Thursday, August 7, 2014

I got in one little fight and president got mad and said your going with Elder Ericson in Bel-Air

The subject header is a quote spoofing the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" ( I had to have Tory explain it to me:) and is referring to the mansion he is living in:)Jessica

Sooo, this week we felt reaaaaly dumb and ended up having to call a locksmith...

But before we get to that I'll describe Rada Tilly to ya'lls: this place is ridiculous, these houses are bigger and nicer than houses in the states(it could just be because I havn't seen a house in the US for a while, but they are still reaaaly nice). All of the doors have intercoms,there are houses on the beach with fat marble staircases and super modern architecture. Some of the doorbell things even have cameras on them. We contacted this one house(all we have to do is contact in this area since we don't have investigators) and it had a fingerprint thing instead of a key to get in, aaaand when we rang the camera doorbell a security guard came behind us with a tazer ready(he thought he was reeeealllly cool) and he said he couldn't say too much because they could hear him.. he was pretty full of himself. he thought he was some sort of action hero. 

Also we found a really nice couple that feed us huge, amazing dinners and will talk to us, but they don't want to talk at all about religion. Its pretty weird, but we're slowly warming them up. Our goal is to make a branch here in Rada Tilly, which really isn't too hard to do, we have about three active members, so we'll see how it goes from there. 

And on Saturday we walked out of the pension to get something to eat the next day, but we had none of the keys, and our pension locks automatically behind us, so we were stuck.. luckily our neighbors had the number to a lock smith so we had to wait outside in our enclosed parking lot thing. Aaand our neighbors gave me a blanket because I didn't have my coat. That was really nice of them. They were super cool. 

Other than that, just a lot of contacts, aaaand we got BIIIIIIiIIIIIkes. Our area is really huge, so its needed. 

Love ya'lls!

Monday, August 4, 2014

Little orphan Annie

Soooooo, I may have mentioned before about a pension in the richest area in the mission that has heated floors and a thermostat and being over there is like being in America. I'm living there.
This transfer has been the most complicated transfer I've ever had. I think I've set some sort of record. I've been thrown everywhere. I've had three areas, and four companions. First I was in abasolo with Elder Winward, then he left and I went to the area next to abasolo and was with Elder Meadows and Elder Alvarez for a week and now I'm going to finish the transfer in a neighborhood of Comodoro called Radda Tilly with Elder Erickson.
Radda Tilly is the exact opposite of abasolo. It is literally like being in the united states, some of the houses there are worth millions of dollars, the streets are PAVED, its right on the beach, and everyone is really rich and snobby and looks at us like we are something really smelly that they just stepped in. Its pretty crazy, I'm getting whiplash from all these changes over here..
Aside from all that, this area is starting to warm up. We had a baptism two days after I got there and she is suuuuper cool, she's got this kid that kinda looks like chancho from nacho libre, hes soooo chubby and cute, hes seven and all he wants to be when he grows up is a missionary. Its the coolest thing ever, if we can get enough people in Radda Tilly, out goal is to be able to organize a branch over there because they're pretty isolated from Comodoro. I don't know how long I'll stay there though, it could just be two weeks, I really have no idea.
Anyways, that's that, I love ya guys and I'm grateful for all your support!