Hey!
I'm writing from the hot, sticky jungle of Siquirres! I got changed to an
area most different from where I was! It is extremely hot and humid
here. When I stepped off the bus, it felt like I got hit in
the face with humidity. Siquirres is in the providence of Limon. It's
pretty much on the coast. The heat is just about the only bad thing
here. I already love the people so much.
The ward here is super new. Two months ago it became a ward.
Luckily, there are six missionaries in this ward. There are all super
cool too! I feel like I'm going to lose all of my English skills while
I'm here though... They all talk in super fast slang Spanish and never
in English.
My new companion is Elder Ortiz, he is from
Guatemala and has only been out on his mission for 3 months. I
definitely have my work cut out with him though...
Elder Ortiz has no confidence. I feel really
solo when I teach the lessons. Little by little I'm trying to work with
him and help him in whatever way I can.
We are working
suuuuper hard though and have been blessed. In the
first two days I got here, we found 25 new people to teach. I feel like
I'm working Elder Ortiz a little too hard... but its good for him!
hahaha
There is something really special about this area... I
know that I'm going to have a lot of success here. The people here are
so nice, humble, and genuine. I feel bad for them though... It's so hot
and there is not much to do here so most of the families just sit in the
shade outside of their house all day. Most of the men work in banana
plantations and are never home during the day, so we teach most of our
lessons outside with the rest of the family.
We had an activity
with the ward last Saturday and it was really fun. I got to meet some
of the ward members and we had a little water balloon fight. This ward
likes to have fun. And they play a lot of soccer here. Every morning we
wake up at 5:30 to play soccer at the church. Today we played a soccer
game against the district of Limon. I almost died from the heat... but
it was a lot of fun!
I took a video of my apartment to send to
you all... but I forgot my camera... next week! The house that I live in
is very simple. We have two tiny tables, a microwave, a tiny
stove and a mini fridge. In the other room there are two mattresses on
the floor to sleep on and that's it. We live on the side of a mountain
though and the view is amazing!
We are trying to baptize two
people this next Saturday... But we will see how that goes. I just feel
like all of the old investigators here still have a ton to learn. And it
doesn't help that a lot of the people here can't read.
There
are a lot of people from Haiti or Jamaica here. They speak a form of
English called Patu'a. I want to learn it so bad. For example, what
happened or hows it going is: guappin. And so far tha'ts all I know. If I
learn the language I will send a video. haha
Thanks for all the emails that you have sent! Keep em coming! I like seeing pictures of everybody!
Please forgive me that I don't have pictures this week... Blame the heat. It made me forget.
Pray for me that I can get accustomed to the climate and that I can have more success here:)
Love you all!
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