No Bacon

K, so by way of announcment, this computer underlines all my words in red.. it gets on your nerves. I know I'm spelling these right-more or less-but the computer thinks it knows better. That wasn't actually my announcement. My announcment was that I will be calling you guys on the 24th, I can use Skype or Hagout I hear is good.. I would rather use skype, but if the computer can't handle it over here maybe you guys should get a hangout account¿ I dunno. Also, you wont know the hour of my calling. At least not exactly, somewhere around 5 my time, I'm not sure how to convert so you guys will have to figure it out.. 

Anyways, lets get down to the nitty gritty: there is no bacon here. I looked everywhere. Meat meat everywhere, but nary a slice of bacon. I had to special order it from the meat shop, its close, but not quite bacon. Once I get the lang down I can make my bacon more specific, but for now I'll have to make do. 

Lets see, also everyone here hugs, a hug is just about the equivalent of a handshake in the US. And I recieved lots of kisses too. A person in the US that would hug you is a person here that gives you a kiss-not on the lips. So pretty much as far as physical affection goes, everything is a step up. I pretty much only shake hands with girls, and I have to make it a point to. They go in for the hug or kiss and I have to stick out my hand awkwardly. I love it. Everyone is pretty open with their feelings, not that I can really tell since I don't understand much...

Speaking of not understanding much I had a nice lesson the other day.. We were invited in by a guy to share a message about Christ since its Christmas and we asked him what Christmas meant to him-after I told him it was a time for family to get together for me-and he started crying. Then he told about how someones mom-I assumed it was his-couldnt be there this Christmas. I put together the crying and talking about someones mom and assumed his mom was dead recently. I was ready to tell him about the plan of salvation, but I decided I didnt think Id be able to convey it as well as my comp,

As we were walking down the road I asked my comp what that was about. I assumed I knew, but I wanted more specifics. I then learned that his wife had cheated on him and left him. In my defence he did actually mention his mom, but I think he was using her as an example and saying that his parents had been together for like sixty years. So yeah, its a good thing I didnt testify that his mom/wife was in a better place.. I think that may have come off as a little rude. Thank goodness the spirit told me to keep my trap shut. 

Anyways, what I thought was really cool over here is the members are very open about the gospel with their friends, we work almost totally off of references. That really is the best way to share the gospel. People dont stay in the church if they dont have a friend and thats a huge problem here. So, share the gospel, especially this time of year. People are more receptive around christmas. 

Sooooo yeah. Also theirs like a million dogs here. They're everywhere and a lot of them look really scary. Lots of german shepards. And they travel in packs. I dont really worry about it though, they usually keep the really bad ones locked up and the ones that are allowed to roam are the ones that dont bite. 

Love ya!!