well this week was awesome! we have a family who accepted a baptisma date, and others who are so close. the father of the family is named josé luis and he is awesome. he has been ready for a few weeks, but he is waiting and helping his wife and one of his sons to be ready too.
yesterday onthe way back from church i was thinking about cultural shock... i dont think it exsists. here i am in a country that speaks a different language, uses different money, spending my time in a completely different way, and i´m good. not freakedout at all. maybe in a few months i will lose it and go crazy, but i guess we will just have to wait a little bit to find out.
one cool thing that happened last night, we went way out into the middle of nowhere to meet with this family, and when we got therethey offered us some juice, we said yes and when they brought it i took a swig,it kinda tasted like dirt, and my companion said dont drink too much. i lookedover at him and he is chugging his glass. i´m gonna be honest i was super confused. he then took my glass from me and chugged that too. then he whispered to me, i wont get sick, you will. then i understood. it is crazy how easy it is to forget sometimes that i cant drink water from the tap. anyways that was kinda a cool story.
i dont know what else to share, we just kinda go to work. walking the streets, knocking doors and teaching lessons.
ofh i got something. so we eat lunch at a pension, that is just a fancy word for a member who we pay to feed us.but then for dinner we are on our own, so me and elder archer every nightcook hotdogs, and put them on this flat bead they sell here. and if we are feeling it we cook some eggs too. but one night we were talking about what we buy from the lady in the tienda (little store), and we only ever buy milk, cereal, hotdogs, bread, juice, eggs,and condiments. never vegetables, never anything healthy... just that. for lunch we always have a soup,a plate of rice, veggies and meat, and then a fruit based dessert, all in all a very well rounded meal. hermana rodriguez (the mission presidents wife) makes sure they feed us good stuff, the whole 12 food groups and all that stuff. so it isnt like we arent eating healthy, but the lady who runs the tienda probably worries about us just a little.
well that is all i can think of for this week.
one cool thing i was told this week is "when you dont know what to say... yo se que..." yo se que means "i know that" i relly likethis because when ever i dont know what to sayin a lesson i can just bare testimony.
have fun transitioning in to winter, it is summer here, and will be for the next 2 years, haha. but seriously if some one wants to send me a picture when it snows, i would be very happy.
till next week
elder arkoudas
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