Okay so first off, to tell you how it all happened, I'll start with yesterday night (Sunday). So all week I was telling everyone that I was bouncing to Huaraz, even though I had no idea yet. The call came in Sunday night and Elder Diaz said that Elder Aldea is going to Chimbote and that I'm going to Huaraz!! I. Lost. My. Mind! Elder Aldea and I started going nuts haha. He started throwing things at me though haha. Holy cow I'm HYPED! My new companion is going to be Elder Mori. I think he is just barely finishing his capacitacion (training). I'm going to miss Moche a TON. I love this place.. but I'M GOING TO HUARAZ. Oh and I'm going as District Leader again so that's cool. But yeah, anyway to cool down the hype....
This week we have been so so exhausted every day! We have been working like crazy, getting the things ready for the sisters, cleaning the room, saying goodbye to everyone, etc. On Wednesday we got a call from the young men's president (who is away for work) and told us his wife needed a blessing as well as his mother, so the four of us went over there and watched "To This End Was I Born", then gave them both blessings. It was a super spiritual experience. It was great. I didn't give the blessing but I always love that opportunity because I just feel like the Lord is speaking directly through me and it's such a great experience.
Really, this week we haven't done anything too crazy. On Friday I was reading 2 nephi 21 and it straight took me an HOUR to analyze the verse and figure out what it meant and who it was referring to. Not only that, but when I completed 1 year, all my studies started in Spanish, not English, so if I don't understand something, I look it up in the Spanish dictionary. So yeah, it's pretty hard in the Isaiah verses, which I just conveniently happened to hit the Isaiah verses when I started my full Spanish studies. Ha. Love it.
Other than that, we had a multi estaca conferencia (stake conference) and got to hear from 2 Seventies, one of which was Juan Uceda, who´s from Perú, and also Elder Cook, as well as Sister Mckonkie. All but Elder Cook spoke in Spanish which was cool. And the first 70 gave this super great talk about the tree of life and analized the story a bunch. It was such a great talk! The closing hymn was "Para siempre Dios esté con Vos" which is "God Be With You till We Meet Again." Ha. Love it. Hermana Ana was crying and when I looked over at her, I started crying and couldn't look back at her or I would've been bawling. I'm going to miss that family a ton.
Apart from that, yesterday Elder Daza and Elder Mayta went to talk to president and when they came back at night for dinner with the assistant, Elder Hart, all of Elder Mayta's things were packed.. he's going home tomorrow.. I started to cry because that's super hard. I love the kid to death but he has some medical things he needs to try to fix back at home. Poor guy. I love that kid. He wants to come back though. He says, "2 to 3 months and I'm back."
Oh by the way, my BOY Elder Stroud is the new assistant!! Hyped out of my MIND for him. He's going to be a great assistant!
So yeah, this week has been a bit crazy, but it's all about to start over in my new area in HUARAZ!! Love it. Anyway, that's it for today. I love you all and pray you're all well!
Love, ya boy en HUARAZ, Elder Rokovitz
With Ana's son Abraham. Abraham is the one that we workout with in the mornings doing boxing.
Me and Elder Aldea with Ana and her family. I'm going to miss them so much.
Us with the Rosales family.
I love these people so much.
Elder Aldea and me with Ana. She and her family have been so good to us. (The day Cory was transferred, we got a message from Ana that said - "Sister, sadness. Embarks our son to Huaraz. Is nice tourist place but I die of pain. I pray a lot for our son, I want him to do well in Huaraz, and they feed him well. Thank you sister for giving me your son and the service he gives in Trujillo Peru. It's all for you and your husband because he is the reflection of you.
We love you and we look forward to your visit.")
Elder Mayta always ate a tiny amount of food so Ana played a "little" joke on him haha.
Found Elder Daza with a facial mask on hahahahaha. (We noticed one of Cory's senior pictures in his football jersey in the background on Ana's little shelf. I think he must be pretty special to them.)
Puppies! A member has 7 of them.
A family that we just barely started to gain confidence with....and now we are both leaving. Hopefully they'll love the sisters.
My companion sleeping hahahaha.
The three "cabezas de coco" (the three coco heads)
Me with Elder Callejas. He goes home this transfer.
Both of these pictures (here and below) are with our bishop and his wife and little girl.
**This picture came from a ward member on transfer day. She said - "Our embrace. Dear Sister Rokovitz, good morning !!! Very sad because Elder is leaving the neighborhood, but happy because it will bring more love to families who need it ... A huge hug and we will always remember Elder Rokovitz, a great boy. We also love him very much ... For my family, the Elders are little angels that are passing through, but leave much love in our hearts. Hopefully someday we'll see each other again. Huge hugs and kisses sister, from Trujillo-Moche-Peru."
**Another sister made bread and cheese as a gift for Cory. She said - "Hi hermana. I am very sad. My nephew Rokovitz is going to Huaraz. (She calls him her "nephew")
But happy to spoil him and your son stole my heart.
This was the bread and cajamarca cheese that I gave as my gift."
The rest of these pictures were part of the ones that didn't come through last week. Cory didn't really give much explaination of what they were about other than it is a place called Chan Chan and it's the biggest city of mud in the world. They are pretty cool to look at though.
