When I introduce myself, a lot of people can´t quite get the name. I get it, it´s an English name, not a Spanish one. But a lot of times they repeat back , ¨Elder Pichi???¨. This week my companion laughed super hard when a kid called me Elder Pichi. Pichi here means peepee. So that would make me Elder Peepee :) (I pride myself in how respected I am among the people of Peru!)
This week has been fine. The branch is pretty much the same (stressful, even though like nothing is going on). My new companion is interesting, Elder Beraun from City of Wanoko, Peru. His watch is also broken but at least he doesn´t wear it around broken.There have been some changes in the mission. Basically President wants us to street contact way harder now. I´m not going to lie, I kind of hate street contacting, but it has helped us fill our schedule better.
This week the branch started EnglishConnect courses. They´re actually pretty cool and like 10 people come. The good thing is I don´t have to teach it (it´s member-taught wherever possible) but we do have to teach some Self-Reliance class after. Kind of weird but it was cool, I guess.
Also starting this week if we can´t find anyone new to cook for us we have to cook for ourselves. That would turn out really bad, because we never have water in our room. I´ll send pics if anything interesting happens. Hopefully we just find someone who can cook.
This week´s scripture is Jacob 4:7.13 Behold, my brethren, he that prophesieth, let him prophesy to the understanding of men; for the Spirit speaketh the truth and lieth not. Wherefore, it speaketh of things as they really are, and of things as they really will be; wherefore, these things are manifested unto us plainly, for the salvation of our souls. But behold, we are not witnesses alone in these things; for God also spake them unto prophets of old
I really think it´s important that we focus on recognizing the true voice of the Spirit. If we overthink it, we fake it, and confuse ourselves. The Spirit testifies of things as the really are. It manifests the truth plainly. I assume that means that usually, the Spirit isn´t that complicated.
Elder Peepee