August 23, 2017 - First Week at the CCM

Hey everyone, this week has been so crazy and long but so good! Wednesday morning I got up at 5:30 to get to the airport at 6:30. I hated leaving my family but I know I will get to do great things in Peru. When I arrived to the airport we said our goodbyes and I went into the terminal and there were 8 other missionaries there including my airplane companion Elder Ward, he is one of the coolest guys I know with a super strong testimony and he is also in my district which is super fun. We arrived in Peru at like 3 in the morning and they let us sleep for 5 hours before we had to get up for the first day.

The next two days were the longest days of my life. I didn't eat or sleep very much cause of how nervous all of this was sounding to me. But my companion Elder Davis is super cool guy that played a lot of sports in high school. Also in our dormitory we have Elder Anderson and Elder Call which are so fun to be around also, all in all I'd say we have a pretty solid district. It's so fun here after the first days and everything is going well.

So everyday we wake up at 6:30, eat breakfast and then teach our progressing investigator which is also our Spanish teacher, Hermano Veliz, then classes basically till we get back to our dorm around 9 every night. But the time flies by so fast lately and they are so fun.

On Sunday we had an amazing day. We watched 2 talks that were broadcasted from Provo MTC from Elder Ballard and Elder Holland. They were such amazing talks about missionary work and it makes me want to stay out for the right reasons. Elder Holland's talk was so inspirational that everyone came out of that devotional in awe.

Well I just want to let everyone know that I love them and that I know that serving a mission is the best thing you can do. I have learned so much and have learned to love it here. I have been reading in Alma where he talks to his sons. There is so much information in there and I love it!

Peru Culture:

1) they wear their wedding ring on the other hand which I thought was really weird.

2) all the people are so nice here. if you say hi to them they will talk to you no matter what. In America there aren't that many people like that.

Love you all!

Elder Beck

1) me packing before I left

2) A picture of the CCM at night

3) me and Elder Ward (my airplane companion)

4) Me and Elder Davis (my CCM companion)

5) in my dorm

6) Me and Elder Davis on our way to the temple today

7) Me and Elder Davis in front of the Lima temple

8) pic of the lima temple

9) the courtyard in the middle of the CCM buildings

10) the terf soccer field in the CCM, it's super cool

11)sand volleyball court also

12)our dorm at the temple, coolest guys, I love them

Here is some more information Tanner sent us through emails:

Oh yeah, the food here is so good! some of my favorite I've ever had, and I'm having the best time. Our district and dorm is so cool. I love all of them!  My companion is from Layton and he came a little later but on the same flight to Atlanta. Yeah everyone in my dorm except Elder Ward is super tall.  There are about 52 missionarys here from our group that flew from Atlanta.  Si, un poco, lol, we have learned how to pray, bear our testimonies and a couple of other things and I have picked up on so much while I am here.  It's fun to talk to the natives that are only here for 3 weeks because we try to teach them English as well as them teaching us Spanish. But I love it down here so much.