I don´t know how wild and cheeky Joseph is, but he can´t be much worse than the kids here. Hardly a day goes by when I don´t see some naked kid running through the streets... yeah, always fun.
Getting ready for conference here as well, of course its tons more work for us trying to get a different family to each session, we´re hoping that they´ll have a room for us to listen in English, otherwise.... it´ll just be daydreaming the whole time.
I´ve got one more week until the next transfer. So we´ll find out then where I´m going and who I´ll be with, exciting stuff, it´ll be kind of sad to leave the people here, especially if I´m headed to a poorer part of town. O_O
I´ve given about 4 or five CTR rings out, only to some of the young men. yup. And I´m keeping a list of names and addresses in my preach my gospel, so I´ll have that, no worries. and my comp has done a good job of telling our converts to write their feelings down in their book of mormon, so far they´ve all done it.
We had another baptism this week. His name is Lucas, age 18. But he´s got the attention span of a 10 year old, so it got kind of frustrating with him at times. But he decided to get baptized, and we´re teaching his mom and friend now. So that´ll be good. After his baptism he said that he felt really light, like he wasn´t carrying anything anymore, so that was wonderful. We have another baptism scheduled for this Friday, the daughter of a member. And another for Sunday, his name is lucas too (13) and I was supposed to baptize him this week, but he was ´indecisive´ so hopefully he´ll come around soon.
And we´re working with a family that has 2 kids already baptized, but we are helping the parents to get married so they can be baptized too. So we have quite a few people lined up.
Yes, I do eat quite a bit of fruit, but not nearly as much as I´d like, I forget the names of them though. Also, I thought you´d like to know about some of the desserts I´ve had here:
Condensed milk
bananas and condensed milk
bananas, condensed milk, and sugar
cheese and some not really strawberry jam stuff
chocolate and lemon mousse
and caramel put on a small tortilla, folded in half or rolled up, and fried, mmmm. good stuff.
so yeah :D and i really like the avocado vitamin drink, I´ve had that a couple times, mmmm.
We got our washing machine to work again, so I don´t need to use a bucket and stick anymore, so that was good news. but bad news..... we have a family here of a non member mom, and a member son, she was off in Goiania working and he was at school when they were robbed, james-bond style, they came through the roof. So we spent some time with him. Kind of a boring story, but this week was kind of slow, except for the baptism of course :)
Pretty much the highlight of my week was I saw my first shooting star ever. wooooo. All my many years of staring steadfastly at the sky finally pay off.
Keep rockn´ those light up shoes, and I´m a pro bus-rider already.
Love ya´ll
Elder Webber
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
More From Anapolis...
We have another baptism scheduled for this weekend, and then another during conference weekend, and another the week after (the Sunday after transfer day, so we´ll see if I´m still around for that) just thought you´d like to know. :D
We had stake conference this weekend, which was fun, we managed to get 6 investigators to church, which was pretty impressive. 3 of whom are those getting baptized.
Let's see... a normal day´s schedule here would be (when it´s not p-day, or we don´t have any meetings or anything) wake up at 6:30, "work out" for a half hour, study until 11, lunch at 12, then work the rest of the day until 9 or 9:30, then planning for the next day and get ready for bed. Pretty dang exciting eh? I can feel myself getting more and more tired each day.
My p-day schedule is the same until 11, when we come here to do email, then go buy food for lunch, and do laundry and just chill until about 6 when we go back into the world to work. We do email here in a lan-house, there's a wall for just computers, and the other wall has all ps3´s, the other day a kid was playing COD4 and wanted me to play for him cuz he was having troubles. haha, oh the temptation.
We have lunch at member´s houses every day except p-day, which is always fun, dinner is usually an apple, bread, and milk, or something like that, haha, and breakfast is usually chocolate milk and bread. oh yeah.
I do not carry water with me, cuz my bag is heavy enough as it is. but we get water at nearly every house we visit, so that´s good.
And I have no idea if Portuguese is easier than German or not, I'd say it´s easier since it only has masculine and feminine words, and not 3 kinds. but I´ve forgotten all of my German ( not that I really knew much in the first place) so I don´t really know.
No packages yet, but nobody here expects to get their packages on time, they always take around 3 months sometimes.
Yes I can do the flick-your-wrist-and-snap-your-fingers-thing, it´s not really in the missionary training schedule in the MTC, but everybody learns it anyways.
I don´t have anybody that needs to be prayed for yet. Besides, every day at 10, no matter what you´re doing, the whole area stops and prays for a list of investigators. so that seems to be working pretty well.
Apparently there´s a pastor here that really likes missionaries. He always says hi to us in the street, and one night we were passing by the church where he preaches, (and there´s always 3 or 4 pastors that talk each night) so while one of the other guys was yelling and screaming, he was sitting in his seat behind him. But when he saw us walk by he leaned over to see us better and started waving his arms in the air, in front of the whole congregation. haha. nice.
One thing I´ve learned here is that 7th day Adventists really hate the Catholics, the Catholics are just kind of apathetic, and don´t talk to health-product salesman, cuz they´re just 7th day Adventists in disguise.
Hmm... it seems about that time to head back to the house, and wash my clothes by hand.. in a bucket, cuz our washing machine is being stupid. fun stuff.
Love you, peace out.
Elder Webber
We had stake conference this weekend, which was fun, we managed to get 6 investigators to church, which was pretty impressive. 3 of whom are those getting baptized.
Let's see... a normal day´s schedule here would be (when it´s not p-day, or we don´t have any meetings or anything) wake up at 6:30, "work out" for a half hour, study until 11, lunch at 12, then work the rest of the day until 9 or 9:30, then planning for the next day and get ready for bed. Pretty dang exciting eh? I can feel myself getting more and more tired each day.
My p-day schedule is the same until 11, when we come here to do email, then go buy food for lunch, and do laundry and just chill until about 6 when we go back into the world to work. We do email here in a lan-house, there's a wall for just computers, and the other wall has all ps3´s, the other day a kid was playing COD4 and wanted me to play for him cuz he was having troubles. haha, oh the temptation.
We have lunch at member´s houses every day except p-day, which is always fun, dinner is usually an apple, bread, and milk, or something like that, haha, and breakfast is usually chocolate milk and bread. oh yeah.
I do not carry water with me, cuz my bag is heavy enough as it is. but we get water at nearly every house we visit, so that´s good.
And I have no idea if Portuguese is easier than German or not, I'd say it´s easier since it only has masculine and feminine words, and not 3 kinds. but I´ve forgotten all of my German ( not that I really knew much in the first place) so I don´t really know.
No packages yet, but nobody here expects to get their packages on time, they always take around 3 months sometimes.
Yes I can do the flick-your-wrist-and-snap-your-fingers-thing, it´s not really in the missionary training schedule in the MTC, but everybody learns it anyways.
I don´t have anybody that needs to be prayed for yet. Besides, every day at 10, no matter what you´re doing, the whole area stops and prays for a list of investigators. so that seems to be working pretty well.
Apparently there´s a pastor here that really likes missionaries. He always says hi to us in the street, and one night we were passing by the church where he preaches, (and there´s always 3 or 4 pastors that talk each night) so while one of the other guys was yelling and screaming, he was sitting in his seat behind him. But when he saw us walk by he leaned over to see us better and started waving his arms in the air, in front of the whole congregation. haha. nice.
One thing I´ve learned here is that 7th day Adventists really hate the Catholics, the Catholics are just kind of apathetic, and don´t talk to health-product salesman, cuz they´re just 7th day Adventists in disguise.
Hmm... it seems about that time to head back to the house, and wash my clothes by hand.. in a bucket, cuz our washing machine is being stupid. fun stuff.
Love you, peace out.
Elder Webber
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
This Week's Update
The weather here is....still hot, nothing has really changed. I have gotten used to sweating as soon as I put clothes on, and sweating at night, always fun.
Lets see, news, the other day we were teaching an old lady and she asked me to give the closing prayer in English... that was weird, I haven´t prayed in English (out loud at least) since November, sheesh, I didn´t like it one bit. We also had Zone Conference with Pres. Tobias last week, the best part was going to a buffet-style lunch after, YES! I skipped on the rice and beans and went straight for the watermelon, fried eggs, fried potatoes, and noodles. He did interview me, but it was just about "how are you? Are you sinning? no? ok, thank you, bye" fun stuff.
We walked to a part of our area called THE POINT, the other day as well, and it´s pretty much the poor district of the area......and it´s freaking creepy, I´m glad we were there during the day, because even the normal areas are scary enough at night.
I´ve noticed that the extent of "cleaning up the garbage and raking up the leaves" here means putting it all in a pile and lighting it on fire... so I´ve seen quite a few random fires here and there. Just in the gutter.
We helped a member move to a new house yesterday, so that was fun, as usual I felt like I was doing all the work ( between me and my companion ) haha.
Lets see, about the questions...
District meeting is just lessons with the district leaders and practicing lessons, but i love them cuz I get to talk with 2 of my friends from the MTC , haha, and get a break from my comp, who is American by the way Elder WHITE, transfer day is after the first week in April, so I´m gonna be with him for some time longer, I´m actually getting better in understanding the church meetings and what people are saying, I´m still lost a lot of the time though, but it´s not as bad as it once was. I just laugh when I think they´re trying to be funny and everything works out fine. The family we baptized was Mosair (40 I think) Lucianne (39?) Douglas (16) and Camilla (18) During the baptismal interview they´re asked who they want to baptize them, and since Elder White has been here long before me, they all chose him, hahaha. so I was dry during the baptisms. I don´t know if I´m gaining or losing weight, since I can´t find a scale anywhere, last time I weighed myself was about a month ago and I was 94 kilos. We definitely have enough dinheiro to buy food and stuff, since the members feed us enough. We buy box milk which they leave on the shelf and only needs to be refrigerated after you open it, box milk box milk. Did I mention this last time...? but there are TONS of fruits here that I´ve never even heard of in the US. The avocados are HUGE, and apparently the actual fruit is kind of like the ´cocacola´ of Brazil, where some members think it´s against the word of wisdom, and others don't.
And don´t worry, I´m perfectly fine, no muggings........yet O_O haha, and we always keep money on us just in case we need to give it up. I´ll be perfectly fine.
Chuck Norris won Connect-Four in 3 moves.
Love you all, good night, and good luck
stay sweet.
Elder Webber
Lets see, news, the other day we were teaching an old lady and she asked me to give the closing prayer in English... that was weird, I haven´t prayed in English (out loud at least) since November, sheesh, I didn´t like it one bit. We also had Zone Conference with Pres. Tobias last week, the best part was going to a buffet-style lunch after, YES! I skipped on the rice and beans and went straight for the watermelon, fried eggs, fried potatoes, and noodles. He did interview me, but it was just about "how are you? Are you sinning? no? ok, thank you, bye" fun stuff.
We walked to a part of our area called THE POINT, the other day as well, and it´s pretty much the poor district of the area......and it´s freaking creepy, I´m glad we were there during the day, because even the normal areas are scary enough at night.
I´ve noticed that the extent of "cleaning up the garbage and raking up the leaves" here means putting it all in a pile and lighting it on fire... so I´ve seen quite a few random fires here and there. Just in the gutter.
We helped a member move to a new house yesterday, so that was fun, as usual I felt like I was doing all the work ( between me and my companion ) haha.
Lets see, about the questions...
District meeting is just lessons with the district leaders and practicing lessons, but i love them cuz I get to talk with 2 of my friends from the MTC , haha, and get a break from my comp, who is American by the way Elder WHITE, transfer day is after the first week in April, so I´m gonna be with him for some time longer, I´m actually getting better in understanding the church meetings and what people are saying, I´m still lost a lot of the time though, but it´s not as bad as it once was. I just laugh when I think they´re trying to be funny and everything works out fine. The family we baptized was Mosair (40 I think) Lucianne (39?) Douglas (16) and Camilla (18) During the baptismal interview they´re asked who they want to baptize them, and since Elder White has been here long before me, they all chose him, hahaha. so I was dry during the baptisms. I don´t know if I´m gaining or losing weight, since I can´t find a scale anywhere, last time I weighed myself was about a month ago and I was 94 kilos. We definitely have enough dinheiro to buy food and stuff, since the members feed us enough. We buy box milk which they leave on the shelf and only needs to be refrigerated after you open it, box milk box milk. Did I mention this last time...? but there are TONS of fruits here that I´ve never even heard of in the US. The avocados are HUGE, and apparently the actual fruit is kind of like the ´cocacola´ of Brazil, where some members think it´s against the word of wisdom, and others don't.
And don´t worry, I´m perfectly fine, no muggings........yet O_O haha, and we always keep money on us just in case we need to give it up. I´ll be perfectly fine.
Chuck Norris won Connect-Four in 3 moves.
Love you all, good night, and good luck
stay sweet.
Elder Webber
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
More News...
I was reading my journal the other day, and I read how I hated the MTC at first, but then I read the day I got my visa, and I was actually kind of sad to be leaving the MTC, I must have become just a bit TOO settled, I liked it too much. So hopefully that happens here as well.
The 100 is just a goal for now, we´ll see how it actually turns out. We did have one more baptism this past Sunday, the daughter of the family we baptized the week before. so now the whole family is baptized and pretty active already. Whenever we show up they always give us some kind of drink or food, which is awesome! Makes all the work getting them baptized worth it :) They can make that cheese bread thing like at Tucanos too.
We met a man the other day on the street,and when we asked what religion he was he said: I´m evangelical, catholic, adventist, and christian, thank you very much. I´ve never heard of that religion before, :) probably not as strong as "got me own".
I´ve certainly gotten used to rice and beans, but whenever I have a chance to choose something else, I take it. I´ve made a fair bit of spaghetti since I´ve been here, and I´m having more today, bahaha.
Congratulations on beating Mesa and Skyline, a sound thrashing indeed. And to Zach and Ben on playing with the big boys. I actually met a person who knew what rugby was down here, that was fun. It´s certainly not like soccer here. wow. Soccer everywhere.
I saw a parrot the other day... and an owl, thought you might like to know. And apparently there´s a huge number of giant snails here, cuz I´ve almost stepped on about 100 of them, they´re all over the place.
Josh: i jerked Brazil before you :) i´ll send video evidence soon. BAHAHAHA.
The best time of week here is 1: sleep 2: shower 3: p-day 4: district meeting.
We´re teaching an english class a couple times a week, i think i mentioned that before. But my comp teaches words, and just boring things, but i teach the ones who are better at speaking already, and let them practice talking, and give them *weird phrases* which they asked for. So i come back with phrases every time, things like: Melts your face off, I´m sorry... that does´t compute, I see you like to eat... how would you like a taste... OF MY FIST!?!, and cowabunga.
And so on. I´m a great teacher.
The stars here are freaking amazing, I´ve never seen so many stars at night, it´s bummer I can't just chill and look at them, I do while we´re walking, but I end up walking into the curb.
The scariest feeling in the world, is when we´re walking back to our house at around 9:30. It´s like playing pac-man with thieves. Nothing has happened to us yet, haha, but it´s definitely creepy. We´ve had to make a few quick u-turns, but that´s about it. "stay in the light, walk fast, and stay frosty"
We walk past a section of rain forest (sort of) every day, and there´s grass/reeds that are about 10 feet tall, I just wanna throw my briefcase at my companion one day and scream DON'T GO INTO THE LONG GRASS!!! and dive in. fun stuff. one day.
well until next time,
You stay classy San Diego,
Love you all
Elder Webber
The 100 is just a goal for now, we´ll see how it actually turns out. We did have one more baptism this past Sunday, the daughter of the family we baptized the week before. so now the whole family is baptized and pretty active already. Whenever we show up they always give us some kind of drink or food, which is awesome! Makes all the work getting them baptized worth it :) They can make that cheese bread thing like at Tucanos too.
We met a man the other day on the street,and when we asked what religion he was he said: I´m evangelical, catholic, adventist, and christian, thank you very much. I´ve never heard of that religion before, :) probably not as strong as "got me own".
I´ve certainly gotten used to rice and beans, but whenever I have a chance to choose something else, I take it. I´ve made a fair bit of spaghetti since I´ve been here, and I´m having more today, bahaha.
Congratulations on beating Mesa and Skyline, a sound thrashing indeed. And to Zach and Ben on playing with the big boys. I actually met a person who knew what rugby was down here, that was fun. It´s certainly not like soccer here. wow. Soccer everywhere.
I saw a parrot the other day... and an owl, thought you might like to know. And apparently there´s a huge number of giant snails here, cuz I´ve almost stepped on about 100 of them, they´re all over the place.
Josh: i jerked Brazil before you :) i´ll send video evidence soon. BAHAHAHA.
The best time of week here is 1: sleep 2: shower 3: p-day 4: district meeting.
We´re teaching an english class a couple times a week, i think i mentioned that before. But my comp teaches words, and just boring things, but i teach the ones who are better at speaking already, and let them practice talking, and give them *weird phrases* which they asked for. So i come back with phrases every time, things like: Melts your face off, I´m sorry... that does´t compute, I see you like to eat... how would you like a taste... OF MY FIST!?!, and cowabunga.
And so on. I´m a great teacher.
The stars here are freaking amazing, I´ve never seen so many stars at night, it´s bummer I can't just chill and look at them, I do while we´re walking, but I end up walking into the curb.
The scariest feeling in the world, is when we´re walking back to our house at around 9:30. It´s like playing pac-man with thieves. Nothing has happened to us yet, haha, but it´s definitely creepy. We´ve had to make a few quick u-turns, but that´s about it. "stay in the light, walk fast, and stay frosty"
We walk past a section of rain forest (sort of) every day, and there´s grass/reeds that are about 10 feet tall, I just wanna throw my briefcase at my companion one day and scream DON'T GO INTO THE LONG GRASS!!! and dive in. fun stuff. one day.
well until next time,
You stay classy San Diego,
Love you all
Elder Webber
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
An Update....
Hey hey, I definitely agree about the ´return on investment´thing, kind of like you have to spend blessings to get blessings. Or something like that.
We had 3 baptisms this week. a dad, mom and a son, hopefully the daughter will be baptized this next week. So that was pretty fun. The president has told us to make a goal of how many baptisms we want to achieve by the end of our mission, and since I've been here long enough to see how things are, I set a goal of 100. I dunno if i should keep you updated on how my goal is going through my whole mission in case Josh, Zach or Ben get sent to Saudi Arabia or something and feel like they´re not as awesome as me, bahahaha.
It´s obvious the cops here love their jobs, the´re all military police, in tan, and at least twice already I´ve seen cop cars and SUVs come skidding around the corner in front of us as we´re walking and go off-roading on the sidewalk.
I´ve never head the phrase "eat more elder! eat more!" in my life, I feel like I´m gonna explode after every lunch, but since it´s mostly rice I always feel hungry again by the time we get back. But I did have pizza and french fries the other day!! YES!!
It´s funny how many people here are trying to learn English, a lot of the investigators as me to speak English with them whenever I come around so that they can practice, which really doesn´t help me, haha, but it´s fun. I´m just glad I don´t have to learn it.
The weather here is the most bi-polar I´ve ever seen in my life, we will walk to an appointment and it´ll be a million degrees, and after we come out there will be pouring rain for about a half hour until the sun tries to kill us again. Also, since there´s like a ´church´ on every corner (some of them are just peoples homes with a microphone) we get to hear all sorts of crazy things, people trying to cast out demons every other day by screaming at them, people screaming at the congregation, people screaming at the potted fern, people screaming hallelujah, and such things. pretty fun stuff.
I also had the cheese bread thing, like they have at tucanos, except here they´re way bigger, but taste the same. The people here apparently like their food really dry, cuz I haven´t seen or used any kind of sauce or dressing since I got here. they do have some kind of yellow powder you can pour on it.....yeah.
I´m also gonna be a pro bus-rider by the time I get home. Just thought that would be a fun fact.
Something else that´s fun to deal with is a lot of the people just say "sorry, I´m catholic" even though everybody knows they´re not, and after a minute or two you can convince them to be baptized. Pretty interesting. :)
I´m trying to remember as many details as i can, and i´m taking plenty of pictures, and the last bunch were totally in focus! what are you talking about?
My apartment is actually pretty nice ( compared to my last place, the toilet doesn´t flush so we have to use a bucket of water every time. We play a round of ´kill cockroaches´every night. and we sleep with the fan on, :)
I am not dreaming in Portuguese yet, well maybe, I don´t really remember any of my dreams. But I am improving slowly with understanding what people are saying. Or at least the subject being talked about.
The member families are pretty sweet, I like them, and they´re fun to talk to. And they´re pretty funny, the people here are really relaxed. In good and bad ways. for example: The other day we were walking down the street, and we saw an old lady pushing a stroller, and walking with her daughter who was probably around 14 years old, we started talking to them, and we asked if these were her children in the stroller, and she said no, they´re her daughter´s......yeah. she´s 14 and had 2 kids already.
We eat rice and beans, and meat quite often, which I love, chicken sometimes (which is yellow for some reason) and lettuce and tomato. pretty. much. every. day. oh and box milk in the morning with chocolate milk mix. I made a fried egg sammich this morning though. yay!
The chapel is pretty dang small compared to the one back home, and there´s only about 50 people there each Sunday. but it´s nicer than most of the other buildings around here.
The houses here are tiny as well, and everybody has a wall and gate in front of where they live, so we need to clap instead of knock at the door. The houses are probably just as big as the reading and piano room sometimes, or as big as our whole main floor. One family was totally blown away that most families in America have more than one floor in their house.
I haven´t eaten anything totally gross yet, though I do kind of shy away from the yellow chicken. The desserts they make here are really, really sweet, like straight condensed milk sometimes.
I probably would be in the jungle if there weren´t a city here, but there are some definitely jungle-ly areas, but not like missionary-rambo style.
I´m guessing that this is mostly a middle-class place where i´m serving, so it´s not so bad, I´ve actually seen a few houses with paint on the walls, haha. and it is a pretty sizable city.
I´ll definitely keep you updated when i get robbed/mugged/chased by wild mamminals.
We teach a lot of 1st lessons, so that´s not really exciting to read about, so until next time,
"eat more elder!"
"sorry, I´m catholic already"
We had 3 baptisms this week. a dad, mom and a son, hopefully the daughter will be baptized this next week. So that was pretty fun. The president has told us to make a goal of how many baptisms we want to achieve by the end of our mission, and since I've been here long enough to see how things are, I set a goal of 100. I dunno if i should keep you updated on how my goal is going through my whole mission in case Josh, Zach or Ben get sent to Saudi Arabia or something and feel like they´re not as awesome as me, bahahaha.
It´s obvious the cops here love their jobs, the´re all military police, in tan, and at least twice already I´ve seen cop cars and SUVs come skidding around the corner in front of us as we´re walking and go off-roading on the sidewalk.
I´ve never head the phrase "eat more elder! eat more!" in my life, I feel like I´m gonna explode after every lunch, but since it´s mostly rice I always feel hungry again by the time we get back. But I did have pizza and french fries the other day!! YES!!
It´s funny how many people here are trying to learn English, a lot of the investigators as me to speak English with them whenever I come around so that they can practice, which really doesn´t help me, haha, but it´s fun. I´m just glad I don´t have to learn it.
The weather here is the most bi-polar I´ve ever seen in my life, we will walk to an appointment and it´ll be a million degrees, and after we come out there will be pouring rain for about a half hour until the sun tries to kill us again. Also, since there´s like a ´church´ on every corner (some of them are just peoples homes with a microphone) we get to hear all sorts of crazy things, people trying to cast out demons every other day by screaming at them, people screaming at the congregation, people screaming at the potted fern, people screaming hallelujah, and such things. pretty fun stuff.
I also had the cheese bread thing, like they have at tucanos, except here they´re way bigger, but taste the same. The people here apparently like their food really dry, cuz I haven´t seen or used any kind of sauce or dressing since I got here. they do have some kind of yellow powder you can pour on it.....yeah.
I´m also gonna be a pro bus-rider by the time I get home. Just thought that would be a fun fact.
Something else that´s fun to deal with is a lot of the people just say "sorry, I´m catholic" even though everybody knows they´re not, and after a minute or two you can convince them to be baptized. Pretty interesting. :)
I´m trying to remember as many details as i can, and i´m taking plenty of pictures, and the last bunch were totally in focus! what are you talking about?
My apartment is actually pretty nice ( compared to my last place, the toilet doesn´t flush so we have to use a bucket of water every time. We play a round of ´kill cockroaches´every night. and we sleep with the fan on, :)
I am not dreaming in Portuguese yet, well maybe, I don´t really remember any of my dreams. But I am improving slowly with understanding what people are saying. Or at least the subject being talked about.
The member families are pretty sweet, I like them, and they´re fun to talk to. And they´re pretty funny, the people here are really relaxed. In good and bad ways. for example: The other day we were walking down the street, and we saw an old lady pushing a stroller, and walking with her daughter who was probably around 14 years old, we started talking to them, and we asked if these were her children in the stroller, and she said no, they´re her daughter´s......yeah. she´s 14 and had 2 kids already.
We eat rice and beans, and meat quite often, which I love, chicken sometimes (which is yellow for some reason) and lettuce and tomato. pretty. much. every. day. oh and box milk in the morning with chocolate milk mix. I made a fried egg sammich this morning though. yay!
The chapel is pretty dang small compared to the one back home, and there´s only about 50 people there each Sunday. but it´s nicer than most of the other buildings around here.
The houses here are tiny as well, and everybody has a wall and gate in front of where they live, so we need to clap instead of knock at the door. The houses are probably just as big as the reading and piano room sometimes, or as big as our whole main floor. One family was totally blown away that most families in America have more than one floor in their house.
I haven´t eaten anything totally gross yet, though I do kind of shy away from the yellow chicken. The desserts they make here are really, really sweet, like straight condensed milk sometimes.
I probably would be in the jungle if there weren´t a city here, but there are some definitely jungle-ly areas, but not like missionary-rambo style.
I´m guessing that this is mostly a middle-class place where i´m serving, so it´s not so bad, I´ve actually seen a few houses with paint on the walls, haha. and it is a pretty sizable city.
I´ll definitely keep you updated when i get robbed/mugged/chased by wild mamminals.
We teach a lot of 1st lessons, so that´s not really exciting to read about, so until next time,
"eat more elder!"
"sorry, I´m catholic already"
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