Dancing and Ollantaytambo (Mission Update)

 The Sweetest Missionary Ever comes home in 6 days!


This week was a crazy week. A lot has happened but we also worked really hard.

This is Luz, she's a convert and she was dancing in her school so we went to watch. She's really cute. 

Here they are dancing. 

Here's Luz. I'm sure going to miss her! 

We decided to take pictures with this hat. It's one of the traditional hats here in Peru. 

One day we decided to go to Ollantaytambo. It is a tourist lugar about 45 minutes from Urubamba and part of our sector. It is really pretty. 

Here they carry their babies on the back, like this. 

This is a panay skirt. Panay means sister in Quechua and it's what they call the old people or the traditional people here in Peru. Isn't this skirt pretty?! 

I hope you all have a good week! 

Love, Hermana Madsen

June 17, 2019

Trio Take Three (Mission Update)

So I have news! I'm in trio!

This is the trio: Hna Quispe, Hna Cenepo, and I

This is Luz! I am going to miss her so much!

They celebrated Señor de Torrechayoc this last week and it was fun and loud. 

They had a bunch of dancers and different people in costumes. It was way cool to see!

Today for P-day we went to some waterfalls. 

Then as we were returning, we saw that there was a bull show and went to go watch a little. 

June 6, 2019

Make a Wish (Mission Update)

So three days has passed since my last email but here's what happened:

My companion and I really wanted wings so we went out to eat one night.

Make a wish!

Cat!

This is a family we are teaching. She speaks more Quechua than Spanish, which makes it hard to teach, we usually visit with a member that speaks Quechua. Quechua is the language of the Incas, it's an old language that they teach in school and that the old people speak. 

Today for P-day we made tacos. They were pretty good. Delicious. 

Love always, Hermana Madsen

June 3, 2019

Chickens in a Stroller (Mission Update)

So this has been a long week. We've been in Cusco, returned to Urubamba and anxiously waited to see if there changes.... There's not! I'm staying in Urubamba with Hermana Cenepo for my last couple of weeks. 

Monday I got to visit a family I knew in Cusco. This is Cris. 

This is the Grande family.

The funny thing is that here in Peru there are chickens everywhere, and while teaching a family these chickens got into a stroller and they looked pretty comfortable so I had to take a picture. 

Here's some mountain goats on the mountain. Two of them were fighting for the girl.

I hope you have a good week. Love ya! 

❤Hermana Madsen

May 30, 2019

One Long Crazy Week (Mission Update)

This week was a long crazy week, although it has flown on by. My mission is quickly coming to an end. It's flying by.

We have two families that we are working with. One is also listening to Jehovah's Witnesses and are really confused about which church is true. They have a lot of questions. We are working with them. Another is from Venezuela and they are really good, we are concentrating in the kids. Kavier has become a good friend of ours.

Venezolanas are really good cooks and they like to invite us to food. 

Here I am with the family from Venezuela. 

Urubamba is a really pretty place. Lots of tourists. On Sunday two members came and asked us for a Book of Mormon to share with the owner of the place she was staying. 

I am in Cusco today and with Hermana Picuasi while our companions are in Machu Picchu. 

Love you! 

May 20, 2019

Sweet Surprises (Mission Update)

This has been a very tiring week. We had our conference amd one of the 70 was there, Elder Falabella. So that was cool. 

Here I am with my companion, Hermana Cenepo. 

We ran into Luz and her family and had dinner with them. Chicken and fries of course. 

Luz is so sweet. She's a recent convert. 

So the husband of my pensionista wanted to do something for Mother's day so we made cookies. 

Keiver kept taking photos of me. 

Here we are making cookies. 

We brought our investigator to help us make cookies. And had to take pictures while we were doing the cookies. Their name is Oriana (13) and Keiver (10). 

I burnt the first batches of cookies. My pensionista called them chocolate and chocolate chip cookies. 

We also helped to make cards. Well the Elders halped as well. Then we  played soccer. 

Then Sunday we handed them out but outseide because our Branch president didn't want us to do inside the church. 

And today we had a water balloon fight with the Elders here in Urubamba and Calca. It was a lot of fun. 

Love you all! Hermana Madsen

May 13, 2019