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| Say Hello to my first hijo! Elder Blanco from Argentina! |
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Overview of Camana, Peru!
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La Familia Camana after the Show we Performed!
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| I was Olaf in our Christmas show that our zone performed! |
Monday, December 22, 2014
December 22, 2014 ~ Week 25 - Pictures
December 22, 2014 ~ Week 25
This
week was such an experience. It all
started last Tuesday as I met the brand new missionary that I am going to train
for the next 3 months. Elder Blanco is
19 years old and is from Buenas Aires, Argentina. We have really hit it off and we had some
lessons this week where I thought he responded great!
His very first lesson in
his mission was with a less active member and an investigator. They are not
married, but have 2 daughters, and have been together for 17 years! The lesson was about the commandments and the
woman whose name is Isabel wants to be baptized and get married, but Renato (the
less active member) doesn’t want to be married.
The lesson went great
and we are going to try to help them realize the blessings of being called
husband and wife. I could not imagine
teaching something like that for my very first lesson but then again my Spanish
4 months ago was pretty rough...
On Thursday we traveled
back to Arequipa as a zone and met with 5 other zones to celebrate Christmas
with President Zobrist and his wife. We
ate some excellent food and had a great mini conference with the President. Then the 5 zones performed their shows that
they all had planned and rehearsed days before.
Our show was about Buddy
the Elf that lived with Santa until he found out he was a human. He left the North Pole and visited the worlds
of: Frozen, Scrooge and Grinch until at
the very end he met 2 missionaries who helped him to know his true identity. In the play I was Olaf from Frozen. Although I wish I could send the video of our
30 min long play so you all could watch it, the video is 4gig, or in other
words I can not send it through email. But
I will copy the video to a USB and send it to my parents so they will all be
able to watch it. And believe me; you
really want to see me as Olaf!
Here we are just 3 days
before Christmas and due to the high speed of the Peruvian Serpost I’m thinking
I will get my Christmas package sometime in January. But it’s all good, in the mean time I will Skype
my parents, and have a great time caroling with my companion outside of the
doors of our less actives, investigators and recent convert homes. I will have a happy New Year, but most of all
I will GO TO WORK. The field is Peruvian and all ready to Harvest!
Love you all!
Make this Navidad, Feliz
:)
Feliz Navidad
Elder McCook
Words of the week: Soy
Olaf y me gusto abrazos- I’m Olaf and I like Hugs
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
December 15, 2014 ~ last Picture with Elder Atencio
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At a beach hut with Elder Andersen. Felt like I was in a James Bond
movie or something
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Me and Elder Atencio's last photo as companions. He is getting transferred to a different area in Arequipa
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December 15, 2014 ~ Week 24
¡Cambios, Cambios,
Cambios!
After 4 ½ months of
being companions with Elder Atencio, he has been transferred to Arequipa to an
area called Zomacola, and I will be training!!! I am so excited, happy, sad, anxious, nervous,
and all that good stuff. For those of
you who are unfamiliar with the word “training”, it means that I will be training a brand new Elder
and will be welcoming him to the mission. We will be companions for a minimum of three
months and I am so excited!
In a couple of hours I
will take a 3 hour bus ride to Arequipa, where I will spend the night in the
mission house, and then Tuesday morning I will meet my new companion! I do not know if he is a Latino or if he is a
Gringo, I do not know what to expect over these next three months but what I do
know is:
That the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the
thing which he commandeth them.
(1st Nephi 3:7)
The Lord will provide
the way. He loves us. And I am happy to have the opportunity to
train.
Speaking of far from
perfect Spanish the “Mess up of the week” is.... as I was trying to describe
raw vegetables to my pentionista, when attempting to say the word “raw” in Spanish
I accidently said a bad word.... she laughed, Elder Atencio laughed, and I was clueless….
oh how I love Spanish.
This week will be fun and
this week will be great!! Being a
missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, is the hardest
thing I have EVER loved to do.
Chao till next week
Elder McCook
Words of the Week
cambios- changes
hijo- son
padre- father
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Me and Elder Atencio's last photo as companions. He is getting transferred to a different area in Arequipa
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December 8, 2014 Pictures
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Elder Atencio and i bought some fake snow, we are pretty pumped for
Christmas
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¡Que rico el sol en Camaná! (translated) -How rich is the sun
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Elder Atencio and I after the Noche de Misional
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December 8, 2014 ~ Week 23
Hola
¿Que Tal?
Well there was no church
yesterday because Peru had elections again, yup the same old same old. When elections are held every single store is
closed and every public building except for the building where you can vote. There is also a 1000 sole fine if you get
caught drinking. So it was pretty nice
to not see any drunks in the streets yesterday!
This past Tuesday Elder Atencio
and I did divisions, where he went with one of the young men from the ward and
taught some people, and I went with a young man named Edwin Mayo who is a
member of the church and is 16 years. We
went and taught the Romero family. I was
very nervous for the lesson that I was about to teach: the Law of Chastity. I don’t know exactly what to say when teaching
this lesson in Spanish let alone talking about it in English. So what I did was teach with authority and
through the Spirit. At the end of the
lesson I told the Romero family, that I am here to help them and that I would
like them to have a goal of a date to be married.
What happened next to me
was a scene from a Disney princess movie. Piter Romero grabbed Fransica’s hand and said
tomorrow? She was unsure…so he said the
25th? She was still unsure… he said the
31st? She was still unsure. They agreed that they would pray for a date to
be sure. I told them that I do not want
them to be married because Elder McCook is cool and “he” wants us to be married,
but I told them that they should be married because of the love that they have
for each other and for the love of God.
They agreed that they
would pray for a date, and I cannot wait for their answer :)
This past Thursday we
had a noche de misional in the church, and we had it all planned out as
missionaries. We planned to talk about Christmas,
watch some videos from the Bible, eat popcorn and then to conclude the night by
watching “He Is the Gift” video the church made. Well, gotta love Peru, the entire city of Camana
had a power outage, aka no electricity, it was very funny, so we sang 4 hymns
in hopes that the lights would eventually turn back on, well that didn’t
happen. So my companion Elder Atencio
read the story of the first Christmas that can be found in the bible in Luke
2:1-40. It was a very great experience
and the lights came back on as we left the church and locked the door. It was a very funny and yet Very, Very
spiritual experience.
I want to start a new thing that I will start
doing every email, (if it happens during the week), called “Mess up of the Week”.
The mess up of this week
was: when I was teaching; instead of saying “They Stopped” in Spanish, I ended
up saying “They Gave Birth”.... the words for the two are very similar... I was
laughing... everyone was laughing... oh Spanish how I love you.
Love you all and thank
you for your prayers, support, letters, and emails!
Chao
Elder McCook
Word of the week:
Navidad- Christmas
Elecciones- Elections
Matrimonio- Marriage
Monday, December 8, 2014
December 1, 2014 Thanksgiving pictures
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The result of hiking up the wrong mountain! We were on top of the
world!
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La Familia Camana (The Camana Zone) at our Thanksgiving feast.
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The Peruvian Thanksgiving was pretty bomb
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December 1, 2014 ~ Week 22
Every Wednesday at the
church we have English class. Yes I have
been teaching English. Maestro McCook
right? That’s Spanish for master by the
way.
Anyways, my partner to
teach English class with is Elder Andersen, who I have known since the Lima CCM
days. During English class I have come
to realize that the two favorite words in English that our students (that age
range from 15 to 25, also we always have a 70 year old member that comes every
week with his little notebook and he takes notes, he is so cute) use are: Dance
and Happy. So for almost every example we use it includes the words dance and
happy. They are used so much to the
point that me and Elder Andersen broke out and did a little dance while singing
Safety Dance by Men Without Hats. It was awesome and priceless.
As me and Elder Atencio
were teaching this last week in our area we had an appointment and once we
finished it we checked the time and our next appointment should have started
like right then and there. Yet we were far away from where we needed to be. Our area is so huge that I couldn’t even walk
to the end of it if I wanted to. Thankfully we had Rafael Florez with us,
(a 15 year old jovencito) who lives in our area. He told us he had a short cut
and to follow him. This short cut was
more of a joke then a short cut as we hiked straight up a dirt mountain. With my shoes sinking in the sand, Elder
Atencio and I could not stop laughing because Rafael kept on slipping and
falling. But once we made it to the peak
of the mountain we had to stop and take photos because the sight was so sweet. It was awesome to see all the lights on at
night, and to see pretty much an overview of Camana. We eventually made it to our next appointment
and were only a little late but covered in a lot of dirt.
The showers in the
morning are still very cold by the way; I have to psyche myself up before
hopping in the cold shower.
Chao Chao!
Elder McCook
Words of the week:
dance-bailar
happy- feliz
youth-joven
dÃa de acción de gracias- thanksgiving
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
November 24, 2014 ~ Week 21
¡Las aventuras de Elder
McCook y Elder Atencio este semana!
Allow me to start this
email with a focus on what happened yesterday (Sunday the 23rd). It all started at 7am, I was the first person
to shower. I haven’t talked much about
our bathroom, but it is very, very small, only big enough to have a sink,
toilet and shower.
To have hot water in the
shower I would have to turn on the light, turn on another switch that heats the
water in the shower head, then turn on the shower by turning the knob to
release the cold water, then adjust the knob to have hot water with little to
no pressure.
As I was showering I
heard an explosion right above my head, my first thought was that it was an electrical
problem and I was about to be toasted to death. As I took one big leap to the
closed door I looked back at the shower head and it was on fire! I wanted hot water, but certainly not the fire.
As of right now we have
cold water... very cold water to shower. I asked my comp if this has ever happened to
him before in his 20 months in the mission field. He said that it has never happened and I have
bad luck, then he called me Kolipoki (if you don’t get that joke read my blog
letter from the week before).
After a great 3 hours of
church and seeing some of our investigators and less actives at church. We returned back to our pentionista’s home for
lunch. She was out of town in Arequipa,
luckily there were hamburger patties in the freezer so we ate that with rice of
course, but before eating that bomb lunch, my companion was in the kitchen
cooking when I noticed a chicken hiding in the bushes. I simply did what anyone else would do in
Peru, I threw a rock at this chicken and it ran away, and revealed to me 6
eggs! Elder Atencio told me to bring 5
and leave 1. I did as he told me and I
noticed one of the eggs was already cracked and broken, and had a ugly smell to
it. He told me I could go and smash this
stinky egg on the floor, but a little ways away to avoid the stench that would
arrive soon after. So as I gave him the
4 eggs and took the cracked egg to go smash it on the ground. I’m not sure what I was thinking before; I was
expecting to see egg yolk or whatever. But
as I smashed it on the ground, there was just red. Red blood and a little chicken, I felt terrible.
But it was already dead so what could I
do?
I asked my companion
what he is going to do with the other eggs.
He said put them in the fridge, but then I told him about the little
chickens inside the eggs, so we went back to the nest only to discover the
mother hen in her home. It took a while to get her out, but we put the 4
eggs back and now everything is okay.
This is just two events
that happened this week, and its days like that when you just got to say
"Elder McCook, you are in Peru now"
¡Chao!
Elder McCook
Words of the week: mi ducha exploto - my shower exploded
Monday, November 17, 2014
November 17, 2014 Picture ~ service project at the Romero home
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Service project at the house of la familia Romero!
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November 17, 2014 ~ Week 20
I
love being a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!
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Service project at the house of la familia Romero!
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So
me and Elder Atencio have been working
with the familia Romero and this past Saturday we had a service project at
their house! The whole la familia Camana(The
Camana Zone) was present and we did 3 hardcore hours of shoveling dirt! It was hot and the mosquitoes were on the
attack but it was so worth it to see them at church the next day! It was nice to sit with Piter Romero during
the classes and help answer his questions.
He also told me a little more about his hand which was nearly cut
off.
He told me that the back of his palm was touching his
forearm and it was just dangling by the skin. Now about 3 weeks after that incident it is a
miracle that he has feelings in his fingers and he can barely move them, absolutely
incredible!! He told me that he will go
back to Arequipa in 3 weeks for more surgery, at least that’s what the doctor told
him.
If you have not seen the movie "The Other Side of Heaven",
I recommend it. We watched it at our branch
president’s house after eating guinea pig.
It is about this missionary who goes on a mission to the Togan islands (I
think) or somewhere like that. During
his mission his feet are chewed up by rats, no one can pronounce his last name
so they call him Kolipoki, and he has a difficult time speaking the language.
It led me to think, and my Chileano companion agreed, that
I am the Kolipoki of the mission Arequipa, Peru.
1) No one can pronounce my name correctly, so I have recently
adopted the nickname of Elder Ma Cool people know me as this name and I love
being called Elder Ma Cool. Others call me McDonalds, but I like Ma Cool
better.
2) In this movie Kolipoki
was sleeping during the night and as he woke up his feet were bloody, as his
companion told him the rats did it, Kolipoki’s excuse was that during the night
it was hot and that is why he did not use a blanket. I have also used the same excuse and a result when
I woke up I had mosquito bites, I counted 57 today!
3) Of course the
language… Spanish is not easy and it is not hard, but the way to know the
language is to follow the inspired study programs that have been given to us.
I love the mission, and I love the church, and I love
life!
Chao
Elder McCook
Words of the week: ¿
Elder Ma Cool - (Elder McCook) ?
November 10, 2014 ~ Week 19
This week in the Mission
Arequipa, Peru!
Elder Atencio and I were
able to see la familia Romero! We have
been calling on them once a week, wishing them health, because Piter Romero has been in the Arequipa hospital.
On Tuesday morning, as Elder
Atencio and I were walking to our pentionista’s house we were able to cross
paths with Francisca Romero, wow what a miracle, we had no idea that they were
back in town, we were quickly able to talk to her and she agreed that we could
visit her and her family later that same day.
So later that day we
knocked on the door of the Romero house, Piter answered the door and I was sad
to see his entire left arm in a cast. As
we sat and talked he told us that he was in an accident at his construction job
and that his left hand was barely hanging on. Wow that sent goose bumps down my spine. That was hard to hear, however he wanted us to
teach him, we taught about the plan of happiness. Piter was very excited when we mentioned
temples and the sacred ordinances that happen inside, that he can be married
for eternity to his wife. He wanted
that, but first we told him that he needs to be married to the law of the land
first.
He said that was his
goal. His 3 goals that he wants to
accomplish with his family:
1) to be married
2) to be baptized
3) to be married in the
temple for eternity.
It was incredible for him
to tell us that he wants to be married in December. The Romero family are in my
prayers, and that one day they can accomplish all 3 of their goals.
I love this Church and
that God has provided a way that we can live with our loved ones forever and
ever.
Chao
Elder McCook
Word of the week - Tres
Metas (Three Goals)
Monday, November 3, 2014
November 3, 2014 ~Pictures Week 18
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| Conquering the streets of Camana, one selfie at a time |
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| Rafael Flores and I are gonna conquer Camana! |
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Yo its that one bird from Aladdin, except he was a little to camera
shy to talk!
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October 27, 2014 ~ Week 17
This week was really
great!
Days seem to go by very
fast and the nights are long, simply because at night the weather is very hot
because its summer here in Peru. As I
mentioned before mosquitoes are on the attack and since it is hot in the night
the door is left open to help vent the room, but it also allows an entrance for
mosquitoes and this morning I counted 27 bites!
Not a day goes by where I
don’t love speaking Spanish, the language is so awesome and it is sweet to hear
the natives and to just get by with speaking Spanish!
Transfers are next week
so I am unsure if I will remain in Camana or be transferred to another city in
mission Peru, Arequipa! I love Camana so
much and it is a tender mercy from the Lord that the feeling of Camana is so
much like Tucson. I’m grateful for the
work I could do here as well!
I also had the opportunity
this past week to baptize one of the people that Elder Atencio and I were
teaching! 9 year old Jesus Condorimay! He has wanted to be baptized for some time
now, and his parents finally gave him permission! It was great to see a change in their heart! I love my mission and I love speaking Spanish!
Adios till next week!
Elder McCook
Words of the Week: Cambiar de corazón (Change of Heart)
Friday, October 24, 2014
Pictures October 20, 2014 - Legendary Hermano Salomon
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| The Legendary Hermano Salomón. I took a picture with the legendary Hermano Salomón. Right before the photo he said "hold up let me make myself
handsome first". I think we look flawless in our pink clothes ;)
Also in the photo you will notice how sun-burnt I am. I will go and buy some
sunblock this afternoon.
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October 20, 2014 ~ Week 16
Bienvenido a esto email!
As time goes by I feel
that my Spanish is improving. Although I
have made but a small dent in the window of the language barrier, I have
learned to become a really good listener. If I do not listen to every word said then I
am lost. In a typical sentence, I can
pick up some of the key words and put them together to gather an idea of what
the topic of the discussion is.
Also this week me and Elder
Garth Hunt (who is currently serving his mission in Mexico) were successfully
able to email each other in complete Spanish. I am thankful for him and for all of those
that are supporting us.
It is getting hotter here
in Camana, I’m not sure exactly what the temperature is but it is HOT. Every day is a short sleeve kind of
day.
I have come to learn
that summer in Peru can be described into 4 words- attack of the mosquitos. Today I was able to count 20 bites on my legs
:) But there is another Hermana in my
district from California and she counted 37 mosquito bites today! She said her blood must taste like dulce (or candy). I would say my blood tastes like chicken and
that is why she has almost double the amount of bites that I have. Chicken is the main delicacy here in Peru. Literally every other day we eat chicken. Yesterday I dodged a bullet- when my
pentionista asked if I wanted to eat the foot or the leg of the chicken for
lunch…..You already know I replied with the leg. However I feel that next time I should try the
chicken foot.
You know the saying….
when in Peru do as Peruvians do.
Nos Vemos Entonces!
Elder McCook
Words of Week: La Pierna
Por Favor (The Leg Please)
Thursday, October 16, 2014
October 13, 2014 ~ Week 15
Remember the story of
Daniel and the Lions Den from the Bible as you read this weekly letter.
"Be Lion
Hearted" - Was my favorite
quote from General Conference this past week.
General Conference was
amazing!!! We all had the opportunity to hear what God wants His children to
know. In another 6 months time we will
be able to hear more, but for now I will always remember to "Be Lion
Hearted"
Lion Hearted as I wake
up every day in a foreign country and speaking a second language with the
objective to invite everyone to Come unto Christ.
Lion Hearted as I
struggle with the language barrier and am not able to effortlessly express
myself.
In this Den of life… God
has given us our Lions because he trusts us to be Lion Hearted and not succumb
to anything.
Of course it is hard. What
would this life be without trials?
We understand peace,
because we feel turmoil, Declared Dieter F. Uchtdorf this past General
Conference.
As you live your lives
remember to Be Lion Hearted in the Den of Life.
Chau till next week
Elder McCook
Words of the week: Be Lion Hearted - Esté Corazón de León
October 6, 2014 ~ Week 14
For this weekly letter I would like to talk about one of my
investigators, Amelia C. Amelia is 17
years old and lives in Cusco, Peru (about a 20 hour bus ride from Camana).
I first met Amelia about 2 weeks ago at church. It was a normal Sunday, and about 60-90 people
attend. So when my companion and I see a
new face at church, we introduced ourselves. Amelia told us that this was her first time
attending the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and that she was
attending with her cousin, Nefi. She is currently living with Nefi because she
is studying for school here in Camana. We
then asked if she would like us (the missionaries) to visit her sometime in the
week and talk to her more about the Church. She agreed and a couple of days later Elder
Atencio and I had the opportunity to teach her.
During the first lesson the Spirit was very strong, so we
asked her if she would like to be baptized.
She happily said yes and agreed to the 18th of October to be
her baptismal goal date. The last time
we taught Amelia was the 1st of October, and on that day she told me
and my companion that she is going back to her home in Cusco on the 3rd
of October and will return to Camana in November. She asked if she could change her baptism date
to November. We were very excited to
hear her say that. We said our goodbyes
and wished her a safe travel to her home in Cusco.
However she would never take the 20 hour bus ride to Cusco.
A day later Elder Atencio and I received a phone call from
a member of the church, who is a family friend of Amelia. The member told us that Amelia collapsed at
home and was rushed to the hospital. She
passed away 15 minutes later. From what
I was told, and what I could comprehend in Spanish; Amelia passed away from
Cancer, she had Leukemia and nobody knew that she had Leukemia.
The last lesson that Elder Atencio and I taught her was
about the Plan of Salvation and that Families can be together forever.
Amelia has personally strengthened my testimony that God
has a plan for all of us, and that right now Amelia is being taught the Gospel
of Jesus Christ in the next world.
The church is true and people like Amelia make me soooo
happy.
Chao!
Elder McCook
Words of the week: families can live together forever
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(las familias pueden
vivir juntos para siempre)
Monday, September 29, 2014
September 29, 2014 ~ Week 13
So this week I went out
and taught with my companion and a youth member Rafael, (the 14 yrs old I have sent
pictures of him before). He is the
absolute best.
So dreaming in your
other language is supposed to be the sign of fluency. Well I`ve been dreaming in Spanish since my
second year of taking Spanish in school. I just have no clue what`s going on, so I need
another identifier. Probably dreaming in
Spanish and understanding what people are saying. Not having a way to effortlessly express
myself is killing me. I`m learning more
and more every day, but the whole "there`s nothing you can do except wait"
thing is something I don’t agree with. I’m working hard and not waiting.
The elections here in
Peru are crazy. There are about 10 people
that want to be president of Peru. It’s
hard to explain but those that are running for president do not like the
missionaries, because obviously the missionaries cannot vote in the elections
so we are not worth their time, but it is very fun to say hello to them in the
streets because they will not address the missionaries. They also have their own songs. They are pretty much the same and the chorus
for one of the songs is "en el cinco de Octubre marca de olla"
another song is "marca la casa si si"
With that being said,
the elections in Peru are taken very seriously, so serious to the point where
no meetings will be allowed on voting day. As I mentioned before, voting day is the 5th
of October or in other words- general conference. I AM NOT GOING TO WATCH GENERAL CONFERNCE
UNTIL THE 11 AND 12 OF OCTOBER.
A new motto I have come
up with is that you cannot stop the word of God.
So when I see someone in
the streets I will not let whatever is occupying their attention keep me from
saying hello. Whether it be the phone in
their hand or the bill of their cap covering their face.
Love you all…. the
church is true.
Familia McCook son lo
maximo
Elder McCook
September 29, 2014 ~ Week 13
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My zone and I got jerseys with whatever name we wanted! I picked
number 22 because I have 22 months left. Also I wanted my name on the back to be "McCook". But the woman that made the jerseys heard "ME COOK"..... gotta love
Peru.
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Friday, September 19, 2014
September 17, 2014 ~ Week 11
Not a
day goes by where I am not amazed by Peru.
What I have done this
past week cannot simply be described into an email.
However, I am willing to
try...
This past week me and
some of the Elders in my zone did a service project, it was for the kitchen of
my pentionista. As I have said before
her kitchen is outside of her house. It
is maybe a 10 by 20 foot straw hut with a concrete floor and tin roof, (but allow
me to say, she makes some of the most bomb food I have ever had in my life). The concrete floor is unstable and has a lot
of holes in it. So for the project we
took everything out of her kitchen, and we made cement. In order to make
cement, you need gravel, sand, lots of water, and a grey powder (which I assume
is the cement in powder form.) After a
half of an hour of mixing all of that with a shovel, the cement was ready to be
poured on the floor and smothered and spread by a knife! Now the kitchen floor is stable and looks
pretty nice.
On Sunday I gave a talk
in church about la obra misional, (the job of a mission).
Wow! Translating Spanish to English is difficult. Almost as hard as trying to write these
sentences, I am having to delete a lot because I am typing in English, but in
the way that I would say it in Spanish, in other words, I love Spanish.
I think the talk went
great for only having a days notice, and it was my first one in my branch!
After Church on Sunday I
travelled with my companion and 2 other missionaries by bus and airplane to
Lima where we could get our ID cards. After
arriving in Lima at 2am and going to migrations the following morning and
landing in Arequipa at 8pm I was emotionally and physically drained. And at that moment I was told that my companion,
Elder Atencio, and the other Latino that we travelled with are still in Lima
because they had to go to migrations again the following morning.
So here we are alone in
the airport, me and Elder Andersen who has been my friend since the CCM. We are in Arequipa with a 3 hour bus ride
ahead of us and we have no idea where to find a bus to take us back to Camana. After a quick prayer, a man called
"Obispito" who works for the mission, shows up and takes us exactly
where we need to be in order to board a bus back to Camana.
At this point I was
really stressed out, but as I took my window seat inside of this 14 seat bus
that currently contained 20 people I looked outside and saw the stars, at that
moment tears came to my eyes as I realized seeing the stars was a blessing in disguise
or in other words a tender mercy from the Lord. In Camana I have seen the stars at night maybe
twice, every night is cloudy and every morning is clear. But for some reason the stars reminded me of
home and what I am here in Peru for.
I absolutely love my
mission so much and after this short time of 2 months I’ve been out, I already
know that I will be able to say this has been best 2 years.
!Chao Entonces¡
Elder McCook
Monday, September 8, 2014
September 8, 2014 Pictures in Camana
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At a members house with Rafael and Jose Luis
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Guinea Pig Farms are real!!!
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