July 16, 2012 Negreiros, Peru-- Out in the middle of nowhere

Dear Familia,

These pics are from the internet--but give a good view of the terrain

Yeah, so just to clarificar some things, the place that I'm at is indeed called Negreiros (it's a small village and there is not anything here haha. We have a little bit of water every other day) Negritos is about 5 times bigger than the city that I'm in. Negreiros is basically a city that was abandoned when the oil company changed a few rules of regulation. To ¨paint the picture¨ think of journeys that we do every year to Lake Powell, passing the tribes of Indians, the hot sun scorching the skin, and the rays reflecting the clouds of dust that the never-ending wind kicks up. Now put yourself in the middle of that....that's negrieros haha ;)

Another internet pic-Looking South toward Negritos

There is absolutely nothing here. The only reason the people live here is because of the pertroleo. As for the algarrobo, it's a common commodity that in raw form has no function, but after boiling and grinding the useless algarrobo because a sweet extract, kind of like maple syrup. To answer the questions about the other comps are, you know more than me haha. I see them every three months or so for an hour and a half, but yes, there is an elder that is taller than me Elder Scolfield or something like that!

Elder Pinegar in Negreiros--July 2012  We think this is where he lives--not sure

About the area, I'm not sure of the reason that it was closed, but I believe it was because there was no progression, and that's not hard to believe, the evaghelicos are killin us, and the population is about 60% evanghelic. They hate us. (but i gotta admit, i like some of there songs haa they are pretty chill!)

So about this week, basically the same not much that has happened, We´ve be trying a tactic to give away little gift card dealios about the church, It's kinda working and at least the people have to put out their hand to snatch it from us and tell us that they believe in other things haha. It's all good. I've learned to accept the fact that religion is a really touchy subject, not just for one person but it really is at the root of the supposed salvation. The good thing is that God understands all that will happen, and one day every person will kneel and head bow. I've had some good study sessions about Jesus and I've been trying to apply his tactical teaching to my teaching, He real was the buen maestro.Every word that he said had significance, although some people thought that he was overly rough with the people and what not, he ruled with the truth and nothing short. Wow!

anyways, do work at home!!!! love you guys and hope for the best!!!!

Elder Pinegar

Elder Pinegar at Negritos July 2012

Elder Pinegar at the Punta Parinas Lighthouse in Negritos, Peru 7/12.This is the most western point in mainland South America.

PS. things that I would like / need

1. a really good toothbrush, my gums are getting a work out with the crappy one here.

2. a couple of mouth gaurds, or something similar to stop me from grinding my teeth, i think it's due to stress.

3. the memory card with photos of you guys in jpeg format that are no more than 4-5 megs, the camera cant read anything bigger.

thanks for all ya do. I love you guys tons, but ya already knew that!!!!

peace!!!!

pps: the light post and the sea pics are in NEGRITOS the place that you thought I was at haah ! ;)