Lima, Peru // 10 Sept 09
Hola mi Familia!!!! ¿Como estan? Gracias por las cartes!!! I love the letters you have sent me, thanks for all you do!!! Peru is very humid and everything sticks to me; my clothes, paper, the air, in Lima it doesn´t rain it mists. :} The Peruvian people are very nice and welcoming, everyone we have met has been so nice.
My companion’s name is Elder Elvis Arturo Paredes Rojas, he is really nice and I can’t understand almost anything he says, but that will change.
We drove through Lima last night and it took about an hour to get from the airport to the CCM, on our way we saw the Temple, and KFC, and Pizzahut Mmmmmm. The CCM down here is nicer than the Provo MTC because there are always hot showers that you don´t have to wait for, and the grounds are really beautiful.
In the papers they gave us they said not to send packages because the importing taxes are expensive, so I will find out for sure and tell you later what is up with that. They said to send money instead, because I can buy almost anything I want. Say Hello to all the family and Grandma´s :} My address is:
Elder Johnson Peru Lima North
Av. Melgarejo 159
Urb. Campo Verde
La Molina, Lima, Perú
Use this for four weeks and then use my mission address so that letters will get to me faster. I love you more than you love me!!!!!!!!!! Know that I´m safe and Happy, also I have only had one meal here, and the cereal is not! the same, no sugar... lol :} I love you, I have p-days on Wednesdays.
Love you!!! :}
(Note: Both Dad and Mom got quick phone calls from Joe while he waited at the airport in SLC on Wednesday, 09/09. He sounded good and said he was happy and excited. We shared ‘loves’ and he was on his way!)
