Okay so this week pretty much rocked... i am just going to start right off.
Thanksgiving. I ate dinner with 13 other missionaries in our zone. we ate at a members house. she lived in the united states for 25 years so she knew exactly what to cook. it was soooo good. the homemade pumpkin pie just about knocked me off my feet. the latinos thought it was pretty strange, but they have never celebrated thanksgiving. it is an american thing. but ya. the members father was there too. he is 100 years old and completely healthy. it was super cool to listen to all of his experiences. he will turn 101 in a couple months.
We did some service and helped a lady move... we had to carry all of her stuff down one floor and then up three floors to her new apartment... ugh.... Hermano Saul kept asking what we wanted and i just yelled... Justice... Freedom... and Saltenas!!! saltenas are the most delicious food in cochabamba... yum!!! it was hard work, but we had a really good time.
This last wednesday was the bolivian census... so we had to stay in the house all day long. if they find us in the street, they charge 1000 bolivianos and then you get arrested... so we stayed in the house all day long.. we studied, cleaned, washed clothes, planned, washed the dog, and took a celestial nap. ahhhh awesome. so productive and now our house is squeaky clean.
I was brushing my teeth the other day and worms started jumping out of the drain in the sink... gross
My companion is from argentina and so she drinks a lot of matte. dad can explain what it is. you have a special straw and cup and it is really hot drink... i didnt like it at first, but i think i am slowly getting addicted to it. so dont blame me when i get back and crave matte every second. haha!! yummmm you should try it! And ya, my companion is just super cool we are really working well together and she is learning so fast!
There is going to be a huge christmas choir concert in the temple in two weeks and since the temple is in our area... we are responsible for passing out 4000 invitations. holy cow.. but we are asking for help and that is pretty much what we are going to focus on this next week. it is going to really great and it is super easy to approach and talk to people when you have a special invitation for them. they are more willing to talk to you. so we are going to have a ton of success in the next few weeks and then we are going to receive hundreds of references at the activity... or at least that is our plan. haha.
We have run into to Jehovahs witnesses almost every single day this week.... o hackin. we almost invited them to the christmas choir concert and then i remembered that they dont celebrate christmas... phew. maybe we will invite them anyways.
Okay and so today was the best Pday of all time. We got to go to chapari!!!! We had one of the highest baptismal rates as a zone last month so we got to go on a FIELD TRIP. President took us in a big tourist bus to the tropical part of cochabamba. the city is a normal climate, but you drive two hours and you are suddenly in the jungle... awesome. we went and saw a bunch of waterfalls and got to visit a big lagoon... it was humid, tropical, muddy, and super fantastic. we went hiking through the jungle, my companion had never been hiking before in her life... i dont think she liked it very much. but i was on top of the world. Afterwards we went to a trout farm... and we ate fresh trout.... it was sooooo delicious. such a good lunch. yum!! we were with 30 missionaries and the president with his wife. it was just so much fun. missionaries are never allowed to visit there alone... so we are the most lucky missionaries in the mission. yesssss. i will hopefully be able to send some pictures soon.
Well, that is what happened to me this week. thank you for all of the emails and letters. you are the best. i hope you have a super good week. i love ya! godspeed.
Hermana Milne
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