Monday: More
or less after I wrote you all. Well since I don't include my Mondays in
these emails the day you recieve them. More or less how it went is in
the morning we went shopping for our secret santa people, and I was
about to buy this pistol knife. It looks like a pistol, but when you
press a button the knife flips out. Though it was 550 cords and I didn't
want to fork over that much. Though if you pulled the trigger and the
knife went out I would have totally payed that much! Then after lunch I wrote all of you.
Then in the evening we had our zone activity, A Christmas zone party,
so we had dinner, Played some games, and did the secret santa gift
exchange. With the games I was playing domino's. And me and my partner
won like 9 games in a row, we had 178 out of 200 points. Then the other
two people got the 200 points in 4 rounds. Then the dinner
was nice, it was cool to just chill with people that I'm familiar with.
And then the gift exchange. I got a hammock, and a cool shirt. I got 2
gifts because the person who had my name I let him borrow my belt, and
he said Hey how much for this. I said more or less, how much are you
offering, and he said I'll get you 2 gifts for the gift exchange. So
yeah pretty sweet.
Tuesday:
So we had our normal District meeting this morning, though we missed 2 buses on our way to get there, so we arrived like 30 minutes later than
we would have otherwise. Then afterwards we had lunch, then went on
working. We contacted a lot more today than we usually do. Not as much
as with Elder Lopez, but still a good amount. So that was nice. And tomorrow we have a plan to do splits with members to get a bit more
done. I want to, but then again I'm like Hey I don't know how to talk
with someone!!! So yeah, but hey I know where everything is, so if they
can do some of the talking, I should be able to handle myself.
Wednesday:
So today we were having a Zone fast for the ability to put down more
people on date for baptism. Though I am probably one of the few to
actually fast. I know that at least I am the only one of the 4 elders in
my district. So yeah. I don't have much energy right now. But oh well,
it's for the better good. We went on splits, and it all worked out
nicely.
Thursday: So
today started off good. Elder Alfaro had an appointment with the dentist
(our second counselor in the bishopric) and after that we bought some
food for tonight. Lunch, then we worked hard and played hard. Well by
played hard, we cooked food at the house of Rondaldo, and had a good
time. We did that with the Elders from Rene Polanco too.
Friday:
So today we had a Christmas dinner thing at the church, so in the day
we went on splits and invited, and reminded people about it. So I went
to Villa Cuba and 30 de mayo (like a 35 minute walk one way...) and then
we had the activity. It was great. Later in the night is when my Gordo
arrived. Elder Lopez is here for the new years. Pidul pawned off his
phone to help pay for his bus ride here. But hey my papa is back from
the dead!!!!
Saturday: New years eve Baby! Shout-out to my older brother August, Happy Birthday guy love ya.
Okay
now that that's been said. So the holiday here is celebrated by tons of
partying, and food, and lots and lots of fireworks! Too bad Missionaries can't use fireworks. I want them! So we went around
visiting lots of different families around here, though mainly in
Reparto Shick, because we didn't want to do too much walking. Later in
the night we had dinner with Pidul, and just chilled for a bit while his
daughter and the son of their neighbor were playing with sparklers.
There was music all over the place, and was fun. Too bad we had to leave
for our house at 9:30. Though in the night there was tons and tons of
fireworks. I thought we used a lot on 4th of July in the
states, but here explosions everywhere! We have more of the nice
expensive mortars in the states, not many of those here, but just plenty
of ones that go Pop!
Sunday: Wow it's 2017 already. That's crazy! So we had church at 10 today since
the time change, so that was cool, we didn't have to get up at 5.30am
like we did last year. Then since he had permission Elder Alfaro called
his family today instead of Christmas. So we did that in the afternoon.
Though we were really tired since the night before a couple of the
members and Lopez came at close to 1 am after all the fireworks, and
wished us a happy new year.
A little bit extra for the fellas.
1.
So for the gift exchange we were supposed to give a nice gift, and a
trashy one. I literally gave trash. But memories. The cans of bug spray Elder Lund and I used for fire! But our lunch person, his parrot died 3
days ago. And we buried it in his house, (yeah in his house. They have
some dirt floor) So I was thinking to jokingly dig it up and give that
as my gift, but I decided against it. It would have been the best gift
though.
2. I have failed to buy rope for my hammock...I need rope!
3.
Oh also right now on Friday night, we have the Zone leaders at our
house looking through all of our stuff. So yeah. I mean it's supposedly
to see if we have anything against the rules, but in actuality their
power was cut at their house, and we have an extra bed, so they were
messing with us too. They did take some stuff though (some gum and chapstick).
4.
So for New Year's Eve, the people here do one tradition that is a bit
strange. They all have scarecrow like bodies that they hang up in trees
on on wires. It's a bit unsettling to see just rows and rows of bodies
hanging from trees in front of the houses. Especially in the night with
not much light. Though they are like pinatas, and they symbolize the old
year being no more, and when you break it down the good sweets of the
new year. Or so I understand.
- Elder Vogt
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