Daddy, I am in puno with lake titikaka, there really isnt fall here, its just cold all year. but we are going into the dry, cold season. its nothing compared to russia i am sure, but man its still cold here! especially because there is no hot water and no indoor heating. youre just cold all the time. During the day, it still gets hot because we are at such a high altitude, the sun just burns you, but at night, holy lanta. its cold. and all the buildings are of cement, so its like sleeping in a giant refrigerator haha.
Momma, i did get your package, thank you! also, there is a western union in my sector, thank you!!! I am soooo excited!!! right now there is a sick ferria and they are selling everything super cheap!!!! Holla. oh and mom and dad, ANNIVERSARY!!!! i dont know how many years you have together, but its a lot. i love you both, and i am grateful to have you for parents.
Destin i love your pictures!!! its so cool to see you are still alive. i know you are, but after such a long time, it helps to see pictures to remind me. i cant wait to see all your pictures of your mission, that will be awesome.
Rachel, how cute are your kids? so adorable! man boston is huge! and maddie too, they look 100 percent like the adams family haha. David, your kid is cute too, just you never send me pictures!!!!
Welp we have another baptism scheduled for this week, Miguel. He is sooooo awesome! he is 12, and he is Yennys little brother, yenny who got baptized last week. WE had a lesson with him last week, and he told us he had a dream jesus told him to be baptized on his birthday next year in march..... hmmm. that was hard to know how to react to that. so we prayed all week, and we had a lesson with him yesterday after church, and we were all prepared to teach him why he shouldnt wait, and when we started, i asked when he felt god wanted him to be baptized, and he responded "saturday." we sat for a sec in silence, and i said "...which saturday...?" and miguel responded "this saturday. i want to be baptized this saturday, and then recieve the preisthood." We sat in shock, and just sat in silence looking at this kid, thinking... "wait....what?" hahah he was soooooo set on getting baptized in a year!!! so we are getting everything ready for this saturday. Very cool. Things are going well in this sector, i really love puno! the people here rock. very set in their ways, but when they change, they change forever.
Welp i love you guys tons and tons. hope everything is going well for you all, and that you all have a good week. Ill talk to you soon for mothers day!!! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AGAIN!!! LOVE.
LOVE, Hermana Swartz.
