You
know you´re living in a 3rd world country when...the city´s water supply gets
shut off, and you have no water for two days. What is the solution to this
problem?
1. pray
2. take a bird bath with ´wet ones´ wipes and
1. pray
2. take a bird bath with ´wet ones´ wipes and
3. go find the nearest neighbor who has a well in their backyard
Okay...so a couple things...sorry about being so scrambled last week, I don´t know if any of my letters made sense or the things that I even said, holy smokes the past 2 weeks have been insane. I still haven´t quite figured out an efficient system in which to spend my 60 stressful minutes online, but I´m definitely beginning to get my bearings. In which case, if I don´t get back to you for a couple weeks it is NOT because you´re not important, because you are, and everyone´s support means so much to me. So keep sending your love and I will eventually send some back your way too!
Something
super happy is that...I CAN RECIEVE DEAR ELDERS!!!!!!!! Of course they can´t be
the delicious Kripspy Kreme DearElder packages, but they can print them off at
the mission office and since my area is super close to the mission office I´ll
be receiving mail weekly!!! Woooo! Also, the mailing system here isn't as
questionable as we thought. NO POUCH MAIL, NORMAL MAIL!!! In which case, since
I only have an hour each week, I would love to reinstate the practice of
"snail mail" so that I can spend more time responding (just send to
the address on my blog) YAYAY Also, the whole "do not send packages" thing, is also a lie!
So
now that I´ve been in the field for over a week I can appropriately evaluate my
new world...
- Three words to describe my area: hot, humid, and a lot of bugs
- Three words to describe Argentina: futbol, siestas, and matte (really though they don´t do much else) *Mom make sure that you´re bleeping stuff out if its inappropriate or offensive
- Fun
facts. week old puppies look like naked mole rats
milk in a bag, Frosted Flakes & peanut butter - Argentinian's have their milk in bags or in unrefrigerated boxes (not sure how that works)
- cold showers are not refreshing, they´re just cold
- some minor victories:
- I can make audible noises with both hands doing the finger snapping thin (if you know what I´m talking about then you know that this is an accomplishment, if you don´t then ask a return missionary),
- I split an apple with my bare hands!! (I knew all those work outs on the bars would come in handy?!) , and
- I still have yet to see a cockroach (which even President LaPierre was impressed with that ! :)).
From
last week...All of my menos activa (less active) DID end up showing up to church, they were
just all late, so that was happy...and then this past Sunday they were ALL on
time so, yay good for them! We´re continuing to have a lot of progress with the
Barrio Jardin (Jardin Ward), and it´s really great to see the members getting involved
with the missionary work as well. I never realized how great an impact the
members have in the conversion of investigators. I know I definitely didn´t do
my part before.
The
past week has been a bit frustrating at times, but definitely manageable as far
as the language goes. What I realized is that when I´m having a really hard
time I just need to speak some English and eat chocolate, and the world is
suddenly a much better place. Last week I got to go on divisions (splits) with a Sister
from the states so 24 hours with her was pretty much Q&A about the mission
and it lowered my stress levels and moved me from the reddish zone to the green
zone. happy :).
I´m
honestly 100% grateful for Hna. Tapia, she´s easily the worlds best trainer. I´m
learning so much everyday, and I know that because of her, I will be a better
missionary.
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| Spanish and Guarani Book of Mormons... too much to know! |
I am among the few that are blessed with the amazing opportunity to have
- 3 languages
- 2 countries
- 1 God (our mission slogan trumps all muahahah)
My
feet hurt a lot, actually my entire body hurts and I´m ridiculously tired everyday,
but it´s actually kind of an awesome feeling when we think about all the mileage and people we´re were able to talk to. This work is AWESOME!
I
still haven´t thrown up yet, or gotten sick in any other form which is really
great! I´m thinking that can be attributed to my handy dandy water filtration
bottle and that the only water that I´ve drank has been that of the tiny sacrament
cups (which is obviously unavoidable)
OH
MY GOODNESS the rain storms here an INSANE!!!!!!!! That´s about all I can say
about that, I haven´t quite found a good way to explain it, yet. Also, because
of the amount of rain, and the fact that all the streets are made of dirt
there´s A LOT of mud, or barro.
Something
funny. The first day it rained hard, and we went outside I came making
screeching noises and crying out "BLEHH BORRO, MUCHO BORRO" as my
foot sunk into a pile of mud. Hna. Tapia would just stand there and laugh at
me...after hours of doing this she finally informed me, that BARRO means mud,
and BORRO means Marijuana. So...I was basically I was complaining that there
was too much Marijuana. Which, there is a solid amount of Marijuana, but that
wasn´t quite what I was going for. Ha ha !
Well,
tata for now. See y´all next week
Ciao!
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