Its sooo crazy, we´re starting week 3 of this change and it feels like I just got here. Time is going by so fast now. I love to have this kid with me! (his new companion) He´s on fire! His spanish is still a little sketchy but he doesn´t care, lol. We talk to everyone we see and if its like 8:59 at night and we´re standing outside our door he´ll look at me and be like....lets go find one more family, lol, and I'm not going to argue with that, lol.
So we have 2 really cool families that are progressing. In one family the dad is a 2 time South American Kung-Fu champion, the mother is from Detroit, and the son can speak ka-chickel... And there are a few random other people that we are working with too.
I really don't understand...in this past year this area only baptised 7 people!!! FOR A WHOLE YEAR!!! By the way, we had 2 baptisms this past weekend which were really cool.
Our zone came up with a really cool idea for this coming month of December. We are going to have a White Christmas! Now, we don't have snow down here...it's still like 90 everyday, but, what we´re going to do is everyone of the missionaries are going to place all of our baptism invitations on the week of Christmas!!! So all of our investigators will be white, pure, and clean of their sins, and ready to start a new year, how cool is that?!?!?!?
OH and I got your other package that had my scriptures and jersey! Thank you so much for that and those ties are awesome...I'm wearing the blue one right now lol!
Now for mom's questions:
So how do you like being in a ward again?
I really love being in a ward. They actually know what they´re doing most of the time. And best of all a lot of the members are willing to feed us! This is the first area where members have asked me where I'm going to be eating for lunch or dinner...IT'S SOOOO COOOL!!! And another thing...there is AC!
What towns do you actually work in?
Alright, so I live in Reu, and I work in Las Palmas. Really they´re right next to each other, like in walking distance.
Do they have fast food restaurants?
Heck yeah there is! I got to eat at McDonalds last Monday! It literally blew my mind. I haven't eaten food that good since I was back home!!!! It was sooooo good but it's really expensive, lol. Well, for a missionary it is lol.
Is it still the jungle atmosphere?
No, its all city life now. Everyone has a car, a lot of them are actually pretty nice. People here have money and are a little more snobby...like there is a lot of money flowing through Reu...but yeah it's still really hot and humid on a lot of days, lol. Like now that rain season is over it's just heat and sun...so I'm getting a little darker now,lololololololololololol!
Tell me about your companion...does he have brothers, sisters,??
Yeah, he's got like one sister and 4 other brothers I think. He's the second to the youngest.
You say he is big...like what size do you think he wears? I might send him some TN pajama bottoms :)
He's big but he is really fit. Like he used to do UFC fighting before the mission, lol, The dude´s got a freakin six pack. Like his shirt size is probably a large.
Do you have an investigators you are working with?
Yeah a couple families and a few possible preisthood holders! Going to try and put the fecha for the 17th, so we can have our white christmas!!
Cultural experience to share?
Ummmm...just that I've been looking for some tastey iguana to eat, lol. And of course PB and J´s....soooo good, but a little pricey also.
Spiritual experience to share?
Yeah the other night we had like 5 min. before it was 9 and we were like lets go get one more contact. So we walking around our area and there was no one. And my comp just looked up in the sky and was like, "Lord, please send us some we can talk to." And no sooner had he said that, than a family walked around the corner. So we contacted them and placed a cita for the next day, so cool, lol.
Most memorable contact of the week?
Read the above to find out more of the amazing adventures of Elder Marquis and Elder Langi!!!!
To be continued....
Love you all soooo much,
E. Marquis
So you tell him you're going to send his companion some pajama bottoms and he tells you his shirt size is a large. Perfect! Ha ha! He looks so good Laurie! What a great companionship he is in!
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