Elder Max Merritt

DEC 3, 2018 Well I'm going to start from where the day actually started, at about 2. I was in a funk all morning, had no confidence in the language... but then my zone leader, Elder Norman, I was talking to him about how Gatorade was my favorite during soccer, and he looked at me so seriously and said, Elder Merritt you are my favorite, do not worry about the language. Just serve the mission and try to learn as much as possible, if you pick up Spanish that is a bonus! You are an amazing missionary! I had not even told him I was angry with the language. He made my day and bestowed confidence back in me! By the grace of God! Oh that's something I have started saying, it means their are no coincidences in the world, we are part of a plan and the grace of God is the little tender mercies in life!  But anyway after that I got a hair cut and it's sooooooooo Latino! But you know I'm Elder Merritt I can pull off anything! haha I look so freaking good with it! In my opinion!...

Nov 26, 2018 Today was a 2 ice cream kind of a day, first I apologize for any spelling mistakes, the Spanish computers here say everything is spelled wrong. haha second I know why Peruvians are the worst and the best drivers, after September their are no laws on the roads so its grand theft auto in this place! people are going point A to B and they do not care how they get there! Today started with soccer with the whole zone so I saw huff and 3 other gringos and was able to speak English! It was so nice! We beat the Latinos in soccer.. pretty proud of that! I got sun burned pretty bad, kind of surprised it didn't happen sooner. Then we went to go get ice cream, awesome! We had dinner at our cook's house, I say cook because I can't spell her actual title, but it's nothing glorious. haha they went home and we went to email, but no one has computers here so we have to go to this computer place and it's weird, all the Latinos play Fortnite. but we ran out of internet ...

Nov 14, 2018 I have scripture study right now so I will type fast! Today we went to the temple and did an endowment session in Spanish! I still love it! This place is awesome! After the temple we had 4 hours of free time so I put on my people clothes and it was the first time I have worn jeans and a t'shirt in a month! so everyone was super shocked to see me! Huff got another package, he got root beer and Coke I asked for some but he dodged my questions. I love you guys goodnight! Nov 15, 2018 Today was a nice day! Typical eggs for breakfast and chicken and rice for lunch and dinner. Physical activity time we played volleyball and that was really fun! I am really loving the scriptures right now! I am flying out to the field soon and I am really excited! A girl from my mission says she lives there and I asked how the city was and she said it's not that great and it's super hot... but the people are amazing! hahaha I am excited! I love you guys and hope you stay safe ...