CCM has been great! All the new elders came in on Thursday so that was pretty cool. There's alot of them. I guess theres' around a total of 150 of us now and its way crowded here. Apparently its the most theres ever been here. But its still way awesome. Ha ha I'm a little disappointed about the football scores but its alright.
Everyday my testimony is strengthened about why I'm out here. i miss you guys and all but I wouldn't cut this experience short of two years for anything. Its amazing how happy i am all the time. I know it sounds weird but having the spirit with you all day everyday is amazing.
Well my new comp is Elder Ewing. Hes been in my district since Provo so we already know each other real well. He's really tall, like 6 foot 7. He's way easy to get along with. Elder Sheridan is still in my room, I love him. He's almost convinced me to try and go to Univ. of Utah after the mission.
I did end up having a way spiritual experience this week. it was during our tour of downtown Lima, and at the end they dropped us off to go shopping and grab some real food. And it was coming down to the end of our time that we had to shop and we had been buying jerseys from this lady (like 5 dollars each, CRAZY) and the other elders in my group told me it was time to go. But as I was walking out of her shop I was literally stopped in my tracks by the spirit was totally prompted to go talk to her about the church. she ended up being totally into it! She asked for a Book of Mormon before I could even offer it to her. I told her that in three weeks there will be some more missionaries there that she could talk to and she was super excited. It was so awesome, just thought I would share that experience with you guys.
And I guess while we are on the topic of the tour we went on, AMAZING.
We got to stop at the beach and take pics, drove through the business district with all the huge buildings, and then we drove through downtown Lima that had a bunch of cathedrals. Sorry I didn't explain it better last week but the presidents house I was talking about was the president of Lima (the ccm president lives here). And all we did was drive really slowly by it. At the end of the tour when we got to go shopping, me and Elder Capps grabbed some pizza. It was like 50 cents a slice! everything here is super cheap.
And to answer your question if there is anything i need, I definitely do. I don't know if you would be up to it but if you could get like two more of those shirts from Pomeroys that would be amazing. because the two that I have are the only ones i ever wear because I really don't like the other ones at all. So if you could do that just send them to the mission home or whatever. Another good idea would be pens. You did send some pens with me but i would kinda like some nicer ones. I'm gonna look for some while shopping but idk if they'll have any. But those are the only two things i could think of that I need. Idk if its too late to send them with Elder Riders mom, and if it is just send them to the mission home.
Oh and one request about the letters. Try to send handwritten ones!
they are so much more exciting to read (well actually i wouldn't know cause i haven't gotten any).
I'm definitely excited for that stomach medicine stuff because lets just say eating rice twice a day every day makes things interesting.
My Spanish is doing great. It seems like its slowing down and that one of the reasons I want to get to the field because I heard it gets better way faster out there. But I just wanted to share my testimony in spanish. Theres probably a couple errors in there but the more I share it the better it will get. Well that should keep you guys busy for a little bit trying to figure it out.
Yo se que este opportunidad que tengo ahora a servir el señor es el mejor opportunidad yo he tenido en toda mi vida. Yo se que si guardo los mandamientos y ser obidiente durante mi mision, mi padre celestial va a bendicirme. Estoy tan emocionado a ir al campo y poder a hablar con la gente de peru. Yo he tenido muchas experiencias espiritual ya aqui. Estoy haciendo amigos que tenerá para toda mi vida. Yo se que este iglesia es verdadero y quiero ayudar a las personas a tener el mismo luz que tenemos en nuestras vidas. You se que nosotros como un familia, hemos sido bendicido porque tenemos el evangelio en nuestras vidas. Yo se que sin el evangelio yo no podria tener el gran vida que tengo. Yo se que Jose Smith (joseph smith in spanish, dont ask me why) fue un profeta de dios, él tradujo las planchas del oro mediante el poder de dios. Y yo se que el libro de mormon es perfecto y lo tiene la plentitud del evangelio de Jesucristo. Yo se que Thomas S. Monson es un profeta de dios, y él recibe revelacion para nuestra dia. Y mas imporatante you se que si nostros tenemos fe en Jesucristo, y Nuestro Padre Celestial, ellos van a ayudarnos en nuestras vidas (Alma 44:4 is my favorite). Y digo estas cosas en el nombre de Jesucristo, amen.
Okay so I used transloator to translate this :
I am happy to have this opportunity to serve my savior and it is the best opportunity I have had in all my life. I know that if I keep the commandments and am obedient during my mission, my Heavenly Father is going to bless me. So I am excited to go out into the field and teach and serve the people of Peru . I have had many spiritual experiences already here. I am making friends that will last for all my life. I know that this church is true and I want to help the people to have the same light that we have in our lives. I love my family and we have been blessed because we have the gospel in our lives. I know that without the gospel I would not to have the great life that I have. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God, and that he translated the golden plates by the power of God. And I know that the Book of Mormon is perfect and it has the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I know that Thomas S. Monson is a prophet of God, and that he receives revelation for our day. And most importantly that if we have faith in Jesus Christ, and Our Heavenly Father, they are going to help us in our lives (Alma 44:4 is my favorite). I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
I love you guys so much, and try to have all you guys write me letters. Especially the boys and Karleigh, and Definitely PAPA! Maybe you can pass the word to my big sista's - they could drop me a line sometime. Miss you guys all alot. well, hasta la proxima semana! (that means "until next week")Con Amor (with love)
ELDER PAOLACCI
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Exciting times in Peru !!!!
hopefully all the pictures have come through. i don't have to much longer on the computer but i will give you an overview of my week. ah this has been a crazy week tho with all the changes. we have some extra time this morning because the 3 week rotation is here. kind of like organization day at the ccm. the north americans stay for 6 weeks and the latinos stay for 3 weeks. well yesterday a huge group went out into the field and there are just about 50 or so of us north americans here waiting for the new group to come tomorrow. they are expecting about 120 missionaries. it is going to be crazy full here. but first off apparently we had an earthquake last night. it was weird, first earthquake Ive been in. it wasn't bad or anything tho. secondly we got new comps today, i have an american named elder ewing. hes way nice and hes about 6 foot 7. I'm not in rider, capps, or norris' district anymore so that's kind of disappointing. and rider changes rooms. totally bummed. but i am still in sheridan and bells(another one of my new best friends) district.
because there is just a small group of us here today we are going on a tour to downtown lima today and we leave at noon. I'm way excited because we get to go see the presidents house (which is gonna be awesome) go to a real market and get some real food. i got the package of candy and i was way excited. candy is the best here. we need all the sugar we can get.
lastly last week we were playing a game in our class with our teacher hermomo gallo where he would write a word on the board and you have to get the word. haha simple game. BUT as he was writing one of the words it started to look like he was having a little trouble. it was kinda weird cause no one knew what was going on. all of a sudden he just seized up and dropped to the ground and started having a massive seizure. it was really scary cause it went on for about 3 minutes. after about 2 minutes we decided to give him a blessing. elder despain in my district gave it while he was having the seizure. it was really scary but as soon as he ended the blessing i mean as soon as he said amen hermono gallo came right out of the seizure. it was crazy. this was definitely the scariest/most spiritual moment of my mission. it was a huge testimony builder to witness the power of the priesthood. it is real and the blessings of the priesthood are real. it was amazing. the next day hermono gallo was back and things were fine. priesthood blessings are amazing.
well thats all i got cause i dont have too much time. i love you guys and ill talk to ya next week.
LOVE ELDER PAOLACCI
because there is just a small group of us here today we are going on a tour to downtown lima today and we leave at noon. I'm way excited because we get to go see the presidents house (which is gonna be awesome) go to a real market and get some real food. i got the package of candy and i was way excited. candy is the best here. we need all the sugar we can get.
lastly last week we were playing a game in our class with our teacher hermomo gallo where he would write a word on the board and you have to get the word. haha simple game. BUT as he was writing one of the words it started to look like he was having a little trouble. it was kinda weird cause no one knew what was going on. all of a sudden he just seized up and dropped to the ground and started having a massive seizure. it was really scary cause it went on for about 3 minutes. after about 2 minutes we decided to give him a blessing. elder despain in my district gave it while he was having the seizure. it was really scary but as soon as he ended the blessing i mean as soon as he said amen hermono gallo came right out of the seizure. it was crazy. this was definitely the scariest/most spiritual moment of my mission. it was a huge testimony builder to witness the power of the priesthood. it is real and the blessings of the priesthood are real. it was amazing. the next day hermono gallo was back and things were fine. priesthood blessings are amazing.
well thats all i got cause i dont have too much time. i love you guys and ill talk to ya next week.
LOVE ELDER PAOLACCI
It was exciting for Dylan to send home a ton of photo's today.
This is Elder Castro, fondly referred to as "Chancho" i don't think our boys will ever forget him.They have learned many lessons in their 3 weeks with "Chancho"
We look forward to the time that Dylan takes a photo "without" a goofy face. He has never been one for serious photos. I guess I am just happy he is taking pictures and capturing these memories !!!!
Dylan has loved rooming with Elder Matt Rider for the first 6 weeks of his mission. I am sure this is one of those "life-long" friends he refers to.
I continue to be so proud of this young man and his desire to serve the people of Peru and the sacrafices he is making to serve a mission and be a tool in the Lords hands.
He is doing well !
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Sweetness . . . .
Elder Paolacci and Elder Rider on the streets of Lima stocking up on sweets and snacks
(Dylan hasn't quite figured out how to get his camera to upload pics to me so I am grateful I have been able to snag some from Elder Riders Blog)
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
HEYO FAMILIA!!!
****He isn't a into writing to much info - I inserted a few things in red so you could know what he is talking about.
It has been a good week here in Peru. I guess you could say this place is starting to grow on me. So ya thanks for letting President Campbell know about that, my whole district was waiting for it haha. (He was requesting President Campbell's explanation of Matthew 16 that he taught them once in YM - that must have made a strong impact on Dylan when he was in YM) Thanks for getting the shot record thing figured out, I was kinda stressing about that. (Dylan's shot record got left in Provo) Still haven't gotten any mail. Well, actually I got the dear elders from grandma and uncle Jason, and those were awesome !
I can't really think of anything other than a pillow for you guys to send with the Riders, but a pillow would be amazing! haha (Elder Rider's parents will be going to pick up their daughter who is serving a mission right now in Argentina and the plan is to have her go visit her brother in the CCM on the 11th of October - they have offered to take a little package to Dylan)Elder Riders comp is so funny, he is definitely a trip. Just like Chancho from Nacho Libre. Latino comps are just a little hard to get used to and I am sure North American comps are hard for them to get used to. But we are all learning and growing and learning lot's of patience. It definitely made my week looking at those sports scores!!!! i miss my packers. it might sound ridiculous but the only thing I've been homesick for this week was ESPN (even tho I still miss you guys :) ). We even drew a fake TV playing sports center on our whiteboard. ahh
Things are rough sometimes but it's soooooooooo worth it. I was thinking about texting the other day and it just seems so weird now. (that was a random thought) Well I've been trying to take pics to send you guys but idk if they'll work.sorry
Elder Sheridan is another one of my new best friends, hes soooo awesome. soooo funny. It's gonna stink having to leave these guys after the mtc. Yet again now that I think about it it I'm only a little more than half way through my mtc experience. It feels like I have been out 5 months, instead of 5 weeks. But I think once I get fluent it will go much faster.
On Saturday during proselyting I realized my Spanish needs to be much better than it is. Oh and speaking of proselyting - it was amazing ! We are in kind of the nicer part of the slums (if that makes sense) and we taught less active families. We only got in one house, but taught a really good lesson. It amazing cause the times I speak the best Spanish is while I am teaching and I know it is because of the spirit. It is so cool.
I love it here and can't wait to get out in the field, even though I still have 4 weeks left. I am gonna try to email some pics. (it didn't work - so I am sending him CD's)
I love you guys so much !!!
Elder Dylan Paolacci
It has been a good week here in Peru. I guess you could say this place is starting to grow on me. So ya thanks for letting President Campbell know about that, my whole district was waiting for it haha. (He was requesting President Campbell's explanation of Matthew 16 that he taught them once in YM - that must have made a strong impact on Dylan when he was in YM) Thanks for getting the shot record thing figured out, I was kinda stressing about that. (Dylan's shot record got left in Provo) Still haven't gotten any mail. Well, actually I got the dear elders from grandma and uncle Jason, and those were awesome !
I can't really think of anything other than a pillow for you guys to send with the Riders, but a pillow would be amazing! haha (Elder Rider's parents will be going to pick up their daughter who is serving a mission right now in Argentina and the plan is to have her go visit her brother in the CCM on the 11th of October - they have offered to take a little package to Dylan)Elder Riders comp is so funny, he is definitely a trip. Just like Chancho from Nacho Libre. Latino comps are just a little hard to get used to and I am sure North American comps are hard for them to get used to. But we are all learning and growing and learning lot's of patience. It definitely made my week looking at those sports scores!!!! i miss my packers. it might sound ridiculous but the only thing I've been homesick for this week was ESPN (even tho I still miss you guys :) ). We even drew a fake TV playing sports center on our whiteboard. ahh
Things are rough sometimes but it's soooooooooo worth it. I was thinking about texting the other day and it just seems so weird now. (that was a random thought) Well I've been trying to take pics to send you guys but idk if they'll work.sorry
Elder Sheridan is another one of my new best friends, hes soooo awesome. soooo funny. It's gonna stink having to leave these guys after the mtc. Yet again now that I think about it it I'm only a little more than half way through my mtc experience. It feels like I have been out 5 months, instead of 5 weeks. But I think once I get fluent it will go much faster.
On Saturday during proselyting I realized my Spanish needs to be much better than it is. Oh and speaking of proselyting - it was amazing ! We are in kind of the nicer part of the slums (if that makes sense) and we taught less active families. We only got in one house, but taught a really good lesson. It amazing cause the times I speak the best Spanish is while I am teaching and I know it is because of the spirit. It is so cool.
I love it here and can't wait to get out in the field, even though I still have 4 weeks left. I am gonna try to email some pics. (it didn't work - so I am sending him CD's)
I love you guys so much !!!
Elder Dylan Paolacci
Friday, September 10, 2010
More Photo's
District at the Provo Temple
Just taking a little nap . . . . .
The Most Amazing District
WE ARE GOING TO PERU !!!!
Hangin in the dorms !!!
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Heyo!
I just read the email, haha I'm glad you figured out how I was doing the ironing board photos. I'm gonna try to answer your questions first...
My companions name is Elder Cardenas, he's from Lima, and he's really nice. Sometimes its really frustrating cause he mumbles alot and sometimes speaks too fast for me. But he is also helping me a lot with my Spanish so that's good.
The schedule here is a little more overwhelming than the one in Provo, we don't get very much study time so that's probably the hardest part. We have class for about 10 hours a day. I like being here more but I feel like the Provo mtc was easier.
I'm definitely going to be in the ccm for 6 weeks. some Elders have already been told that they are leaving after three weeks, but that was only like 4 or 5 of them.
I really have no idea what my mailing address is so I would just use the one you have, BUT I haven't gotten anything as far as mail goes here so maybe you have it wrong... idk. :)
Like i said this place is harder than the other MTC, not only are you trying to learn the doctrine and Spanish, at the same time we have to translate everything because no one speaks English here (well some do - but they aren't allowed to). It gets frustrating sometimes but I can already see my Spanish improving because of it. My Latino roommates are really fun and they are trying to learn some English which is really funny too. We had Interpol yesterday, it's the first of two steps of becoming legal here apparently. haha and that was a nice break.
We get to go to the temple today so I'm way excited about that. We have driven past it a few times and it looks really so awesome. After the temple we get to go shopping for an hour, I am way excited about that too. I'm going to buy ALOT of snacks, because the food here has zero sugar and it makes it really hard for me to stay awake in classes (haha)
Oh, so while we are on the topic of food all I can say is mas o menos(so so). Not a big fan of it yet but it gets me through the day (haha) it's the complete opposite here than it is in Provo, there we were always stuffed and didn't want any snacks...and here we would kill for any sort of snack.
Well i just have a couple favors i need you to do. 1) call Provo about the shots 2) contact President Campbell and ask him if he can send me his explanation of Matthew 16, i want it really bad, have him do it through dear elder that way it will come printed off and I can go over it during my study time.
Well, I cant think of anything else right now. I'm going to try to get back on and do an email before the temple - but just know i love you guys - I LOVE my family and I really do miss you alot - but the thing that makes it easier for me is that I feel so good about what I'm doing. This is amazing - feeling the spirit so strong continually is amazing and I wouldn't trade it for anything. This is going to be an awesome 2 years, I know I am exactly where the Lord wants me to be and I know I am where I need to be - words cannot explain the awesomeness !!!!
oh and 3) send me sports scores and stuff!!!!!!!!! (packers and sundevils mostly) hahaha
Just remember I love you guys so much! I'm having alot of fun and I can totally see how my mission is helping me in every aspect of my life and I'm growing ALOT!
Con Amor, Elder Paolacci
I just read the email, haha I'm glad you figured out how I was doing the ironing board photos. I'm gonna try to answer your questions first...
My companions name is Elder Cardenas, he's from Lima, and he's really nice. Sometimes its really frustrating cause he mumbles alot and sometimes speaks too fast for me. But he is also helping me a lot with my Spanish so that's good.
The schedule here is a little more overwhelming than the one in Provo, we don't get very much study time so that's probably the hardest part. We have class for about 10 hours a day. I like being here more but I feel like the Provo mtc was easier.
I'm definitely going to be in the ccm for 6 weeks. some Elders have already been told that they are leaving after three weeks, but that was only like 4 or 5 of them.
I really have no idea what my mailing address is so I would just use the one you have, BUT I haven't gotten anything as far as mail goes here so maybe you have it wrong... idk. :)
Like i said this place is harder than the other MTC, not only are you trying to learn the doctrine and Spanish, at the same time we have to translate everything because no one speaks English here (well some do - but they aren't allowed to). It gets frustrating sometimes but I can already see my Spanish improving because of it. My Latino roommates are really fun and they are trying to learn some English which is really funny too. We had Interpol yesterday, it's the first of two steps of becoming legal here apparently. haha and that was a nice break.
We get to go to the temple today so I'm way excited about that. We have driven past it a few times and it looks really so awesome. After the temple we get to go shopping for an hour, I am way excited about that too. I'm going to buy ALOT of snacks, because the food here has zero sugar and it makes it really hard for me to stay awake in classes (haha)
Oh, so while we are on the topic of food all I can say is mas o menos(so so). Not a big fan of it yet but it gets me through the day (haha) it's the complete opposite here than it is in Provo, there we were always stuffed and didn't want any snacks...and here we would kill for any sort of snack.
Well i just have a couple favors i need you to do. 1) call Provo about the shots 2) contact President Campbell and ask him if he can send me his explanation of Matthew 16, i want it really bad, have him do it through dear elder that way it will come printed off and I can go over it during my study time.
Well, I cant think of anything else right now. I'm going to try to get back on and do an email before the temple - but just know i love you guys - I LOVE my family and I really do miss you alot - but the thing that makes it easier for me is that I feel so good about what I'm doing. This is amazing - feeling the spirit so strong continually is amazing and I wouldn't trade it for anything. This is going to be an awesome 2 years, I know I am exactly where the Lord wants me to be and I know I am where I need to be - words cannot explain the awesomeness !!!!
oh and 3) send me sports scores and stuff!!!!!!!!! (packers and sundevils mostly) hahaha
Just remember I love you guys so much! I'm having alot of fun and I can totally see how my mission is helping me in every aspect of my life and I'm growing ALOT!
Con Amor, Elder Paolacci
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Pictures - Pictures - Pictures
We were excited to get a memory card in mail that Dylan had sent us when he left the Provo MTC - it looks like they are having an amazing time !!!!!
PROVO MTC
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Welcome to Peru !!!!
The CCM (Centro de Capacitación Misionalhere - Missionary Training Center in Spanish) is soooo much nicer than the one in Provo. So I guess you can see how excited I am to be here. It is just that I never in a million years imagined how amazing this place would be! I cannot even find the words to describe it.
The rooms are 10 times nicer and the bathrooms are way way nice. The only negative thing I have noticed so far are the pillows, they are just super lumpy and not very comfortable (so I should have found a way to pack mine - just like Ryan said find a way to bring a pillow no matter what - and I left mine at the MTC cause I ran out of room in my luggage)
Well we got in here last night at like 10:30, but our native comps weren't here yet so we could just hang out for a while. My roomies are Elder Rider and Elder Sheridan (can you believe it ???? How lucky am I - this is going to be awesome) This morning we got to sleep in till 7 (woohoo haha) and went to breakfast. After breakfast we filled out some papers and had interviews with President Whetton, he's really cool and I can tell we are gonna love him.
After all that Elder Rider and I played soccer for like an hour and a half because we had a bunch of free time today. The soccer field is AMAZING!!! Oh my goodness, it's a turf field and it has nice goals and a huge net surrounding it so no one looses a ball. Soooooo Awesome !!!! While we were playing our comps had to be in class. After soccer we had to do a bunch of paperwork and stuff, during this time I realized that the Provo MTC never gave me back my immunizations records so I don't know what I am gonna do about that.
Since then we have just been studying and stuff. Our compañeros are on different schedules than us so they aren't always with us. I already love my compañero, he's really patient with me and helps me alot. I feel like I might be almost fluent when I leave the CCM to go into the field.
So last night I got a good taste of culture shock. The airport was a CIRCUS, people and cars going everywhere, it was crazy. Oh and the drive from the airport to the CCM was totally crazy. Lima is so cool looking. I hope I get to spend some time here. The drivers here are ridiculous, I don't know how people don't get in a million accidents. It's just people going for it and not stopping for others, its crazy.
It still really hasn't hit me that I'm in Peru right now, it's just all surreal. Apparently on our pday after we go to the temple we go to a market and get to buy stuff. I just converted half of my cash to soles. and on Saturday's we get to go out and tract. ahhh I'm so glad to be here and can't wait to keep working. I don't have much time left so I gotta go, tell the boys and karleigh and Trent and Morgan I'm really sorry I couldn't talk to them yesterday. Tell everyone I miss them ALOT! Tell Marissa hello for me too !!! Tell Coleton I said good luck with b-ball and tell Logan to not be a goof and tell someone next time he gets hurt. Tell Karleigh I said HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!
I'm really glad I got to talk to you and dad yesterday, it totally made my week. I miss you guys so much and love you all! But I am soooooooo happy I am here and wouldn't trade it for the world. Time to get to work.
I Love You ALL - Elder Paolacci
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