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From: Chaz Hafer <chaz.hafer@myldsmail.net>
Date:07/22/2015 2:48 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: Mellissa Hafer <msmellissa@hotmail.com>
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alright well first of all im sorry for being lame and not writing alot last week. one hour is suuuper tough and its definetly not enough time to email everyone back. ugh...but life goes on and i think one of the most important things i have learned so far here in the CCM is to not stress and worry about little things and dont get frustrated because there is a bigger picture. i truley believe that if you just live your life to your own satisfaction then things will workout in the long run. im starting to actually have converstaions with people now, like today we talk to two ladies who were catholic and they didnt really like alot of the things about the catholic church but they had a true belief in }God and Jesus Chrit and we talked for like 10 minutes and they both agreed to read the book of Mormon which was waaaay cool. and if we doint understand a word they will dummy it down and talk slower so we can understand which is super helpful. all the people here are amazing, i cant wait to be on the streets of Lima all day everyday!!!last friday we tried to speak only spanish for an entire day...it was rough,... but we got through it somehow. its crazy to think that in 3 months i will be near fluent in this language...it jusrt blows my mind.

all the days here just blurr together, the schedule seems like it goes sunday (which is church) wednesday (which is when we get to go outside for 4 hours) and saturday (which is when we plan for the rest of the week). i was made district leader this sunday even though 30 minutes before the branch presidency called me to be the district leader they saw me sleeping during personal study (which has never happened before, but for some reason i was super tired that day).

i have started to teach the natives slang and terms from beack home. i taught one of my teachers and almost all the latinos to say "what up duude" whenever they see me so i hear that all the time and it is hilarious how they say it haha just imagine 4 foot tall people running around saying "what up duude" in a Nacho Libre accent lol its the best thing in the world!!!!

yeserday one of my little latino buddies who is like 3 and a half feet tall was super depressed and sad and he came up to me and my companion in tears because he logged on to email his family and no one had written him and i felt so bad for him because he only spoke spanish and didnt understand english and we didnt know how to comfort him in spanish. and then i remembered that he said he really lioked my tie earlier that day and so i ran up to my room grabbed another tie, because i was wearinbg the tie he lioked and found him again and took off my tie and gave it to him and the little guy just lit up! he was so happy and excited and he made me feel so special even though it was just a plain old tie, but it ment the world to him apparently. and now evertime he sees me he gives me the biggest hug and i just love these little Peruvians!!!!

well thats about all that happened this week, nothing too exciting, just the same old same old here in Perú!!

i also gave a blessing to an hermana on tuesday which is my second blessing i have been asked to give a bleesing her and it worked the first time so fingers crossed it will work agin lol

but seriously its crazy how the spriit takes over and words just come and i promnise things that i would normally never promise and i feel totally confidate and its an amazing experience. i love this gospel, i love these people and i deffinetly love my mission and all the onther missionaries here in the CCM

HMU with some questions if you have any and and cant wait to hear from you!

la iglesia de Jesucristo de los santos de los útimos días es verdad!! hasta luego!!

Elder Hafér lol