As many know my little brother Stephen is serving a mission in Peru. He is in the MTC in Lima which is called the CCM right now but will soon be headed to Trujillo. As many know who have had siblings and family members serve missions, having them gone for 2 years is difficult especially when you get one email every week, hand written letters here and there and 2 phone calls a year. The key to all of this though is consistency. I look forward to that email every week. It is something that I know is coming and I'm anxious for it to arrive (as many could tell with my last few blog posts). Usually Elder Richards gets to write home on Wednesdays so for the past couple of weeks I have started my letter to him on Tuesday evening so that I can fill him in on everything that has been happening up to that point. Today however, I got a call from my dad saying that he had just received an email from Stephen and that they had switched their day to email to today and that we should all hurry and get letters written to him because he would only be on for another hour. My mom and I were in the kitchen mid dinner preparations and we dropped everything and ran. Literally. There was something on the stove in the middle of cooking and I quickly turned off the stove, moved the pan to another burner and ran to my computer. Luckily we were all able to get something off to him in time for him to get it and respond back to us. Last week we got some pictures of Elder Richards in our email and he looks so handsome! In his letters he sounds so happy to be there and so excited to meet the people of Peru and teach them about the gospel. I honestly couldn't be more proud of him and so excited that he gets to be having these experiences. I guess that eases the sadness of having him away for 2 years.
Stephen is quickly learning the language and is loving the country. Because he is in the CCM he only gets to go out into the town every once and a while but he gets so excited every time that they get to go out and explore and talk to the people. So far he has had very positive and successful experiences with talking to people on the streets of Lima.
Every week beings new challenges and even greater rewards.
Stephen is quickly learning the language and is loving the country. Because he is in the CCM he only gets to go out into the town every once and a while but he gets so excited every time that they get to go out and explore and talk to the people. So far he has had very positive and successful experiences with talking to people on the streets of Lima.
Every week beings new challenges and even greater rewards.
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