Pisco Zone

I have good news for you. I received the ATM card today from FedEx. I'm amazed at how fast it arrived... exactly one week from the day you sent it. Thanks for the help with the card, because now I can breathe easy when we fall short on money. I can't believe that nearly a month has already passed and we're going into December. The funny thing is, the tortillas are still edible, but I don't know for how much longer. I still have one box of cereal, the peanut butter and the jelly. The cookies made it but in crumbles. It didn't matter anyway because they were all gone in 3 days.

I owe my companion Elder Dominguez about 50 Nuevo Soles, and I plan on paying that debt today since I got my card. We had a baptism yesterday at the last minute before the Sacrament Meeting. His name is Jaime Chacaliaza, a man around 40 years of age, and on Thursday he said he wasn't too enthusiastic about being baptized because he was supposedly going to Lima. However, on Saturday night he suddenly changed his mind; so my companion and I had to do the interview Saturday night, and perform the baptism on Sunday morning 30 minutes before church started all in a breeze. Generally the baptisms are done on Saturdays, and the confirmation on Sundays, but we had a crazy change of plans, and I got to baptize Jaime... 3 times. He had difficulty submerging himself under the water (or maybe I'm not strong enough) but we managed. I felt a bit embarrassed since it was my first time baptizing someone. I guess practice makes perfect assuming the person you're baptizing isn't heavier than you by a lot.

Our zone has about 18 baptisms for this month, which surprised me. I'm still getting used to the heat in Pisco since I haven't walked this much in my life. Here in Peru the people eat these cakes with candies inside during Christmas. They're called paneton, and all of the Elders in my zone love them. I've tasted one, but I didn't like it that much. That's all I got for these few weeks in Pisco. Now that I have money I'll be able to send the CD with more photos. Tell my family that I miss them, and our friends in Oceanside 3rd Ward that I miss them too and that the emails from the bishopric were greatly appreciated. Can't wait to talk to y'all in Christmas. Love you all, and take care.