WOAH- my church login didn't work for a second but IM IN MY MISSION NOW! These last 3 weeks have been pretty crazy and awesome! The people here haven't failed to humble daily. After getting off the plane in Barranquilla, we stayed in some hotel that had hot water! I got my companion- Elder Brown- from this weird city in Utah called Syracuse or something.
We were assigned to a pueblo called El Carmen de Bolivar. It's amazing here and we have been trying to get a branch started up in El Carmen! I live with a couple other Elders, Elder Bryan and Elder Patiño. Theyre super sweet and they all help me practice my Spanish 💪
We live in a pueblo called San Juan and then just travel to get to El Carmen. There's complications with living there, but hopefully by January we'll be able to live in El Carmen. One thing that I've learned to love is our English classes on saturdays! It's one of the only times in the week when i fully understand everything, and can really help people learn English. Learning english seems to be a really big deal here because if you know it, you have a chance to go to America and live there. I feel so blessed to have grown up knowing English, and the
they want gives me motivation.
A couple families we're teaching have touched my heart so much! One family, which is also half of our members, remind me of some of my siblings and I love teaching them and mostly talking with the kids. The kids here are SO funny because they practice their English with us, but can really only quote movies and swear words. Talking with them is easier anyways because they talk slow and have a smaller vocabulary for me to understand.
also about the subject crunchy pancakes; I figured out, if you ever want to try it, to make one, you get normal batter with pancakes, maybe a little extra milk, and leave it on the stove for about 20-30 minutes. It tastes really good never.
Things I love about the mission so far:
All the dope geckos EVERYWHERE
the AC unit in our room
The random flash floods
The insane drivers
The bread shops on every corner
Some dude named lucho: "fighter" in english
Another guy named Nestey (smart guy) who was supposed to be named Einstein
Finding peanut butter at the store
Random dogs with a random amount of limbs
here's some pictures
our english class
my favorite section of the store?
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