San Juan de Lurigancho is a district in Lima, Peru, located in the area known as Cono Este. It is sometimes referred to as simple "SJL" on various forms of transportation. With a current population that may have exceed one million people, it is the country's most populous district and possibly one of the largest urban neighbourhoods in the world.
MOST RECENT LETTER FROM SPENCER-
Sent: Mon, May 3, 2010 11:05 am
Subject: Hola
Well i have been transferred! I am in MachuPicchu!!! en serio but its not the Machu Picchu that you know, but in some ways it looks similar. i am in the zone Canto Grande which is in Lima and the distric San Juan Lurigancho-which is the district that will be part of Lima North. So with only one transfer before the switch it looks like i will be in Lima North, but i know that the decision comes from the Prophet and the quorem of 12 so im not worried. It is a little sad though because of the 8 gringos in my entry group i am the only one right now in SJL which will be part of North. But my new companion es lo maximo!! His name is Elder Pozo, and he is a life long member from Lima misma. i have to respect the elders that are here serving so close to their home...i couldn't do it. its kinda wierd being here only because its so close to my old area. when people ask i say ya vengo de Zarate cercito no mas or i was in Zarate no far from here. when i first heard i was a little upset i thought maybe provincia but when i arrived it felt right and i am happy to serve wherever the Lord wants me. One thing that is way cool is that my new comp was the trainer of one of the missionaries in my group, who was also my comp in the MTC, Elder Porter.
Querida Mami
Dont worry about not congradulating me, its only 6 months after all. but the time is really flying. i need to know solamente how much money to pull out, so tell por favor in the next email. i dont think i will be able to send you a letter this week but i will try for next week. we dont have a serpost in nuestra area so we can only send letters on lunes, pero we also can only write letters on Lunes so im going to have to try and figure this out. ummm no i dont do my own laundry pero bleach pens are lo maximo especialment with ties and they are impossible! to find down here. Gracias por sending the email to Jon, Kruse was a mutual amigo in the MTC, but went home for medical reasons, i just thought jon would like to know. i dont think you knew Kruse but he was my comp in the CCM the last 3 weeks i was there.
ya sorry about all the spanish, sometimes its just easier. but i dont think i am going to try and stop b/c you guys seem to like it. ahh Cesar, ya he raised his and in contra de los profetas so we left him, lol just kidding. but he does have a hard schedule so i only saw him like one time after. now i am in a new area so i cant really say.
Gracias mami por tu email and all of your support. i cant wait to call you. we are going to cally today to set up the call during the week and i am way excited. know that i love you and pray for you. There is really nothing more i can say.talk to you soon. lovae ya bye!
Con amor
Elder Spencer Fogleman
Tu Hijo
Querido Papi
as you will already know i got transfered this week so yes there is something knew! lol and dont worry about not writing again, you congradulated me on my 6 months and it just means i get two this week! besides i know you were busy, i still cant believe sarah is married its really wierd to think. this week in Zarate we had one baptism planned that i will miss and like 5 more people who are ready that just need to accept the baptism. but i am here now in Machupicchu, but i didnt leave Elder Stoler, my replacement and other gringo, without people to teach. This week we had a baptism here in bueno Canto nuevo i failed to mention that we have a pretty big area and dos barrios ( two wards) the baptism was in barrio canto nuevo but was last monday i was only present for the confirmation this sunday b/c transfers are mid week. we have about four planned this month but others who can also be baptized. my area also is almost all hills its in Lima but doesnt really feel like it. everyday up and down the hills, i am starting to lose even more weight lol.
Yeehaaw shaun finished, i knew he could but was starting to think that he wasnt going to. only 12days away! i dont remember how many days i had left but it was defenitely more than 12 lol. Congradulate him for me. i dont really know why but i am so proud.
ya i am bouncing back and forth from spanish to english a lot. sometimes its just easier to say what i want to say and express myself in spanish. it sounds like you like it but if not i can try to change it. i already explained it to mom but she said it was cool. i cant believe Stephanie is going to have a baby so soon. its wierd to not be there. i still remember the birth of kaleia.
ya right now im not running with the changes but maybe we will start again we could never go very far becasuse we have a time limit of 30 mins but it felt good to run again. good luck with your running too. i would rate my spanish about a 7 because i really do understand almost everything said to me but speaking is another story, especially with all the rules about subjunctive and all that.
Well dad thanks for everything; for your advice and love and for all your help growing up. i love and will talk to you soon. i have to go but say hi to everyone for me.
Con Amor
Elder Spencer Fogleman
Tu Hijo
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