Updates!

Elder Baldwin is now officially out of the MTC and serving as a full time missionary in Lima, Peru! From what I have heard he is loving it! The people are kind, his surroundings are beautiful, and he is experiencing something new and amazing every day!

However... With every mission comes those little road bumps. Kev got sick from most likely eating or drinking something funky. :( Poor guy! He couldn't even go out with his companion for a while because of how sick he was. Luckily he is feeling better and out and about again! I also heard that he forgot his pin number and the machine ate his card! Uh oh... And then a few days later it happened to his companion too?! Double uh oh. Hopefully that all got worked out too though. :)

In a letter to his family Kevin explained that he gets called a "Gringo" a lot... Which is a name for a "white guy" down in South America! HAHA. He also talked about how he gets hit on a lot! Apparently the peruvian ladies think he is quite the stud! Hmm... They must have excellent taste in men. Hahaha! I better watch out. ;) No but... His family said it was pretty funny to hear about! Apparently Kevin didn't quite understand what was happening when he was being hit on in a bus... So he just kindly went along with it... I can assume probably just nodding his head and smiling. Hahaha. :) His companion who I believe is a native had to explain to him afterwards what had just gone on. Kevin's spanish is good, but there's still work to be done on it!

Unfortunately I haven't gotten letters in a little over a month because of how much more inconvenient it is with him being so far away. It's about $1.10 to send a letter, and no guarantees that it will even reach whoever you're sending mail to. I have sent three letters so far, so fingers crossed they all get to him! I'm sure it's also hard for him to write since he is so busy... Which I am glad that he is. :) He's focused and ready to serve! Woohoo. :)

Everyone is so proud of him. He is and will continue to do great things. :)