New, but familiar...

Hello a todos,

Well, this week has been good and bad. Good because Elder Lozano and I get along super well and we talk a lot and really are getting to love each other more and more. Bad because we didn`t really work because we were talking so much, the first couple days we were trying to have citas with people, but they all fell through and we had an investigator drop us. And then the rest of the time we just let the time go. But this week we`re determined to go out and work and go lots of good in the Lord`s vineyard. I also think that to some extent it has been good for us to get a strong relationship in place first, seeing as many times that hasn`t happened, but I know that`s no excuse either for not working, so we`ll do better.

And yeah, Monday and Tuesday were interesting, Elder Ochoa got really sad. I think more than anything because he`d known he was staying, but then had an emergency change in the changes. And anyone who knew that something was going to happen and then it didn`t when they were hoping it would, would get sad. So it`s understandable, but that`s just one more reason why the changes are confidential until Monday morning. And why I`m so strict there. But yeah, I`m doing my best to think good about him despite feeling at times like I felt a year ago with Elder Quevedo, but this time I feel like I passed the test! Because I was trying really hard to get along with Elder Ochoa and to accept being with him again if the Lord were to require it. And so I feel like I passed the test.

And now there`s a new test! Getting back into the groove of taking the lead and the initiative. Because Elder Lozano is super great, he reminds me of Elder Rodriguez (although I picked him up from the airport in June with the second group of new missionaries that I picked up) because we get along so well. At least at this point it seems like he`s proving wrong my hypothesis that I can only get along with greengos and not with Latinos. So it`s good.

Wednesday we visited a couple people, but no one accepted us. Thursday we tried a few more, but nothing much. Friday morning I had an interview with President Herrera along with the rest of the zone that hadn`t had an interview yet. We talked about a lot of different things, the longest interview so far with him. And when he comes for the zone conference he`ll do me a Temple Recommend interview, because mine expires at the end of the month. And that is something very important to have active!

Also, I`m officially extended!!!! I`m now ending the 15th of May which will land me home in a plane the morning of the 16th which is a Wednesday. That give me 42 days more to work here in the Lord`s vineyard and do His work among the people here in Perù. It`s going to be great! #BestYetToCome #FlyingFinish #ServicePower

And then Saturday we put together a ward activity where Elder Lozano found a Mickey Mouse head to goof around with as we played some competition games, despite small numbers of people we had loads of fun! We made an obstacle course, questions and a crossword puzzle that they had to solve. And the hermanas did a scripture treasure hunt. They hid candies with scriptures and worked that all together.

Yesterday it hailed a lot, it looked like snow on the window sill, but yeah. Fun stuff.

Keep doing good and hasta la pròxima!

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Hurrah for Israel!

~Elder Fincher