Hey familia and amigos, I made it to Peru finally. Luckily we were given time to rest for 2 hours to do whatever we want, such as unpack or take naps. My travel group and I arrived in Lima at 11pm, and we were excited to finally stretch our legs. I had thought that going towards Lima in missionary attire wouldn't attract much attention, but I was mistaken because we had many people at the Utah airport calling out ",Good luck, Elders!"
On top of that, we also had some missionary... practice on board the airplane. I had sat next to a woman who was going to Lima, and she asked me about the mormons and why we are different from other churches, so I taught her the first lesson about the restoration. She was nice and willing to listen, so I gave her a pass-along card. However, as if that wasn't enough, there was a group of people who were going on a two week mission trip to Peru, just like our friend Jaime did. On top of that, we just happened to be sitting by a large group of girls who were going on their mission trip. They asked us some questions about our church and what we believed in, so we taught them, but then the ringleader girl would jump back at us and wouldn't hear the message. Her friends were willing to listen and wanted to know more, but Rose the ringleader wasn't. They were nice though, and wished us luck.
The biggest bump was an old baptist minister from Georgia who came to me on the plane asking about why the BOM said Jesus was born in Jerusalem, but the bible said he was born in Bethlehem. And also he tried to twist my words and started to say stuff like, "Now you mean to tell me that our bible is false, and your book is more correct? Cause it's one or the other." Thankfully, I asked one of the elders to help me out, and he saved our dillema with his testimony and words because he was from Georgia, and was able to talk to the minister named Jeremy. I thanked Elder Fortenberry later for helping me out.
Well I got 3 minutes left on this email, so I'll wrap this up. The computer keyboards here have different keys and are placed all weird. We got to Lima at 11pm, but our luggage took about 45 minutes to come out. When we finally got our luggage and passed through customs, we found our bus driver and loaded up at around 1230 am. The drive to the CCM was about 40 minutes, and after unpacking and going to bed, it was close to 2am. I love you all, I will send another letter or email soon with another blog entry. Bye
On top of that, we also had some missionary... practice on board the airplane. I had sat next to a woman who was going to Lima, and she asked me about the mormons and why we are different from other churches, so I taught her the first lesson about the restoration. She was nice and willing to listen, so I gave her a pass-along card. However, as if that wasn't enough, there was a group of people who were going on a two week mission trip to Peru, just like our friend Jaime did. On top of that, we just happened to be sitting by a large group of girls who were going on their mission trip. They asked us some questions about our church and what we believed in, so we taught them, but then the ringleader girl would jump back at us and wouldn't hear the message. Her friends were willing to listen and wanted to know more, but Rose the ringleader wasn't. They were nice though, and wished us luck.
The biggest bump was an old baptist minister from Georgia who came to me on the plane asking about why the BOM said Jesus was born in Jerusalem, but the bible said he was born in Bethlehem. And also he tried to twist my words and started to say stuff like, "Now you mean to tell me that our bible is false, and your book is more correct? Cause it's one or the other." Thankfully, I asked one of the elders to help me out, and he saved our dillema with his testimony and words because he was from Georgia, and was able to talk to the minister named Jeremy. I thanked Elder Fortenberry later for helping me out.
Well I got 3 minutes left on this email, so I'll wrap this up. The computer keyboards here have different keys and are placed all weird. We got to Lima at 11pm, but our luggage took about 45 minutes to come out. When we finally got our luggage and passed through customs, we found our bus driver and loaded up at around 1230 am. The drive to the CCM was about 40 minutes, and after unpacking and going to bed, it was close to 2am. I love you all, I will send another letter or email soon with another blog entry. Bye
Emiliano
Hey Emiliano - Good LUCK! We all miss you here!
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