Hope things are going pretty well over there!! I appreciate the inspiring letter from dad. I enjoyed reading it and helps me stay strong knowing that he is so positive. Anyways, i am still alive!
First, I thought I would answer some of the questions from dad.... Right now, there are 4 of us living in our house. It is by far one of the nicest houses I have lived in on the mission. It is not on stilts... its actually on top of a little western union store. So we are actually on one of the safest parts of the city. Me and my companion spend most of our time visiting recent converts and members all over the city. Usually its helping them develop testimonies and get to church. Most of that time is specific focused on helping possible priesthood holders recieve the priesthood or young men get excited to go on missionas. We also do a lot of activities at the church, we teach institute class, and also an english class. I think my favorite part is we also get to help other missionaries in their area and get to know members all over puerto. We constantly are invited to lunch, which is pretty cool, since both me and my companion stink at cooking. Normally it is a big plate of rice with a side of fish or chicken or turtle (yes, turtle is very popular to eat here). Hmm... I would say that some of my favorite things to eat are what they normally eat for dinner here (here lunch is the main meal of the day, breakfast and dinner are pretty light). I have learned to love tortillas de harina and rice and beans, a lot of the time, they do it as a stir fry, mixing it with onions and seasonings... sometimes eggs. And i also like when they fry platinos... which is kinda like a banana. A lot of the time, I am in the kitchen talking or helping the members cook, so i have learned to make some of the things. So maybe i will cook them for you when i get back!
Alright, so this week has been pretty cool. We survived the lockdown.... Daniel Ortega won and there were not too many riots, especially in our part of town. Actually, during the time of elections, selling alcohol is prohibited... so we joke around that election time might have been one of the safest times of the year since there are no drunks in the streets.... While we stayed inside our house this week, the owners noticed we were kinda bored and lend us a dvd and tv for a couple days, so we could watch church movies....
So then after elections, our mission president flew over to have a conference. It was pretty cool, he aught us a little, visited around, and also interviewed some of the members so that they could receive the melquisidic priesthood. I especially enjoyed my interview with him. There was one thing that he said that stood out to me while he was teaching. He said many of us look at hard times in the world as a burden or challenge. For the saints, it should be the exact opposite. Hard times give huge opportunities for the righteous to prosper.
Anyways, things are pretty awesome here... another week of changes are going up so we will see what happens. I am now one the missionaries with the most time in puertocabezas so who knows what will happen. Keep up the bright spirits. I love you and hope you have a good week!
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