First Update from ARGENTINA.

Monday- October 14th Elder Westensee wrote:

hey i am here in Gran Neuquen. After 6 days in my suit, 2 nights on a couch, 1 night on an airplane, and 2 nights on the floor, im here. I got to go dang it. I will be on tomorrow. Lets just say this is the hardest thing ive ever done. Talk tomorrow. Chow.

Tuesday- October 15th Elder Westensee wrote:

Well well well. Im in Good old Argentina at last.Its been crazy. I dont even know where to begin... Sounds like home is the same and things are good and BYU is still just ok at football. Im glad im not missing much. I am emailing from like a hollywood video type store on a random computer. Its 6 pesos an hour. We took a bus here. 

Well...As you know i arrived here in the mission after many plane rides and a bus ride. Im glad i got to fly to neuquen. But before neuquen, we took a bus around buenos aires (all 60 new missionaries) and took pictures and saw the temple and what not. Then, we flew down to Neuquen and got in around 8 p.m. We then met president and went to the mission home. Slep there that night. Then the next day, got our companions. I am with Elder Jewkes and Elder Quinonez. Jewkes goes home after this transfer, hes from west jordan and Quinonez is 8 months. But we are a trio because we are serving in Gran Neuqen. Gran neuquen is a scary dirty crime ridden place. Ugliest part of the mission. My first day on saturday, we built a house. It was awesome but tasking. I am falling asleep very fast. But my companion has told me stories about the area and what has happened and....ya its gonna be interesting. Theres bars on all windows and the houses are all gated and tight right next to each other. There is a dog like every 10 feet. Havent been bit yet but i will at some point. Pit bulls, dogos (illegal in the states because they are mean and huge), and rotweilers. All. Over. Scary. Not mention the labs and german sheppherds. Not a single paved road in our area. Its  interesting.

Our apartment is tiny. About the size of our weight room. NO washer. no dryer. Bucket of water and soap. The shower is frigid. Theres no carpet. And jewkes is sleeping in the floor. Its hard to get food here. But i finally have Pesos so i can get food and eat!!!!!! Its been a rough few days. But its getting better. I have had 8 alfajores since ive been here. They are like a really good moon pie with dulce de leche. or caramel. I like them. I had lunch with a lade today we had massive piece of flat meat. like a big square of meet like a base, in baseball. and rice. I almost threw up it was so much. But so good. The food here is like. Hotdogs or Chorizo sausage, and just carne meat. Its ok but fatty. They have like what called interlagos which is like a 2 liter of sprite. So i got one of those. So good. We have water jugs like in medford. Good water. Its hard to find water here. Elder jewkes made and i quote ¨´Jew-fa-jores´´ and Jew bread. Both were really good. Its just his own recipes haha.

ummmm. not sure what else i can say. Theres dogs all over, its getting hot, there is not a single stop sign. The people cut off the mufflers on the cars so they are loud. Crazy drivers. Theres no lines. Its basically just a free for all down here. I see why following rules are so important. Tomorrow is zone conference. should be a good day. But ya im doing well so far. Loving it here although its a challenge.  I cant wait to learn the language. Its much different than mexican spanish. If you have any questions just ask me! 

Sounds like home is good and everyone is just swell. I should be able to email monday cause that is my p day. Ciber pronounced (SEE-BURR) was closed yesterday so thats why we couldnt email. But love you all stay safe and keep doing good in life!

Love, 

Elder Westensee