Email #4: “We’re rollin!”


Hola!
Élder Monson and I have been keeping busy! Language gets a little easier everyday, and service is always an enjoyable experience - we had fun tearing down vines on a lady’s wire fence. 

Highlights:

- Lots of dogs. Everywhere. None have chased us yet, thank goodness. Dogs here don’t receive love so they move your hands and put their body under you so you have to pet

-Weather: pretty much just cold when we wake up and go to bed


-Violence: one guy was walking near us one night, he took a sharp turn to follow us, hands in pockets, head down, he tried to pull a gun, I kicked his knee out, it was fine. Just kidding mama... People say Rosario is dangerous but we’re fine here. It’s like people say Houston is dangerous but if you live in a suburb it’s safer than downtown…


-We no longer ride a bus over to our district meeting because of the cost and time so we’ll start doing WhatsApp video calls. We walk everywhere- no bikes or cars


- Had District Counsel, its only my companionship that are men, everyone else is a Sister haha

- The Snacks here are honestly S-tier, delicious and uncannily good at making you want more

-Ishmael: super funny guy, owns a farm, has big golden white adorable dogs that could eat a man

-“Rosa, Espina, y Capullo” (roses & thorns & bud for the next day):


* Monson- my boy, he’s the best. He never gets mad or moody

* Still getting better with Spanish

* People we talk to, & food! I ate a blood sausage! (Don’t worry mama… it was cooked)


- Happily devoted to furthering the work of the Lord! 

Pics - district meeting at Junior B’s with Sisters (they’re from Peru, Ecuador, Spain, & Honduras), funny low quality image on wall, Scout moving my first month flag over😂















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