Another crazy week. So on Tuesday we went to Ibague to hear from Elder Grow from the 70. He spoke about focusing on conversion, not baptism and how we can set goals better. It was really good. And I got to see Elder Bittner again! My companion calls him Elder Beaner and its pretty funny.
So our apartment has a lot of ants, so were trying to fight them. I've also
collected a lot of mosquito bites. Starting to use my bug spray. Cold showers
are my new favorite thing, since its the only time when I'm cold. I'm living in
an eternal summer here, a cab driver today says it never gets cooler in the
year. So that's fun. Sorry if all this sounds like complaints. Its just the
uncomfortable things to me that make my mission mine. I love each one of them.
Except the ants.
Funny Spanish things: so the word for blonde here is "mono" instead of
rubio. So everyone calls me a mono, because my hair is lighter and im white.
Mono in the rest of the Spanish speaking world means monkey. So that threw me
off at first, but now im proud to be a mono. Also, all of the curse words are
different here. All of the Mexican curse words are used here casually. Ive heard
just about every Mexican curse word this week and it totally throws me off. Its
really strange. Apparently the people here learn the words from Mexican movies,
but they didn't exist before the movies, so they have no significance. Its
funny.
So this week we ran out of copies of the Book of Mormon. We normally get
boxes of 36. We had 3 left. We have a difficulty getting them because customs
here checks them really thoroughly, because they dont understand why the church
sends so many books here for free. So, we had 3 copies left and E' Macis
suggested we be careful handing them out. I said we should give them to whoever
we think needs it, and when we run out, the Lord will provide more. We got
another box 3 days later. It was cool to see.
We found this great burger place called Mr. Burguer, spelled wrong. Its
really good, and super cheap. We have been teaching with the teenagers in the
ward and their stories and testimonies really bring the spirit. The 4 or 5
priests we have in the ward are all converts. Its super cool.
So the week also started awesome, we found about 10 new investigators in a
part of our area called Limonar. We also got new sister missionaries, and they
took Limonar. So we had an awesome day when we found them and had a lot of
lessons. Then we found out we were going to lose them. Its okay though, because
they sister missionaries are really good. They are really going to be able to
help them. We spent a lot of time looking for an apartment for them too. We
found them a really nice place, and we got the papers today. I want to live
there.
A lot of days we get home late and end up planning until or past 10. We
also don't get dinner a lot of times because lunch is the main meal here. Its
okay though, because lunch is always huge, so I don't get too hungry at night. I
spoke on Sunday, I urged the ward members to get involved with missionary work.
It felt good.
Last night we went to a member's house. They gave us two arepas, hot
chocolate and a fried tube-looking think. It was salty and chewy. I began eating
it, because I didn't want to be impolite. I took two bites and then asked my
companion what it was. So I finished it quickly and asked him. I kinda guessed,
it was intestine. It had kind of a funky taste, but wasn't too bad. So that was
fun.
I'm so glad to be a missionary. We got to share a bit about our callings as
missionaries with some investigators, and I felt so grateful for this
opportunity. It is so amazing. I love being a missionary, I love Colombia. I
know this church is the true church of God, and that it is the only place one
can find true happiness.
Thanks for reading,
Elder Beck
We had a pizza night, that rocked.
The soccer field, our zone goes and plays every p day, it was super
fun.
Me drinking Colombiana, one of the sodas here.
Us eating Mexican food today. Today has been really good.
Outside where we live.
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