Jose Galvez, Independencia

Good Morning!!!!!!

Well it is a great morning here in Independencia, Lima. Its a balmy 65 degrees with about 70% humidity. There is an overcast sky with no chance of sun for four months. Welcome to winter in Lima!!!!

Well Family I have left Los Angeles, it was a great area and a great ward and I left a ton of memories and friends there. I really enjoyed my time there and well like I said, I feel like I did the work that my father in Heaven wanted me to do. I am really happy for the chance to serve as Zone leader there. Now I am here in Independencia, my ward in called Jose Galvez. My companion's name is Elder Peralta, he is District leader here and do you know that that means......... I'm junior companion!!!!!! Haha. After more than six months of serving as Zone Leader the Lord has blessed me with the assignment of Junior Companion. It is great. Haha. I am actually really grateful for this opportunity because now I can put all my energy, knowledge and experience into my area and the people. I now can focus 100% on my area and the people here. I am so happy. My companion is super awesome. He is from the south of Peru and has like 14 months in the mission. It's kind of cool because we were in the same zone once when he started his mission so I know him a little bit. He is super cool, funny, works hard, and is obedient. I am really grateful to be his companion. I am happy that I have the chance to help him and share my knowledge and help him progress. My goal is that he can be Zone Leader after this change.

We are working really hard here in Jose Galvez. It is a great ward. It is in a place that is a lot more developed and civilized. In my area there is the biggest mall in Lima, so that's pretty cool. The people that live in the rich part of my area are a little hard but if you go more up in the hills you can find really good people. This week we focused a lot of finding people and growing our group of investigators. I am super excited to be here and working hard and in peace. As Zone leader it was hard sometimes to focus on my area but know I am 100% focused on my area. I am really happy here and just excited to get to work. We didn't have any investigators come to church this week but little by little we are going to help this area progress. I am excited. 

Today we are going to Lima for the last time in my mission. They told us on Thursday that we were going to day so sorry that I didn't give you anytime to think of stuff that you wanted but I will look and get what I can. In Lima there is all the cheap stuff but if I can't get everything today little bit little I will buy stuff here in my area. Like I said the biggest mall in Lima is in my area so I can definitely buy stuff there. 

But apparently the time has gone out here. Everyone in leaving so well I will talk to you next week with pictures from Lima!!!!!

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!! HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!! BE HAPPY!!!!! :)

The goal is be happy always :)

Elder McIff