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Hayley Imbler	9:19 AM (11 hours ago)
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I´M ALIVE!!! Ok I guess none of you heard, because it wasn´t that big of a thing, but I lived through a 5.8 earthquake! Last Monday was Pday and my companion and I went to one of the very few malls here in Lima North because my companion needed some new shoes. So we were in Payless (surprise that they had that here, but the shoes aren´t as good of quality haha) and we were looking around, then all of the sudden the windows started shaking, and then everything else. People started running and yelling that the roof was going to fall, but after a little bit it passed. Hermana Cruz and I of course were both freaking out because neither of us has ever felt an earthquake. But hey everything is all good now! Later that day we went to look for Cheyla, but she wasn´t there so we ended up talking with one of the less active sisters (she is the mom of Cheyla´s boyfriend) and her other son Alonso. We found out that he hasn´t been baptized yet, so we are working with him to prepare to be baptized this month! It was also Cesar´s birthday so we went to celebrate a little with him, Nayeli, and Estefanni. 

Tuesday was a day I will never forget.. We had our normal District meeting and then went to lunch. We were walking to one of our lessons with Rosario (a little girl who got baptized before I came). There was construction in the street and so everything was a little messy. I stepped off the curb and felt a really sharp pain in my foot.. so I stepped again and it was worse.. I yelled for my companion.. I sat back down on the curb and some kind of nail-ish thing had gone through the bottom of my shoe and in to my foot... Ya ouch.. we pulled it out, drained the blood and cleaned it with alcohol... Probably one of the most painful things.. And one of the most frustrating for a missionary who has to walk all day every day! 

Wednesday we painted the outside of a house of some new converts in the ward. A bunch of our zone came so that was super fun. We also were able to find a new investigator, Ricardo who was really receptive. We´ve been struggling a lot to find new investigators lately.. We aren´t receiving many references which are usually our best bet for finding new people to teach! 

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday (Sorry I always combine these days.. I start writing a lot and then I run out of time..) We´ve been working with Brandon a lot this last week to get him ready for his baptism this Saturday and he´s excited to have his Grandpa baptize him. We´ve been visiting Nayeli and Cesar this week as well. they didn´t come to church on Sunday, which made us really sad, we are headed there today to see what happened. We talked to Edgar on Saturday and he was doing pretty good, he´s had problems with the Word of Wisdom in the past, mostly drinking, so we´ve set some goals for him. He went to a wedding Saturday night, and then all day Sunday he didn´t answer his phone and supposedly wasn´t home.. Super sad.. he was also supposed to have his interview to be baptized this Saturday, but now we´re going to have to change the date.. Really sad because he is always really receptive and has a testimony of the Book of Mormon and everything..

Today we are going to find out transfers, so we´ll see how everything goes, where I end up, and with who! Hope you all have a great week! Never forget how much value you have in my eyes and in the eyes of our Heavenly Father. You are all his children, and we are all brothers and sisters, one big family! 

Hermana Imbler