2 Meses!!!!‏

Hola everyone!! It's Monday again!! :) This week was good! I'll start with Monday after p day. We did a food challenge! We had to eat a ton of different things, like Inca Kola, bread, marshmallows, granadilla, and a RAW EGG!!!! Yes, I ate a raw egg.... No, it was not good. It was terrible. Oh well. We made cookies with Michelle and Lillie (members) and they were yummy. On Tuesday we had a zone conference. We talked about how important it is to have your investigators come to church. It was a great conference and to end it, we got PIZZA!!!!! 

We have this investigator named Josue and guess what... He's getting baptized!!! On the 14th of November.  He's awesome and so I’m excited. 

We played futbol this week and I head butted the ball! That was interesting!  Also I made a wonderful discovery... Perù has fry sauce... FRY SAUCE granted, it's not Utah fry sauce but it's fry sauce!!!!!! :)

We had a regional conference and Elder Anderson spoke through satellite. He spoke in Spanish and did really well! Seeing as how he knows no Spanish, it was awesome. 

Our other investigators are good but they have a ton of excuses as to why they can't come to church. It’s very frustrating. The language is coming along fine. :)

Well. I gotta go! I love you all! Thank you for your prayers and patience with me!!  

- Hermana Hicken

My comp and me

At a member's home for lunch. 

pescado con arroz and beans

This is a moto. We use them to get around places and it's insane.

Fruit - it's very expensive here

Perro peruana. As you can see... they are... interesting.

The best hamburger ever. It has fries on it and fry sauce and lettuce and it's so yummy.

The ocean is that grey thing in the back

The best cookies in the world. Alfajores. Look them up and try to make them. They are so good! 

FINALLY lima beans in Lima Perù ;)‏

Hola every one!! Yes, for the first time in my 8 weeks of being in Lima I have had lima beans!  Another crazy week aqui en Per'u. I really need to learn to organize my thoughts before I start typing. We have two new investigators. Josè and Josuè. They're awesome. I HOPE that they'll pray and find to know the truth. My Spanish is okay, it is getting better every day but it's really hard to share how I'm feeling and my testimony when I have no idea how to say anything. 

This is my Companion, HNA Aguilera and the dog is Charro. He followed us into our apartment and laid down on our floor and WOULDN'T MOVE!!!!!! Oh my, the smell was TERRIBLE!!!! Church was good! Josuè and Louis (a man that we contacted on the street) came to church. They both liked it, I think... We did exchanges with the Zone leaders and we also did service for a less active woman. It still amazes me how little the people have. 

Our Stove

Funny story, so this morning we were making breakfast as always and my companion had the bright idea to stick our tiny stove on her chair.... As you can see from the picture... it wasn't such a bright idea. Yeah, it started smoking AND there were flames!!! It was awesome! ;) 

I promise next week I’ll write more and be a little bit more organized. Humberto is doing well. He's still sick but He's accepting our message and he understands. Also, Latinas LOVE their fireworks. Every night, there are tons of fireworks. I've also realized this week, how true the statement is that God doesn't call the qualified, he qualifies the called. I know NO Spanish, I barely know how to teach the gospel but I know that through Christ I can learn and through the Holy Ghost I can teach the people here. I hope everything at home is great! Love you all! - Hermana Hicken

arroz chaufa - my favorite!

The apartment

Coolest tree ever!! 

Cat relaxing on the next computer over.
(This is the place they go to rent computers for an hour to write letters home)

Gringa in a Latina World‏

Hola everyone! I'm just going right into it. It's been a crazy week and a half. I left the CCM at 6:30 a.m. last Tuesday and we drove to our mission. After a large training in which I realized that I know nothing concerning the gospel and Spanish, we had lunch, which was pizza (that was a tender mercy), and I met my companion. Hermana Aguilera. She's from Argentina. She's been out for 8 months and she is awesome! She knows English and she loves los estados unidos (the US).  She’s been super patient with me and she has been helping me a ton.

We went to our area, Chinchasuyo, and went straight to work. I've noticed that I am getting better and better every day with feeling the spirit and learning Spanish. We have a few investigators, Humberto and Iraida. I try my best to talk to them. I bear my testimony and in our last lesson with Iraida, I said the first vision and yeah! We also do a ton of contacting! So I’ve meet a ton of people. I cannot tell you how many people have stared at me because I’m white and I don't look like anyone else (brown hair, blue eyes).  We're really close to the members, especially two families. I have some pictures that I can share with ya'll. The food here is amazing. I love it! They have this stuff called Chaufa. It’s Chinese and it's super yummy! Yes, I still eat rice with every meal. Soccer is life. We play soccer every Lunes, Miercoles, y Sabado. On Sunday we went to church. I bore my testimony because they "present" the missionary to the ward. The ward is TINY like as big as our RS at home. TINY!!!!!!!!! The ward is super nice and they are trying really hard to make me feel welcome. 

Conference was awesome! I’m definitely going to “ponderize” a scripture every week. My spiritual experience this week: I was not having a good day one day, and my Compañera sat me down and we read D&C 31: 3 and 6. It gave me comfort to know that my Heavenly Father is mindful of me and wants me here in Peru. I'm sorry, I have no time. I have seen the Lord work miracles in just a week and a half and I love it! Thanks for all your prayers! 

- Hermana Hicken

Mi compañera y Yo.

Making cookies at a member's home.

My area

Amazing food!

Last days at the CCM

October 7, 2015

Sarah is now officially in the mission field.  We received a short hand written letter from her (scanned in and emailed) and two pictures from the mission office.

In her letter, she said she loved conference and that it was "absolutely amazing".  Here's a part from the letter: "One cool think I learned is that my mission really focuses on bringing families to the gospel.  We have a goal to baptize two families a month!  Kinda crazy huh?  I'll write more on Monday.  I love you all.  Please be safe and stay close to the gospel."