Week 7

the elder that plays the violin is elder birtcher!  he is my zone leader and he is sooo awesome!! we get a long way well!! ya my comp and i have been tearing it up here in Samegua!! haha not really, it is hard cause our focus is on less actives and we dont know anyone or where people live so ya! but the other companionship is helpful so thats good!! The bishop here is the coolest guy ever!!! like seriously he works soooo hard ands he loves his people in the ward!! he's amazing! he wants one of my ties hahaha i will probably give him one but i dont know which one yet! our ward is soo good and super nice! they are all so loving and ready to help!! it is sooo much fun being with these people!! they love us soo much it isnt even funny!! we have been working hard and walking a lot!! i will send some pics of our area in a bit! it is huuuge!! it goes all over the place and has hills and lots of dirt and lots of sun!! it is really hot here!! but i really love it here soo much!! 

ok, here is a story for you about a kid named jordan.  so being here i think i have literally said hi to every single person in samegua! haha every one i pass i say hi.  there was this one kid that i said hi too and later on we saw him as we were walking to an appointment and we stopped and talked and gave him a pamphlet.  We could tell that he wanted to learan more but he was super shy and hard to hear, we got his address and said bye. then that night guess what happened!? we walking into our appartment building and we were talking to this lady who is one of our investigators, when we said bye we turned and JORDAN WALKED RIGHT BY US!! we were stunned!! we looked at each other and ran to our room and freaked out and were like no that couldn't be him!!!! so we looked out the door and it was him, but he moving some stuff into a room, then he was gone so we thought we could catch him later. so yesterday as i walked out of my room HE WAS RIGHT THERE,  i started talking to him and elder boyd came out, we sat him down and had a great lesson!! it was soo awesome!! he is so prepared and ready, he wanted to learn more and we have an appointment tonight with him, we are pumped!!  that was probably my biggest story so far.... I know more to come!  i love it here, spanish is getting better! My comp is great, life is great, samegua is great!! lovin it for sure!

email back i love you sooooo much mom, i am thankful for all that you have done for me, i think often of being in the army of heleman and thinking about how my mom taught me how to be who i am today and follow the commandments!  of course with some help from dad;) haha but seriouslty i love you sooo much and am eternally grateful for evey single thing you have done for me momma. love you 

Elder Wagner

Below are some questions i asked in my email to Tanner:

1.  Tell us about the details of your travel to arequipa?
travel was good!! it was an hour flight then when we got there we had orientation.  then we took a bus all the way to samegua!! 4 hours.... long.. haha but ya travel was pretty basic! 

2.  Details about your time at the mission home?
I never went to the mission home, we just went to the stake center and then to my area! but the stake center was nice! 

3.  Details about your travels from arequipa to monqugua?

It was a 4 hour bus ride and that was really long hhaha, there was this guy with a speaker on his belt and a micro phone and he was selling this Chinese tea stuff, it was soo funny cause all the old ladies wanted it after he basically lied to their faces. 

4.  Send me pics of where you are living?
See below

5.  How is your comp??? His mom is on the missionary mom thing on Facebook.
Elder Boyd is awesome!! super good guy and works hard and is super helpful!! he is a huge blessing, we get along really well and like a lot of the same things, so we have a lot to talk about and never get bored!

6.  How is the city?  Are you in samegua or Moquegua?  Give me details of whAt the city is like.  I looked it up online and it looks small!
I am in the city of Moquegua but my area is Samegua and it is like 5 minutes from the town! my area is spread out and small but it is gorgeous and hot!! I absolutly love it!! it is way way cleaner than lima though so that is sooo nice!!

7.  Are you drinking the water?  How is the food so far?

ya i am drinking enough water and coke and inca!! haha ya the food is bomb!! my pension is the best!  the first night her husband was like, "he needs more food from now on" haha to me! so now i get ahuge plate every meal!! its great, the family is awesome! and the dad is so funny! 

8.  Does your pensionista have children?  What kid do stuff has she cooked?
ya she has three kids, herself and her husband!! so she cooks for 9!! she is an awesome lady for sure!