Well I´m not going
to lie it has been a crazy week! Me and my companion are doing good I guess but
there is definitely a language barrier unfortunately but once I get better at
Spanish I´ll actually be able to have a conversation with him. Every where in the
mission no matter where you are at you don´t waste time! The day after I got
here we went out and talked to people and whatnot. I understood nothing
whatsoever but I can finally pick out words and sometimes I can tell what
they´re talking about. I´m also pretty sure I got sent to the hardest mission
every . . . . of all time. The rules here are strick! sheesh! but not to
worry they aren´t too overbearing. The first week went pretty fast for my first
week and it makes me sad to think that it´ll be over so fast. I'm sorry but I
forgot my camera at the apartment so I can't show you how cool it is over here.
now to describe my area. There are three parts of my mission. The ghetto. The
ghettoer ghetto. and then imagine the ghettoest ghetto you have ever ghettoed
and that sums up my mission area. Now I'm not complaining at all because being
here has given me a greater appreciation for the things that I have and when I
say we have it good I mean we have it GOOD. The food here is good and I really
enjoy it. It is REALLY close to places back home like el farol and such. It
rains. . . . . Everyday . . . . at around 5 normally I'd say it's great but
just yesterday it POURED rain and it had rained so much and so hard that there
were rivers in the streets. . . . rivers. The terrain here is good I guess. I
could explain it by saying that I don't need to have excercise my legs at all
here because here in Mexico every day is leg day. We get fed a lot and
hopefully I won't loose weight like our kind introducing missionary said we
would. I'm basically doing a maintaining workout in the mornings since I don't
have very much time and trying to get used to everything is harder than I
realized. The people are great and love to have a good time but I don't
understand them as much as I would like. the rest of the people in my district
are absolutely golden and they are fun to be around and also they speak english
whenever I need help. The transportation here is in reformed vans called
cambis. Speaking of driving the driving is crazy here! Man it's like a roller
coaster ride everytime we need to go somewhere. And sometimes the cambis get
really tight with people. So you could say it's a fabulous missionary
opportunity. If I could speak spanish as well as my native companion. The water
is always cold here. I don't know why but it always is. It feels great AFTER
I'm done. So concerning letters I was told that you should always use US postal
and never UPS. When sending packages just print out a picture of Jesus or
something related and they won't go through it. I don't know exactly where to
send them but I do know that you need to send them to the mission office which
is I don't know what I was told that it was in the little folder thingamajig
that came with the mission call. Could you help me out mom? I will enjoy
hearing from you guys more than usual since letters are like gold out here
since we hardly get any of them. Speaking of gold everything here is so cheep
it's ridiculous there are some really nice headphones here for 45 pesos which
is the American equivalent to about 4 bucks yeah I know. So coming here I
expected not to hear a lick of english from anybody or anything but just the
other day when me and my companion were riding in a cambi these are the words
which I heard being blasted from a boombox outside. "cause I'm slim shady
yes I'm the real shady" Things got a whole lot more difficult for me to
focus. And also there is a recent convert we're teaching a little bit more and
while he was cleaning his little restaraunt he had music playing and there are
2 songs that I'd like to mention one he had was Hotel Calfornia which of course
reminded me of Grandpa. Then after that I heard piano man I about died! Oh and
by the way the shops and stuff are about 10 feet by 20 feet and they are built
into the walls of buildings and stuff so it's a lot different from stuff back
home.
I wish you all back
home the best of luck! Happiness comes from hard work and always remember that
pain and hurt are temporary. Also remember that the church is true and it is
only after the trial of your faith do you recieve the truth. It's hard but it's
worth it I promise. And one more thing you don't create memories by living
inside a comfort zone!!
--
ELDER
NISSON
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