Elder Collins

  So this week was pretty good! To start off we went to iquitos on Tuesday night. Nick and i got to go proslighting together that night and we also stayed in their room. Yes, we did share a bed. Nothin funner then sharing a small bed sweating in the jungle with your cousin right? The conference was super good! Really different but still it was great. Pres. Gomez and his wife are great people and are really excited to be here. They feel really honored to replace pres and sister blunck. I dont think they are going to change much at first so thats good. They are both still learning all the basics so its kind of funny to see them do certain things because they are just as new as any new missionary would be. I learned a lot in the conference and it sure did help me a lot with some questions or thoughts that i have had. The new offices are super nice. Crumps desk takes up the whole place and hes got a plasma for a computer screen. Im just saying he might be tempted to watch the restoration all day on that bad boy. haha. While we were there the city of iquitos was on strike against the government. It was pretty crazy. People were rioting in the streets, throwing glass bottles in the roads to pop the tires of the people who wanted to work, burned stuff, tore down trees and what not too! So we didnt up leaving until Thursday afternoon like at 4. I went and visited Sisinio and Hna Nancy Thursday to eat lunch with them. It was so good to see them and they were super happy to see me. Haha it was like i had never left. Best pension ever!  At first the assistants said we couldnt go which bugged me a lot because they knew i wanted to go but then we just got permission from pres. Gomez. I got back super tired. Its hard traveling so much! I dont know how pres. Blunck did it. The two hour car ride to come back isnt the funnest either because its kind of windy the roads and its hard to sleep. On Saturday we had a baptism of Nilser! he is a really good guy who has been attending for about a month or so now. He was really excited but really nervous too. Its been kind of rainy the last week and every morning its cool to see the jungly mountains with haze. It looks like the movies and what not.  Today for pday we are going to go explore some caves the jungle. Should be a fun time. I love you all love reg

P.S.
Hey i was thinking we bought so much stuff that i don't use so i was thinking i should write you guys a list to save you guys the trouble of buying stuff for myles and not using it...

1. A secret pack to put your documents in is not necessary and worthless.

2. You don't need to buy and umbrella, only girls use those and the mission will usually provide one.

3. You don't need to buy those wood molds for the shoes. I think i used them in the mtc and thats it. Just buy really good shoes. Not from mens warehouse! haha It doesnt matter if they are ugly trust me just comfortable and strong. Almost like a tennis shoe boot looking thing

4.  Don't take so many p-day clothes. Its only once a week and you really wont use them that much.

5. I have not used my adapter for the wall outlets once in the field.

6. Don't need to take any books apart from the scriptures. They give you everything in the mtc!

7. Leave your i phone for me.

8. Leave me some clothes too!

9 You start in 2 months..i finish in 3.

10. Love you!!

Elder Collins

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!! I HOPE IT WAS SUPER GREAT! Sorry its a day late but hey it still counts!  I love you a ton have a great day and week love REGGIE!!

FAMILY!!

  Well hey. So this week was pretty good. Im still cleaning up this zone. Before i got here i dont know why but these missionarys were super unfocused and doing a lot of things that they shouldnt do just thinking that our zone is an exception to the rules! There is still work to do Its also been kind of hard because E. Raffagnini is finishing his mission in two weeks and doesnt want to work and since he lives in the same house as us he likes to remind me that im the next one to finish and how many weeks i have left! . So we finished out this month with ten baptisms in all! its not too bad because the last two or three months they have only been getting 4 or so baptisms. We had a great week. We married a family and baptized them too! The Paredes family. They are a great family who have been listening to the missionarys for about a year or so in other parts of the jungle. They always had problems with their paper work to get married but we got that all done and the first of the week so they were able to get married. The dad is super funny and really sarcastic. Like the day of his baptisms we went to his house and he was sleeping and had just woken up so he was tired and looked like he was drinking or something so i said"hno how many beers did you drink" and he looks at me and says " now how are you going to say something like that? After all we have been through and what your teaching me?!....you know i only drink wine!" haha. Hes a lot like sisinio. Speaking of which im going to iquitos tomorrow afternoon for the zone leader conference! im super pumped excited to see that family! Also i think nick arranged it that i spend the night with them in there room! All this week has been celebrations here in moyobamba. They had san juan. san Pedro and pretty much all of the other apostles celebrated here this week. A lot of parades and a lot of beer. Its funny that they drink beer to celebrate the apostles haha. I still dont cook well at all! mom Thanks for the tips on how to cook but i hate to tell you there are not any bell peppers, tortillas or parmesan cheese here in moyobamba! haha. Well maybe there is i just have to look harder! But ill definily try to cook some of those things! Well that pretty much wraps this week up! Hope your all well! i love you have a great week love reg!

Elder Crump

So family to start off, today is not my P day...I don't know when it will be, because all this week we are going to be training the Pres and His wife!  Next week, we are going to have P day on Monday, because we are going to go to that cool outdoor zoo.  After that, I think our

P days are going to be on Thursdays again.  But for this week and the next, it will be normal.  

So great news!! I finally received my card!  And it works! Thanks mom and dad!

So some important news the address to send packages is different here it is:

 

Nicolas Collins Crump

Misión Perú Iquitos

Jr. Napo # 478

Iquitos, Maynas

Loreto, Perú

So if you want to send anything you need to put this new address.

So wow, we are officially in the new misison.  IQUITOS!  It's so great, but their is so much work ahead of us.  So on Saturday, the new president arrived, and seriously they are so nice.  He is shorter than me, and I just want to pick him up and give him a big hug!  haha Sister Gómez is already like another mother.  She is so sweet, and even in her first 5 minutes she was worrying about the missionaries.  They are going to do great!  They are excited, and you can tell how they have such a love for all those around them.  So we took them to their house, and  Hermana Gómez about died when she saw her new kitchen.  She is so excited to start cooking! Haha, we are excited for that too!  So then we let them get all settled in and get a little rest, because they had been flying all day.  So then about 4 hours later we went back to pick them up and take them to the Welcoming Program the members of Iquitos had done for them.  The had this big celebration, with all these dances and special numbers.  They talked about the history of Iquitos, and how wonderful it is now to have an official mission here in the Jungle.  The problem was Presidente started to feel sick and had to leave fast to go to the bathroom.  On the way, he threw up twice.  So me and one of the assistants went with him, and he was just throwing up.  The Peruvian food didn't do him good.  We asked him if he wanted to leave, but he insisted on staying.  He had to leave 2 more times that night to go to the bathroom, but he made it through the performances with a smile.  He is a strong little guy. haha  

So things have been going well in our area.  We had a lesson with Wilder and Maria, and she said that she has prayed and she now knows that Joseph Smith was prophet.  She had said it was always so hard for her to accept him, because of all the rumors and stuff that you can read on the internet about him.  She said that after watching the Joseph Smith movie, and praying she knows he was a prophet, and that this is the ONLY true church on the earth with the Priesthood.  Those were here own words! It was awesome!  So now we just got to get them ready for their wedding.  They are having some doubts about that, and I think it has to do with money issues, but hopefully our ward can help out.  But really, it was such an amazing experience to see her have this change of heart.  Hopefully all will go well, and when she gets back from her visist with her family we can get started on the wedding!

Our other investigators are doing great! Jorge and Eveline are just trying to get everything done with the divorce, but its kind of just a waiting game with them.  Cristian had a big fight with his mom, and now doesn't want to do anything with the church.  We were shocked.  He says he just needs some time to cool off.  But when we went to talk to him, he said he really doesn't want to be apart of the same church as his mom, dispite the fact he knows all that we taught him is true.  It's been frustrating with him, but hopefully he´ll come around.  Right now we really are focusing on the two families that we have.  We are still looking for more, but if all goes well, I know Wilder and Maria will get married and Baptized this month!  Please pray for them!

 

That is so crazy Lexi will be heading out soon!  Like you said, she will make a great missionary. The Philippines will just love her!

Well family, I hope all is well!  Next week, hopefully I'll have some better pictures to send, this past week we havent had too much time!  

All my Love,

 

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Elder Collins

I LOVE IT!!

  Wow im one blessed missionary. Hey family hows everyone doing you all enjoying the summer?! Well im officially in Moyobamba. Only after being alone in a 2 hour flight delay then a hour flight with a rough landing then a 2 hour car ride from the airport in winding mountains i made it! Its awesome here. Its really green and is what i had always pictured what the jungle maybe would be like before knowing it. It really is so beautiful and its a lot more cleaner than Iquitos and a million times more than Lima! 

    So first of all my comps name is Elder Osorto from Honduras. He is the only comp that i have had where i had met him before. he is a good guy and we get along well together. He wasnt super focused as a zone leader before i got here but thats alright because we are going to change that together. Our house is really nice, especially for being in the jungle. 4 of us live together. The other two Elders who live with us are E. Rafagnini and E. Duarte. Im the only gringo but that doesnt even matter to me anymore because sometimes i forget that im a gringo anyways. We dont have a pensionista so we cook our breakfast and dinner. Funny thing...i realized i dont know how to cook. Always thought i could but ya not really. I just bought some packs of pastas and have been cooking that. Also i now give thanks to mom for teaching me how to cook an egg. I do like cooking my own food but i just have to learn how to cook. My area is a branch. Ive never been in a branch before so its intresting working here. The mission is a lot more involved in things with the branches here. Im excited to be here to be able to still work hard. Moyobamba is kind of like how Comas was when i first got there so looks like i gots some more work to do..again! haha I think that its good and its the Lords way of keeping me busy. Im happy that im still zone leader because once every month ill be going to Iquitos to zone leader conference so ill be with Nick. Also ill be able to see sisinio. Yesterday wasnt my Pday so thats why im writing today. We had the farwell of President and Hna Blunch yesterday. Wow it was soo sad for me. It was impossible to fight back the tears. I didnt want them to go. They both kind of gave us there last trainings and advice. They also gave us a white tie with there names on the back and the name of the mission to use in the temple at home. I love President and sister blunck and am so grateful for all they have done for me. It will be wierd with the new Pres. The new president comes on friday i think. We dont really know anything about him yet. We had to go to tarapoto as a zone in a two hour bus ride. So far in my travels we have killed a dog a pig and almost hit a cow. haha. Well hope your all well and doing good. I love you! love reg. 

 

Elder Crump

Oh hey family!  How is it going?  So just as a heads up, I still don't know when we will have our P days.  I think it might go back to thursday, but I dont know.  Tomorrow the offices will be officially done.  Today we are going to take our p day and tomorrow we will go back to the office...I'm a little bummed, but excited to get to work, because their is still so so much to do before Saturday when the new president comes.  Wow, it's so crazy! 

 

This last week we had our goodbye devotional with Presidnent and Hermana Blunck, boy was it sad.  We made this video of them, with pictures of them as teenagers and when they got married.  It was so funny, and we put a bunch of missionaries in the video telling them thank you for all you have done.  They were crying in the end.  It was such a spiritual expirience.  Then they gave us all gifts.  The guys all recieve a white tie with their names on the back saying Misiòn Perù Lima Norte and they gave all the sisters veils.  So pretty much it was a super trunky gift, and they said that these are for our future weddings.  And then president was like and some of you will be able to use this tie in a couple of months, and he looks right at me and some more elders from my group and started laughing! haha anyway it was a great expirence, and I really am going to miss them.  So we also got to see the new Misson home...and holy cow it is so nice!  It is like a mansion!  Seriously!  A masion in the Jungle!  Its got like 7 bedrooms with 7 bathrooms.  Patio with a BBQ pit and outdoor ping pong.  A pool, yes I said POOL!  A gym! Huge kitchen.  It has a little courtyard, and a bunch of little gardens!  It is going to be so nice when we go over there for dinner! haha  Were gonna have some great mexican food! 

So, I'm so happy that Elder Collins is in the Jungle! He isn't in the same area I was.  He is in Moyobamba, and I was in Tarapoto.  He has to fly into Tarapoto and then take a 2 hour car ride to get to Moyobamba.  His zone is the prettiest of all the jungle.  He is going to love finishing his mission there! 

So some more new about the missionary work.  So like it says in the Subject, references are the best!  So this week we have received some references from the sister missionaries, and we have found like 4 new families.  One is Wilder and Maria and they have two little kids.  Wilder wants to be baptized.  He has met with the missionaries before and has read the Book of Mormon and has prayed about it.  The only problem is, they are not married and his wife is a really strong Baptist!   Anyway, we have been working with them and they came to church for the first time and they loved it. Even maria.  She said that she felt something different.  And in this past week she has noticed that her church is missing a lot of things.  Like just last night, she wondered what had happened to the Prophets because they had the preisthood...so now she is doubting her church!  So hopefully all goes well!  We also have another family Evelin and Jorge, Jorge is a less active but he wants to come back and his wife wants to be baptized.  The only problem is they are in the process of him getting divorced from his first wife.  So we will see how that goes.  And there are many others that we have found and are all preparing to be baptized in July.  This week we haven't been able to find Cristian because he has been work all week from 7 am  to 10 p.m.  But his mom just told us that tomorrow he finishes this work and will be free again!  So things are going great for us.  This next month many people will be baptized.  We cant wait!

So today is a holiday here in Peru.  It's called San Juan.  Its were everyone remembers John the Baptist or

Juan el Bautista.  And they remember what happened to him, and how he got his head cut off.  So the Peruvians in the Jungle make things called Juanê,  it's pronounced (Huanay).  It's like a ball of green rice with chicken and hard boiled eggs all wrapped up in palm tree leaves and then tied up into a ball that represents John the baptists head that was cut off! haha man they are crazy! haha so all day were going to be given Juanè.   Haha, the good thing is, it's actually really good.  But after your 4th Juanè, you get kind of sick of them! haha

So i have yet to recieve my card yet...Hopefully, it comes!  But I will let you know when!  So mom I'm so glad you did a great job on your lesson!  You always were such a good teacher!  I bet you had treats! haha

So thats weird what happened to the Phone.  I glad you, Rin and Brady have done so much to save all the stuff!  Thank you mom your the best!

So like I said this might be our last P day on Monday, so I dont really know what were gonna do today...We might go this week or the next to this place called Quistacocha.  It's this outdoor zoo place that's right in the jungle where everyone is going to make me eat live suri!  It's this jungle worm!  Plus they are going to make me face my worst fear...they are going to make me hold the big snake and take pictures!  I'm kind of freaking out...But we`ll see what happens, haha.  I will be sure not to look too scared when they take the picture! haha

Well family and friends, I do love you guys!  Devon, that is so awesome about your call! You're gonna rock it! I'm so proud that your heading out!! 

All my Love,

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Elder Crump

So right off the bat I want to wish Dad a HAPPY FATHERS DAY! I hope it was the best day!  You really are the greatest dad ever! I love you so much! Thank you so much for your example!  You really are the Mr. Incredible!

So like I said the changes have come!!!  Drum roll please......................................................................................

Elder Collins is coming to the JUNGLE!! He isn't coming exactly to Iquitos, but he is coming to the Peru Iquitos mission.  I am so so excited!  I don't want to say exactly where, but lets just say he might say hi to my ex pensionista! But the most important part is, I will get to see him every month, and we will finish together!!  He should know by now!  Man it has been so hard not to let him know! I have know forever, and I have been avoiding calling him!  He is seriously going to love where he is going its one of the prettiest places in all of the jungle!

Anyway, this week has been a good one!  We have been working so hard, and the members love us and are giving 0references like no other! Last week we met up with a reference named Cristian.  He is 29, and his mom is a member.  He has never been too interested in the church, but now he is wanting to learn more.  Seriously, our first lesson with him was amazing!  I have never met a person more prepared to hear of this message that we have.  He had all the right quesitons and knew that there was a true church out there, with Prophets and Apostles.  He said that he has been to other churches, but knew that they weren't the right ones for him.  He says that there is so much that out there, and I have yet to find it.  We explained to him our message of the restoration, and he just was like, Baptize me.  This is it.  So we invited him, and he asked us if it was ok if we knelt down and prayed about the message.  I was just starring at him with my mouth wide open.  So he got down, and he said such an amazing prayer.  When he finished he just waited, and then he gets up and smiles and says yes that day sounds perfect for me, what do I need to do to prepare?  So here I am still on my knees just astonished!  It was so amazing!  Then that very same night he came to our ward activity, and the next day came to a baptism to see how it was.  It was so crazy!  Everything was going perfect until Sunday.  He had planned on coming, but he got caught up with his friends and with all the partying on Father's day, he drank.  It was sad, and because of that, he didn't want to come to church. He said he felt bad.  So this week we are going to really help him understand the Word of Wisdom.  It makes me sad, but you can't blame anyone who doesn't know its bad.  He has been so prepared to hear this message, now we just need to help him make the changes and feel the power of repentance. 

So, I still havent gotten the card yet, but I can Imagine this week it will happen.  Plus on saturday all the supplies, desks, computers came, so today they are going to put together the offices.  Hopefully this Wednesday, we will be able to get in and get everything ready!  It's going to be so nice.  The offices look great!  So nice, and everything is brand new!

That is so cool about Devon!  I am so proud of him.  He will be an amazing missionary.  The testimony that he has gained during this time will truly blesst the lives of those in Colorado!

Well family, this next week is going to be amazing.  Pray for Cristian, to help him make these changes in his life.

Oh yeah another fun fact, I am now the District Leader of the Office Elders, haha plus they put the sister missionaries in my district as well.  And now there is only going to be 4 Missionaries in our ward.  The sisters and us.  They took out the other two!  So it's going to be great to have our own area!!  Can't wait!

All my Love,

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Elder Collins

Haha! imagine how i feel! So on Friday afternoon we went to the offices to pick up some forms for the weddings and President Blunck was there doing final interviews with couple of missionariew. He said hi to us and gave us a hug and just said " Well, elder Collins will be receiving a transfer to go to the jungle so that he will be able to see his brother before he leaves." Wow i didnt expect him to say anything because he never says the transfers! I think he knew i was dying to know. Im leaving tomorrow in the morning like at 11 the time here and im going as zone leader to Moyobamba! Its a zone thats in a district thats called San Martin. The most jungly out of all the jungle zones in the mission. Im pretty excited. My companion is from Honduras, elder Osorto. Well.. at least thats what ive heard. Im pretty excited to go there. Its one of the hardest zones to baptize in the mission but im just grateful to finish in the jungle. Since ill be zone leader ill be able to go to iquitos once a month for zone leader conference and see crump and also Sisinio. That will be great. I heard that i fly to tarapoto first then i go in a two hour car ride to moyobamba then another half an hour to my area. I gotta buy some anti nausia pills our something. I think ill be traveling alone too.

          This week was a good. Week. As a zone we already have 19 baptisms which is a record in Comas! I feel good to be able to leave the zone the way that it is. In preach my gospel it says to always leave your area better than you found it. My goal when i first got here to Comas is that Comas could be the best Zone in lima and that people would be happy to get transferred here. It was a lot of work and i know Heavenly Father helped a lot but i feel like we achieved that goal. Comas right now has the most baptisms in the mission and not just lima this month. My comp is happy for me that i get to go to the jungle. He wants me to see Myles too. His new comp thats coming is kind of a punk but i know he will do great. Im of course sad to leave my area. The ward here is so incredible but they are happy for me too and are all inviting me to eat haha!