November 14, 2013
Hola!
Ahhh!!! I've been Argentina for a week now!
Which is crazy because it feels like it's been at least two. I
don't even know where to start. I guess from the beginning.
I met up with two missionaries in Salt Lake, Elder Webber
and Hermana Louder (who actually ended up being my companion), and then we met
up with a few more elders in Dallas. The flight from Dallas to Argentina
was really long. I sat next to this Argentinean guy though and he asked
me all sort of questions about the church. I gave him one of my pass
along cards, which he made sure to stick in his passport, so who knows maybe I
planted a seed!! So we got off the plane, and I was very glad I was with other
missionaries. Customs wasn't too bad, but once we past security there
were so many people. Our driver spotted us and flagged us down. The
temple grounds weren't too far from the airport but we did get to see a little
of Argentina.
When we arrived we got our name tags and unpacked a little.
After I got out of my meeting with President Openshaw (the CCM or MTC
President), I was basically mobbed by six other North American girls (all of
whom are going to the Paraguay Asunción North mission) who had been here for four
weeks. They were so excited to get new sisters from the states, so right
off the bat I felt welcome here, with all the hugs. Those sisters have
been such a blessing, especially since Hermana Louder and I are the only two
girls that came with this new group, so naturally we are companions. She
is from Orem, Utah. She graduated high school this year and just barely
turned 19, so not surprising but I am the oldest in my district. We get
along really well. She took some Spanish before coming here, so she's one
step ahead of me! But I feel like I've learned so much just be being
here. We share a room with six other Latina girls. They are also so
fun. A lot of them speak pretty good English, but we have many a
hilarious conversation, as we have to act out of lot of words to get the point
across. But they are all so willing to help us learn, and they love to learn
English too. Transfers are next week, so all of the districts here except
ours will be leaving. It will be sad to see everyone go because we've
made such good friends with a lot of them, both the North Americans and the Latinos,
but it will be fun to get a new a group.
My district is pretty awesome. Presidente Openshaw
told us that we were an unusually strong district. We have 9 elders and
me and Hermana Louder. One elder never showed up, so there is a threesome
companionship. Six of us are going to the Paraguay Asunción mission and five
are going to the Uruguay Montevideo mission. Unfortunately Hermana Louder
is going to Uruguay, so that is going to be sad when we split up. The
elders in our district our awesome though. Sometimes they get a little rowdy
at times (I mean they are 18 and 19 year old boys), but their hearts are in the
right place. We have one classroom that we basically stay in all day and
three awesome teachers, Hermano Mirisnikov, Hermano Pedersen, and Hermano
Chisteche. They all speak really good English having learned it mostly
from video games and movies. Hermano Pedersen did serve in America though,
so he probably speaks the best English.
The food here is interesting. I have never seen so
many combinations of meat and potatoes in my life! I've just gotten used
to it so it seems pretty normal, but sometimes I think they will just randomly
throw a bunch of stuff into a casserole and feed us that.
Elder Holland is coming to Argentina this weekend and we get
to go hear him!!! I am so stoked. We will get to hear him speak on Saturday and
then he's coming to the CCM on Sunday for lunch! Basically the I'm really
excited!!
Anyways, I don't have much more time, but all is well and I
love you all!!
Hermana Lindsay
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