Roselund, Kelsey

We were walking down the street with some elders. One of them is American too. As we were walking there were a bunch of high-school boys and they said,"I've never seen an American before! Can we take a picture?!?!" so the other elder from Utah and I took some pictures with some Peruvians. They were so excited. If you see a picture on Facebook of me with some high school boys let me know lol. The people are so interested in Americans. We had FHE with a family and they turned on some music so that I would sing for them. They played jingle bells and they were all singing. I joined in and then they all got quiet because they wanted to hear how i pronounce the words. It was so funny and awkward.  I am slowly understanding a little more Spanish and am able to have small conversations with people. I just guess what they're asking and hopefully I say the right thing. But the people here are so patient and nice.  We are teaching this 11 year old girl right now. Her brother is ...

Hola hola! This week has been difficult but it was better than last week. I can't understand hardly anything but luckily my companion speaks pretty good English. The other day we were walking and this guy is waving at me and talking to me. I didn't understand what he was saying so I just waved back and said "hola! Buenos tardes!". My companion grabs my arm and tells me to keep walking haha. Apparently that guy was saying "my love! My darling!" but I didn't know that because I don't understand any spanish! Also I'm the only white person here so everyone looks at me as we walk by haha its funny. The American elders here are teaching the Peruvians English. They are teaching them words like clown, jokester, silly goose, ghetto, and YEET!! It's so funny. I've never heard the word yeet more in my life until now haha.  I've learned a lot about Perú these last couple of weeks. There's dogs everywhere here. Some of them are scary. One of t...

Hola amigos!! Welp I finished the MTC and made it to Peru. This week has been so crazy. It was hard saying goodbye to my district and companions but I'm excited to be here in Perú. Honestly this week was kind of difficult. It's a new schedule, new culture  and a new language. I thought I knew some Spanish but apparently I know nothing haha. I just sit and try to understand what is being said. I was able to participate a little bit in a few lessons but most of the time I'm just trying to figure out what is going on.  I've been called greenga so many times this week lol. We were teaching this 17 year old and his family never joins the lessons when the missionaries are there. But because I'm white the family joined and we were able to have a good discussion with them. The people here are super nice and welcoming. There's a lot of work to be done here! I don't have much time so that's all for this week! I love you all and appreciate the prayers! <3 herman...

Okayyyy so guess what?! I got my visa! There were only 2 missionaries out of all 30-40 Peru missionaries at the MTC that got their visa. I was one of them! It's a MIRACLE! I leave for Peru on Monday and I'm so excited. God definitely has a plan for me and there must be someone in Peru that needs me.  This week has been super good. My Spanish is coming along. It's going to be so sad leaving my companions and district. I love them so much and it will be hard saying goodbye. We are still just having classes everyday trying to learn spanish. One night the fire alarm went off, my other two companions had just gotten out of the shower and were running to put clothes on to leave. The cops came and were trying to figure out what happened but no one knows. The very next night we had to go get medicine and as we were walking back, the MTC president stopped and asked us why there were so many people outside after hours. He told us to do better. It was kinda funny haha. Anywaysss, this...