Week 45, New Area

Hi, Dad.  Glad things are going well with work. Wow, I'm sorry to hear that Brother Auger has been sick! I'm sad to hear that, but I'll be praying that he'll be alright. My buddy Matt, if you remember who that is, left last week for the Pennsylvania mission, so that's pretty sweet.   I'm in a new sector, living on the shores of Lake Titicaca (I forgot my cable so I'll send pictures next week).  Here now in Puno, Peru.  It's awesome!   It is freezing cold, and it's going to get colder but I like it a lot.  It is much different because it's pure city, so contacting is a little different. Instead of answering the door, they answer the window, ha ha.  (the usual answer is "I have my religion" then the window shut response).  In Puerto Maldonado I was used to getting into pretty much every single door.  Here it is not like that, but there is a stake here, so the only thing that can hold back our success is the free agency of the people and our obedience and strive.   My new companion is awesome.  Elder Gonzalez is from Guatemala.  He's great and we're working very good.  It was nice yesterday for the first time in my mission to be in a ward with a chapel full of members!  I almost forgot what that was like.  We're working on looking for new investigators.  We have challenged a few people to baptism at the door, and we're getting some cool new investigators.  One investigator I thought was a returned missonary trying to mess with us but it turns out he's real! ha ha.  We were sharing scriptures, and he's like, yeah, but here in this verse it says this, and stuff like that.  It's a good thing I study the Bible!   Apparently there are mermaids in the lake here and it's dangerous to be out after 11.  Many believe that Atlantis is under Lake Titicaca, so who knows ha ha.  My new family that we eat with is awesome and it's fun to listen to all the stories.  When I was in Puerto I was told that there was a lost city of gold, too.   Everything is going good.  I hope you guys have a great week, love you, Aaron