So today marks my two month aniversario! And I have almost three weeks in the mission field! Crazy huh!
People have been asking about the culture here, so I will do what I cantowrite it: I can't seem to get my camera working with the computer here. o whenever I need to access the internet (mostly just for writing home), I go to one of several Internet Cafe's! It is like 50 cents an hour, pretty sweet huh haha. So Tinal is a bunch of giant apartment buildings, all locked and secured with tall electric fences, and you need to talk to security guards to get into any of them. On the streets are tons of vendors that sell food and random stuff (toys, movies, shoes, etc), and we aren't allowed to buy food from them because we don'0t know if the food is good to eat haha. There is a ton of traffic on all the main streets, and when we need to get somewhere somewhat far (like the stake center), we cram into these little ''busetas'' that are pretty much small busses filled with people. THere are tons on the roads, so you just have to look at a sign on the front of the bus to see if the bus is going where you are going, then wave your hand and hope they pull over haha. They open the door just long enough for you to get in, then start driving, whether you are secure or not haha. You hand the bus driver money through a little window, and just find a place o stand without too much body contact with others. it is usually unavoidable haha.
So there are also tons of stray dogs here! They all seem to be friendly, they just dig through trash and look for food. One even found its way into the church building on sunday! He jsut kinda walked around then left haha. There aren't too many stray cats; maybe they all get eaten by the dogs haha.
Most of the streets here have a bunch of kinda feo buildings on either side, with bunches of apartments and similar stuff. I will try to get more photos to you next week.
The food here is pretty good, but there are always two starches (almost), a combination of rice, potatoes, yucca (which I llike haha), and spaghetti. Then they have some sort of vegetable and a piece of meat, usually not the best quality haha. I also get soup fairly often. I haven't found any foods yet that I really don't like, which I am very gratyeful for haha.
One more thing: The bread here (pan) is reallllyyyy good! I am going to get so fat off it haha. For just over a dollar, I can get like 10-15 roll sized pieces. Bueno.
It has been a good week. My companion can get on my nerves sometimes, but I love him haha. So in our rama (branch of the church), we had a missionary who was set apart last Tuesday! However, because he didn't have any priesthood members in his house, we got permission from the Mission president to stay with us! We have a couple extra matresses in our casa, so he slept there, then we had a normal missionary day (wake up, exercise, study, proselyte). Then en la noche, we went with him, the stake president, su mami, y su sister to the airport! My companion felt like hopping on a plane to Peru haha. But all in all, it was a good day!
So last Friday I had to go to the mission office to recieve my (insert name here) haha I forgot the name, but it is a Colombian ID card that I need to carry at all times so I don't need to carry my passport around. I giess a gringo passport can be worth up to $10,000 American dollars on the street. So we took thae long Trans-Mileno bus ride to the offices, O got my card thing, then we went to the mall across the road and I got to eat Taco Bell! Woo for american food!!!!!
Church is at 8 in the morning this year! It is pretty early ( I have to wake at 5:30 because it is like a 40 minute walk haha), but it isn't too bad. Then I have a little more time during the day to teach! This sunday we taught the less active mother of the missionary that jsut left, and she seems to be more interested in coming back. She attended church on sunday! Woo!
Today was a prettry sweet P-day! This morning we got to go to the Temple! It is the first time in two months that the rest of my zone has gone ( I went just like 3 weeks ago haha), so it was a really special occasion! I had to wake up at 5 this morning to get ready and go, but we got there on time, and it was a great experience. I am so glad that God has given us temples to worship in, perform ordinances, and get blessings! Then after the temple, I ate Subway AND a mcflurry from McDonalds! More woo for american food! Then my comp and I went to the stake center in a buseta to play futbol with some guys from the zone! It was pretty sweet haha.
Well I need to go! Love you all! I know that God and Jesus Crist live, and that we have been provided with a plan and instructions to be able to live with our families forever! I am so blessed to be able to share that message! Talk to you next week! :)
Love,
Elder Toombs
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