MAY_21_18_MOM_GBRG

 Mother!!

Sounds like it was a crazy time trying to get Dad on the plane to Peru this week!! But I guess we should count our blessings that he was even able to make it to Peru in the first place!! It's weird to think that you're all alone in that big, empty house with no kids to annoy the crap out of you. I suppose the kids at school probably do that pretty well without our help. Nice to know you're taken care of haha.

But it doesn't sound like you'll be alone for too long. Your vacation this summer will be one for the books. You've got pretty much everything figured out already. I'm jealous that you'll be able to go and see the girls in Provo. And Hurricane I guess? I had a dream about Provo last night. I really do miss that place quite a bit. So please enjoy it for me. Too bad there's never any quality sports teams that play in the summer. 

Yeah. I'm getting kind of sick of hearing about Ministering too. It's really not THAT Much of a change from Home and Visiting TEaching. But people are getting so caught up in it. The way I see it, people should JUST DO IT rather than talk about it so much.  Loving and Ministering to people is not something that takes too much thought or oeffort.. It should djsut be engrained in who we are already.

Not really too many progressing Investigators right now. Still in that finding mode. But that's okay. I'm content to do finding right now. And the district as whol seems to be improving, which is really awesome to see. We found 10 New Investigators this past week as a district, which ties for second most in the history of the district. So I really can't complain. now we just need to get Investigators to come to Church and agree to be baptized, and we'd be GOLDEN. but baby steps, I guess??

We have interviews with President Bednar this Wednesday at District Meeting. It will be my first time conducting district meting with the Mission President present, so it will be a little bit nervewracking. I don't know exactly what I'm going to talk to him about, but I'll have to make it good. That's how we generally do interviews. We  lead the discussion. It's interesting. I'll probably just straight up ask him if I'm going to be trnsferred. I'm ready to leave this area. I love it to death, but I feel as thought I've done all that I can here. And I'm done being district leader as well. I hope I go!! I'll find out on June 2nd, so about two weeks from now. And then transfers are June 7th. That day sounds familiar for some reason. I can't quite put my finger on it.

A few tidbits from this week:

- A less active member that I visit regularly made some authentic Peruvian alfajores!! Turns out they're really good with ice cream!!

- I got to ride a lawnmower that goes 7 miles per hour!! I fel like a speed racer.

- We met a super cute couple named Solomon and Missy who were so welcoming and who we will be teaching tomorrow.

- I got to hold a kitten that belongs to our new member, Bri!!

- I tried Red Lobster for the first time. meh.

And that's the week!! I love  you Mom!!

Elder Jake Gonzales

On Sun, May 20, 2018, 10:02 PM <perucalica@aol.com> wrote:

Sunday, May 20, 2018

Hey there Buddy Boy!

I’m going to see if I can get your letter written between naps.  It seems like every time that I sit down, I fall asleep. 

Well, the solitude has begun.  I took Dad to the airport today so that he could go to Peru.  He was supposed to leave yesterday but they texted us early in the morning and said that his flight had been delayed and would not be leaving until 8 pm. (It was supposed to leave at 1:15).  They gave the passengers the option of postponing their flight until another day and Dad chose to go today instead at the same time because he didn’t sleep at all the night before and did not want to go on a flight at night.  So, off we went to the airport today.  The traffic was good until we got to the actual airport.  Then the traffic wasn’t moving at all.   We decided to go to the arrival rather than the departure level as the traffic was moving faster on that side.  When we got inside, we discovered that there was a huge line at the check-in counter so we put ourselves in it.  After about 45 minutes of standing in a line that was not moving, Dad finally went and confronted a worker asking him what was going on.  He was told that because of technical problems they were now full and were going to have to turn all the people that were there waiting away.  Dad then explained that he had already deferred his flight for today because the one yesterday was cancelled and so they had pity on him and put him on the flight.  By that time, we had just enough time to say a quick goodbye and he had to run for the gate.  He called me in the security line and said that it was huge and he wasn’t sure if he would make it on time and to wait. So, I literally sat down and waited.  A few minutes later, he called and said that he was at the gate in line to board.  Since he didn’t call back, I assumed that he got on the plane.  He then called and said that I needed to find out the new time that the plane would arrive in Lima and call and let Eva know.  To make a long story short, they were not using the same flight number and so every time I put that number in it would come back as cancelled.  I ended up having to contact a person from Lan and ask what the new schedule was.  It seems that nothing can every go without a hitch.   There’s always somethnig that has to go wrong to keep life interesting.

So, as I mentioned before, I am now alone here at home and will be for a week or so.  I have decided that I am going to go to Utah to see Sarah and while I am there, we will drive to Rexburg to see Briana.  I have already booked a flight and will be leaving on May 29.  I will be returning on June 6.  I have a doctor’s appointment scheduled for June 14 and so I will probably stay home until then and then I may take off to drive back to Utah so I can visit Granny for a few days.  Dad gets home on the 25^th of June.  Depending on what happens with Briana and the baby, we (Dad and I) will then probably take off to go be with Briana when she has the baby.  If it comes before Dad comes home, I will travel by myself.

Everything here this last week has been about the same.  I have 4 more work days until the school year is over.  I can’t wait.  It seems that it has been a long time coming.  I am sooooo tired and am looking forward to some time off.  I’m not sure what I’m going to be doing with my class for the next few days.  I kind of am making it up as I go along.  I’m trying to keep them in some kind of routine as things seem to go better when you do that.  I feel like I have a pressure cooker in my room and the water is boiling and I’m trying to keep the lid on without it blowing off.  I think that there is supposed to be a student-faculty kickball game tomorrow and so I’ll probably take my kids out to watch that.  At least for a little while.

We had Stake Conference this weekend.  I attended last night’s adult session but could not go this moring to the general session.  I’ll give you three guesses as to what the main topic was and the first two don’t count. Ministering!!  That seems to be the trend now.  Every meeting that we’ve had since April has had that as a topic.

So, how is the missionary work going? I’m proud of your district for meeting their goal of finding new investigators.  Are any of them progressing?  Transfers should be coming up soon.  Do you think that you will be transferred?  When should all that take place, if it happens?

Well, that’s a wrap for this week.  I sure love you.  Brother Basil Johnson was asking about you yesterday.  Be good and do good. 

Love,

Mom