So I arrived in Bolivia a few days ago. My first area is in the 6th or 7th ring, I think. Definitely the slums of the city. It feels like it`s 1000 degrees everyday. My apartment is basically halfway outside and on top of that, I couldn`t have a more uncomfortable bed. and.....I LOVE IT!
I love my area it`s called Nuevo Mundo (Couldn't have picked a better name for my first area) (you`re gonna have to excuse me if I misspell anything because the keyboards here are bad.
There`s a lot of poverty here and it's sad to see, the people are so kind and they have such a strong love of God. My first few days here, my companion (Elder Corizzo he's from Argentina) and I had tons of success. Tons of baptisms lined up. However, we realized we were in the wrong area! We've started working in our area and we haven't had as much success, but things are still going well.
Like I said before, it's really hot and apparently there isn't a ton of jungle in my mission, which I'm kind of bummed about, but oh well it's not important. It's all about the people.
We shared a pensionista (Lady who cooks lunch) with two other elders that live with us and the food was great. However, we started going to our own pensionista and the food isn't very good. The worst part is that her kitchen is surrounded by flies. we're talking hundreds and hundreds. Even though her house is relatively cleaner than other houses we've been too haha I try to eat really fast to get out haha
Everything here is way different than what I'm used to. It's such an adventure.
I love finding people and teaching, but I'm really struggling with the language. I feel kind of useless sometimes. I can understand pretty well, but I can`t speak very well at all. I need to be patient and keep trying my best. I know The Lord will take care of me. He always has.
I love feeling The Lord walk with me. You can feel the Spirit guide you. I wouldn't trade this for anything in the world. I love my mission.
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