hey mom, i dont have tons of time this week cause its loaded here at ciber. so i will try to fill you in quick and answer your questions.
This week has been slow. We almost died on tuesday. We were just walking down the street and a guy started yelling at us and we ignored and kept walking. Then he was yelling in spanish right next to us and i didnt understand what he was saying. all i heard was TELEFONO but i said i didnt have one and kept walking then he grabbed my bag. Apparently before he grabbed my bag he said he would shoot us if we didnt give him anything. i didnt see his gun either. so i ripped the bag out of his hands and we started booking it around the corner. I thought for about 5 seconds i was gonna get shot and dropped. But i dint thank goodness. SO now we have been a little struck with fear and are never carrying anything but a Book of mormon. So im a little mentally whack right now with the change and the people here are nuts. Im honestly fine all together but its just super hard at this time.
I feel like im the only one whos not learning spanish. Its there in my head it just doesnt process. I cant understand people either very well. But im doing my best and thats all i can do.
Other than that im doing fantastic. My companion elder jewkes is a pro chef. he has made bread, pancakes, fried rice, eggs, omlette, and all sorts of pasta. So its nice having him around but he goes home in 3 weeks. But i do my OWN laundry. it takes about 5 hours in the machine thingy and then we hang it up on the roof to dry. Can you say CRUSTY SOCKS! ahhhh. super funny how crappy our pension is too. I love it.
Ummm. As far as the landscape...its flat and all the building are bricks and cement sloppy done up. ANd theres a slight rise in neuqen in the city i can see it from the window. Its exactly like the pictures on google. Its all dirt roads with just desert feeling to it. I dont it isnt too hot yet but its kind of nice. we are building a house out of cement and bricks. im basically a brick mason its fun. were doing more tonight as well. It is nothing like the states. everything is just crappier and makes no sense. Every day from 12 to 6 everyone just sleeps and has a ciesta. so we just walk around and tract. We clap to knock on the door basically. we clap outside the fence and they come out and yell at us haha. Its super fun. Theres dogs all over and they are scary thank goodness for rocks. We usually eat lunches with members and its usually milonesa or breaded steak basically. its really good. With rice and warm nasty mayo salad. they eat mayo with everything. P days, we just email and hang out and play ping pong at the church. They have ping pong tables at the church and all churches instead of basketball. Thats like the staple here. I dont know if im losing weight i feel like i am. NO idea. I hope not. But ya i hope i answered your questions.
Im super jealous your in paradise right now. I feel like im in the enferno. But its great at the same time. I dont have a whole lot of time left.
Sunday, we broke a record for attendance with 55 peoplle there including our baptismal date. She is getting baptized in 2 weeks. Augustina. She is 9 years old. She is awesome. We taught here the 10 commandments on thursday. We used hand motions for each commandment in a fun way so that was great.
Love you all hope all is well and i will hopefully have more time next week!
Love, elder westensee
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