Masen is working in his Field of Dreams and finding mucho success

Hi Family and Friends,

Another happy e-mail from Masen. He says the work is tough, but I can’t imagine anything more providential than making contact with someone who found the Book of Mormon on the side of the road and has already read it. Amazing! Thanks for your prayers and support!

we ate suri live.
ya suri is a right of passage in iquitos. we just did it for fun and it was the funniest grosest exprience of my life. i have it all on video. i will try to send it to you tomorrow.

as for the time here it has been normal. not to fast, not to slow. and i dont want a transfer. i love my area even though it is tough. i believe we are changing it. last week a family went to church. their friend invited them so they came. we talked to them and took their address. it sounded like it was far away, but all the members said it was close. becasue the members said it was close we went to visit them. the branch president has a mototaxi. its a motercycle choped in half and the front is attached to a bench with 2 wheels. i make it sound crazier than it is, but its wack. ha ha. so we went with him. we were driving for like 10 minutes when i saw the sign SANTA CLARA ---> ya tight its not that far away. then we drove for like another 15 20 minutes to get there. ah su. tan lejos. it is in the middle of no where. only thing out there is rice farms. as we were driving the road is pure white. and my comp (becuase he is columbian and always joking about his farm) said hey where is the coke. ha ha ha i laughed a little then noticed the road. i said they found a perfect way to hide it. look at the road. he laughed and when he got out he made the action like he was going to sniff it. hes a goof, but way funny. elder collins called him goofy when they were in the same district.

the mission work goes on. estamos luchando como siempre. this week we found one dude that has read the book of mormon. he said he found it on the side of the road. its amazing how the lord can prepare someone. when we talked to him he asked about that, but said something about how Jesus Christ existed before this life. i asked him what he would think if i said he exsited before too. his eyes lifted up. then we read in the bible where god says that before this life he knew us and we were pre ordained and everything. he was shocked and it was cool. we only talked to him once for 20 minutes then had to go. i am sure that he will progress and be a leader in the church.

got to go. love you all.

im trying to send pics but its not working.

Elder Fenn

These are the bugs, YUMMY YUMMY. How would you like to eat these plump and juicy morsels.

This is dinner!!  Masen said that these bugs are high in protein and palm oil.  It is the missionaries rite of passage to eat these bugs.  I for one would have a hard time even picking the bug up but Masen has eaten several questionable delicacy which in my eyes makes him more than a man....

it makes him a missionary!!

Worms are part of serving in other countries but these are the worms Masen will have for dinner tonight.

This is Masen's e-mail from Monday. It's a bit short, but he wrote Tayden an e-mail where he gives advise to his little brother about playing football.  Tayden is lucky to have a big brother who loves and cares about him as well as the other siblings.

Masen's reference to my "faith" is in response to my e-mail where I told him that every day last week I would look at the picture of him baptizing in the river and think to myself..."he is just like John the Baptist in the wilderness--so amazing!" Then one day it hit me..."HE IS IN THE RIVER"--parasites...bacteria...please tell me you are wearing shoes!

 

First things first. where is your faith? ha ha ha ha im a missionary

and im not doing anything wrong so god will protect me, and im not

stupid enough to not take stuff to get better so dont worry. i

probably do have a parisite of something, but it hasent hurt me yet.

ha ha ah ah hahaah oh ya i will have a worm in my stomache tonight

just so you know. ill send you the picture of what im going to eat.

its so discusting, and it will probably only be in my stomache for 30

seconds. ha ha

read taydens email. i sent him a load of stuff that i am learning. its

really nerdy and missionary, but its tight. i know you will like it.

one thing i need for my health is a balance band. 20 or 30 doesnt

matter, but i need the best. i get alot of headaches here becuase of

the sun and the stress. but im loving life. my comp is the best and we

always laugh. its all good here. a little tough in the missionary

work.

got to go love you all.

Elder Fenn

The "worm in his stomach" is referring to a worm that they eat in the Peruvian Jungles called "Suri". Eating one is a missionary rite of passage. This is what they look like:

Suri is a clean food rich in protein and palm oil.