Sorry for the delay in forwarding this e-mail, but I had my monthly catch-up call with my sister, Jo, in South Carolina, and those catch-up calls last for hours! (smile)
This second e-mail from Jaimee, (Hermana Flores), is such a testimony to me of the power of the Lord to help His children, (and especially His missionaries), in times of need. Jaimee sounded so down in the last e-mail, (as you read earlier), as she was still transitioning to South American culture, and the new and very different Peru MTC, (CCM), and different food, a different language, different friends, new companions, new district, the Chuck Norris of Peru work outs, and all of this during a holiday season!!! Wow, what a difference the Lord can make in one week in the heart and mind and soul of a one of His servants, when given the chance! We were so relieved to hear that Jaimee is doing so much better now, and getting used to everything in another country, and learning the language a little better every day, and starting to feel like she fits in there. Jaimee is one of our most resilient ones, for sure, and it sounds like she is still showing her true colors when the going gets tough! ("You go girl!") And it is wonderful to see our prayers - ALL of OUR prayers - being answered for our missionaries serving all over the world! Please keep praying with us for Jaimee, as well as all the missionaries serving throughout the globe, because we know that there will certainly be more difficult times ahead for Jaimee and others serving so faithfully! It just goes with the territory. So this week, we will see how her spirits are in her e-mail to us, and we will keep you updated for sure!
Thank you ALL again for all the love, support, friendship and prayers for Jaimee (Hermana Flores)! And may this holiday season bring all of us great joy and blessings of peace and hope as we ponder the love that our Savior and Heavenly Father have for each of us!
We love you!
-Amy and Renier
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From: Jaimee Flores
Sent: Tue, Dec 7, 2010 1:57 pm
Dear Family!!!
I know it's only Tuesday, but I guess tomorrow is some crazy Peru holiday, so they had us switch our temple day to today, so they changed our p-day for this week, which is probably why I didn't get an email from you guys... But it's okay!!! Anyways, this week has gone by so fast!!!! I can't believe I have been out over a month! WOW! It truly is a reality check on my part. I realize how precious this time is and how lucky and blessed I am to be here in Peru and serving the Lord! Today was awesome! The temple here in Peru is so little.... I mean tiny! But it's fun doing sessions in Spanish!!!! ha-ha. Oh wow!!! I am loving the MTC here more, and more, and my Spanish is getting better everyday. I really enjoy my personal study time though, because I get to really study the gospel in the language that I am fluent in and it's awesome! I truly realize how awesome the scriptures are, and everyday all I want to do is read them! I have been studying the atonement a lot this week, reading a lot in Luke and it is amazing!!! I can really feel the Spirit when I read about the atonement, and I want to challenge all of you this week during the sacrament to really think about it, and what it means to you. I can't even imagine the suffering Jesu Cristo went through for all of us. It's such an amazing sacrifice, done with love, that everybody deserves to know about, and I have the blessing in my life, and opportunity, to go out and share this message with the people of Peru and Ecuador! I promise you, as a representative of the Lord, that as you really ponder and think about these things, you will find great comfort in the fact that you have a child out serving the Lord, and I hope you can feel the Lord's love for your sacrifice!
Well, they put the rest of the Christmas lights up around the CCM and the other night, they let us all go and hang-out outside for half an hour to enjoy it! They're fun!!! (with the music) The food here is getting better.... or I am just getting used to it. They have THE BEST CHURROS here! They are filled with like caramel! We all call those days, "DIA DE CHURRO!" YUMMMYYYYY!!! I am really starting to love my companion and my hall mates. We are all really good friends now, and I am sad they are leaving next week, but excited to see if Hermanas Morlock and Nielsen get to come! Please, please, please, pray for them this week and their travel VISAS. They really want to come to Peru and I think Hermana Morlock might kill somebody if she has to stay 3 more weeks in Provo! ha-ha.
Well, some bad news now.... I GOT THE FLU! Yep! I had it all week and have had a temperature of around 102 degrees for about 3 days. But these past 3 days, I am doing much better! But because of my sickness, they could not let me go out and proselyte on Saturday. So I had to stay here and sleep. But I am excited for this Saturday to go out and do it! My Spanish isn't that good, and I have a hard time understanding the natives, but I hear it's great fun!
So how are things with all of you?!?!?!? Anything exciting happening in Utah? How is the SNOW? WOW, I really miss the snow, believe it or not! It doesn't even feel like December here! ha-ha. How is Jordan doing? I haven't heard from him in a long time!!!! Please give me some updates on him and his mission! And let him know how I am doing too! Mom, I heard you wrote Hermana Nielsen a letter. WHAT DID IT SAY!? ha-ha
Mom, I got to play the piano the other day, not for anybody, but just for fun. It was nice to be able to play! My teachers here are really cool! One is really, really, really, cute! But he is proposing to his novia this Christmas. Haley, there is a guy here I really want to marry! ha-ha His name is Elder Frank and he is Jordan's height! He is super, super, super, tall! ha-ha. Whenever he is bored, he likes to talk deep doctrine stuff. It's funny to hear his doctrinal theories! That's what we do when we are bored in the CCM, just talk more scripture talk. But I truly love the scriptures! They make me very happy, and am sad I didn't realize how great they really were until now.
So, some more bad news.... We are definitely NOT allowed to call home for Christmas or from the airport, but maybe from the mission home when we get to Ecuador. I am not sure, but either way, it's all good, I guess. These are the rules of the CCM and I have to abide by them, especially now that I need the blessings with the language! ha-ha.
The natives here are funny. This elder in my district - Elder Assante - has a Latino companion that likes to learn English phrases. So he writes what he wants down in Spanish for Elder Assante to translate for him. And the other day, he brought over a piece of paper and asked him to translate it word for word, and the translation was: "Are you a missionary, or what thing are you?" And Elder Assante was like, "Do you want me to correct any of it, or change it?" And he said "No", so Elder Assante was like, "Okay, here you go." And the Latino elder ran down the hall and kept asking, "Are you a missionary, or what thing are you?" ha-ha. It was SOOOOO funny!!!!
We get like an hour to e-mail here in the CCM, so it's much better when e-mailing you! Well, I am going to send you guys some pictures in a different e-mail. I hope you like them! I hope all of you are doing well. I am very happy - the happiest I have ever been! I love being on a mission and I wish all of you guys could experience this! Peru is awesome! The people are awesome, and the culture is amazing! I am truly blessed!!! I love you guys and I will e-mail you next week. I think my p-day will be on Wednesday! Otra vez... please pray for the Hermanas still in Provo that they get their VISAS!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
I love you guys more!!!!
-HERMANA FLORES
I know it's only Tuesday, but I guess tomorrow is some crazy Peru holiday, so they had us switch our temple day to today, so they changed our p-day for this week, which is probably why I didn't get an email from you guys... But it's okay!!! Anyways, this week has gone by so fast!!!! I can't believe I have been out over a month! WOW! It truly is a reality check on my part. I realize how precious this time is and how lucky and blessed I am to be here in Peru and serving the Lord! Today was awesome! The temple here in Peru is so little.... I mean tiny! But it's fun doing sessions in Spanish!!!! ha-ha. Oh wow!!! I am loving the MTC here more, and more, and my Spanish is getting better everyday. I really enjoy my personal study time though, because I get to really study the gospel in the language that I am fluent in and it's awesome! I truly realize how awesome the scriptures are, and everyday all I want to do is read them! I have been studying the atonement a lot this week, reading a lot in Luke and it is amazing!!! I can really feel the Spirit when I read about the atonement, and I want to challenge all of you this week during the sacrament to really think about it, and what it means to you. I can't even imagine the suffering Jesu Cristo went through for all of us. It's such an amazing sacrifice, done with love, that everybody deserves to know about, and I have the blessing in my life, and opportunity, to go out and share this message with the people of Peru and Ecuador! I promise you, as a representative of the Lord, that as you really ponder and think about these things, you will find great comfort in the fact that you have a child out serving the Lord, and I hope you can feel the Lord's love for your sacrifice!
Well, they put the rest of the Christmas lights up around the CCM and the other night, they let us all go and hang-out outside for half an hour to enjoy it! They're fun!!! (with the music) The food here is getting better.... or I am just getting used to it. They have THE BEST CHURROS here! They are filled with like caramel! We all call those days, "DIA DE CHURRO!" YUMMMYYYYY!!! I am really starting to love my companion and my hall mates. We are all really good friends now, and I am sad they are leaving next week, but excited to see if Hermanas Morlock and Nielsen get to come! Please, please, please, pray for them this week and their travel VISAS. They really want to come to Peru and I think Hermana Morlock might kill somebody if she has to stay 3 more weeks in Provo! ha-ha.
Well, some bad news now.... I GOT THE FLU! Yep! I had it all week and have had a temperature of around 102 degrees for about 3 days. But these past 3 days, I am doing much better! But because of my sickness, they could not let me go out and proselyte on Saturday. So I had to stay here and sleep. But I am excited for this Saturday to go out and do it! My Spanish isn't that good, and I have a hard time understanding the natives, but I hear it's great fun!
So how are things with all of you?!?!?!? Anything exciting happening in Utah? How is the SNOW? WOW, I really miss the snow, believe it or not! It doesn't even feel like December here! ha-ha. How is Jordan doing? I haven't heard from him in a long time!!!! Please give me some updates on him and his mission! And let him know how I am doing too! Mom, I heard you wrote Hermana Nielsen a letter. WHAT DID IT SAY!? ha-ha
Mom, I got to play the piano the other day, not for anybody, but just for fun. It was nice to be able to play! My teachers here are really cool! One is really, really, really, cute! But he is proposing to his novia this Christmas. Haley, there is a guy here I really want to marry! ha-ha His name is Elder Frank and he is Jordan's height! He is super, super, super, tall! ha-ha. Whenever he is bored, he likes to talk deep doctrine stuff. It's funny to hear his doctrinal theories! That's what we do when we are bored in the CCM, just talk more scripture talk. But I truly love the scriptures! They make me very happy, and am sad I didn't realize how great they really were until now.
So, some more bad news.... We are definitely NOT allowed to call home for Christmas or from the airport, but maybe from the mission home when we get to Ecuador. I am not sure, but either way, it's all good, I guess. These are the rules of the CCM and I have to abide by them, especially now that I need the blessings with the language! ha-ha.
The natives here are funny. This elder in my district - Elder Assante - has a Latino companion that likes to learn English phrases. So he writes what he wants down in Spanish for Elder Assante to translate for him. And the other day, he brought over a piece of paper and asked him to translate it word for word, and the translation was: "Are you a missionary, or what thing are you?" And Elder Assante was like, "Do you want me to correct any of it, or change it?" And he said "No", so Elder Assante was like, "Okay, here you go." And the Latino elder ran down the hall and kept asking, "Are you a missionary, or what thing are you?" ha-ha. It was SOOOOO funny!!!!
We get like an hour to e-mail here in the CCM, so it's much better when e-mailing you! Well, I am going to send you guys some pictures in a different e-mail. I hope you like them! I hope all of you are doing well. I am very happy - the happiest I have ever been! I love being on a mission and I wish all of you guys could experience this! Peru is awesome! The people are awesome, and the culture is amazing! I am truly blessed!!! I love you guys and I will e-mail you next week. I think my p-day will be on Wednesday! Otra vez... please pray for the Hermanas still in Provo that they get their VISAS!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
I love you guys more!!!!
-HERMANA FLORES
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