1. I noticed from the photos that you
sent last week that you are using your backpack. Have you decided that
you like it better than your shoulder bag?
So the
situation with my backpack is basically that the shoulder bag that I bought
from that guy in the centro in Tapachula broke already. So I´m back to my
backpack. Which I kind of like better anyway because I can hold more
stuff if I want to and also I don´t think it´s going to twist up my back.
And, since it´s made by UnderArmour and we bought it in the US, I´m hoping it
will last me more time than the shoulder bag.
2. Are you feeling okay? You
haven't mentioned much about your health--I hope that no news is good news.
I can only imagine that it was a huge shock to your system to walk so
much and to eat so differently. I hope that you have adjusted!
So basically I´m doing well healthwise.
The only complaint I have right now is that we just got back from a zone
activity (that´s why I´m writing so late), and we played soccer in the sun for
hours and I got schooled by the Mexicans basically. So my head kind of
hurts and I´m going to be way sore but it was fun. But I´m
pretty accustomed to the food and heat here, even though the first couple weeks
threw me pretty hard for a loop healthwise, and I was pretty sick. But
President told us that we shouldn´t tell our families when we´re sick while
we´re sick, and I didn´t want to worry you guys, because it wasn´t really that
big of a deal. Every once in a while someone still gives us something
weird to eat and it makes me sick, but that´s why I asked Mom for the Pepto
Bismal, and I take a pill and makes me not sick again.
3. Adam wants to know if you gotten to
eat any bugs yet? :)
Well they don´t really eat bugs here that
much. The only really weird thing I´ve eaten so far that I did not like
at all was panza. Which is cow stomach. And it smells
horrible. Like seriously apesta bien feyo. I ate about a half-kilogram
of tortilla and another half-kilogram of lime water to be able to down
it.
So, we had a baptism on Saturday! Because
it was a boy of 10 years who got baptized (I know that sounds funny, I don´t
remember how it goes right now) we actually did it in this bathtub thing that´s
in the church (the branch rents a house, it´s like a jacuzzi style bathtub).
Also, we couldn´t find baptismal clothes for him, so his jumpsuit was an
adult size. It´s a little big.
I never sent or took a picture of our beautiful
chapel in Tapachula, so I did today at the activity (we played at this soccer
field that´s right next to the Indeco/San José building). I really miss
having an established chapel like this with air conditioning and a baptismal
font and all that awesome stuff.
This is part of our lovely house. For the
record, those dished are all clean, that´s just where we keep them. Also,
the non-iron thing about my shirts didn´t really end up being too true, so I
have taken up ironing my shirts every day, and there is our lovely ironing
board.
This lizard was like a foot long. Just
chilling right outside our house where we do our washing. I used the 64x
zoom on my camera. And it turned out way clear. I was impressed.
This was right after the baptism. We have
a lot more members in our branch, but most of them are slackers and did not
come to the baptism. We´re hoping that as we keep having baptisms, they´ll
get animated a little and support us a little more.
Turns out I don´t actually have more emails to send.
Just wanted to say thank you for your prayers, especially in your being
more specific. This week we found two people (a mother and a son) on
Friday, and on sunday they came to church. We´re really excited about
teaching them. I love you sooooooooo much!!!
Con amor,
Elder Andrew
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