I´m glad to hear you were able to spend Thanksgiving as a family, I thought about you guys a lot that day. I actually ending up having a great Thanksgiving despite the fact of being away from home. Wednesday one of the american families in the ward, the Dorsey Family, invited us over for Thanksgiving dinner Thursday. About ten minutes after talking with them Elder Muñoz turned to me and said "Elder, the Dorseys don´t eat meat. They´re vegetarians!"
Easy enough said we spent the greater part of our walking time brainstorming what vegetarians eat for Thanksgiving. =P
However, when we got to the house Thursday we found a full-sized turkey and a HUGE amount of food set out, as well as a dozen Peace Corps volunteers who had been invited as well. =P After explaning a little about what we do as missionaries (and a short few rounds of Apples2Apples) dinner was finally ready. A few of the Peace Corps girls starting asking more about our lives as missionaries and one girl was in absolute shock when I mentioned I hadn´t talked with my family since May. =P Then there was the one hour of internet a week to write our families, the 9 p.m. curfew, and the nice thick missionary handbook with all our rules. I was just laughing at their reactions, because honestly after 14 months in the mission this stuff doesn´t even phase me. It´s just another part of life for me. =P
Thanksgiving dinner was amazing, partially to the fact I didn´t HAVE Thanksgiving last year. The number of pies/variety of course ´didn´t amount to the Thanksgivings I know and love, but all in all it was a great Thanksgiving. Definitly something I will remember for a long, long time.
Sunday was the Primary presentation in sacrament meeting. I only have one thing to say about that: I´m glad to see some things don´t change no matter where you are. =P
No I haven´t got the package you sent yet, I´m hoping I will next Monday. A week from today we have changes meeting, and with 6 months in Escazú Elder Muñoz is pretty sure he´s out, even though he doesn´t want to spend Christmas in a new area. Anything´s possible, but whether we have changes or not I still want to go to changes meeting. If only for the mail. =P
Alright I gotta jet and get ready for work. I love you all and I hope you have a great week. Take care, be safe, and know that I´m doing fine in Tico Land. =D
Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie
Monday, November 30, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! =D
So last week we had Zone Conference. It was LONG, but I enjoyed it. Presidente and Hermana Gálvez had really great capacitations, as well as the APs. They touched on things that are really what we deal with in Costa Rica as missionaries, and it didn´t feel like a discussion over things in general. I especially enjoyed Hermana Gálvez´s presentation on something I´ve mentioned before is a big problem here: Ticos have thrown the purpose of marriage out the window.
Presidente Gálvez also asked us to set up our Christmas calls home early and by internet. Christmas is on a Friday, so if you guys want to call me in the morning like we did last year. That seemed to work out pretty well.
Sunday we got a new ward mission leader, Jonathan Iman. He´s 23 years old, from Peru, and was baptized about 4 years ago. He´s a super awesome guy, he´s helped us out a lot over the last 3 months. We went out with us Sunday in order to meet some of our investigators. He´s gonna be a big help getting the members more involved in the work. =)
Also, one of our old investigators showed up again after disappearing a month ago: Juan Carlos. He showed us where he´s living now and invited us to come by later this week to continue teaching him. After a week of rejections this was a breathe of freash air. =)
The Zone Leaders also gave us the address to a girl they´ve been teaching on the weekends, but who lives in our area. Her name is Janet and the Zone Leaders said she could easily be baptized within 2 weeks, they´ve already talked a large part of the lessons and she´s been going to church for about a month now. All gold as far as I´m concerned. =D
Sunday I taught the Gospel Principles class in church since the sister they called to teach wasn´t prepared to. I threw together a quick lesson and it went pretty well. I definitely don´t doubt my decision to become a teacher, I really do enjoy it. Plus it makes me happy that I´ve progressed enough to teach in spanish without any second thoughts. My district leader told me I´ve been here too long because my english is horrible...and he has more time in the mission than I do...that´s what I get having latino companions for 8 months straight. =P
So during my personal studies this last week I´ve come to the conclusion that there´s a perfect example of what we deal with in Costa Rica found in the Book of Mormon. Namely in the conflict between the Nephites and the Lamanites, which is a similar conflict between the Ticos and the Nicaraguans (a.k.a. Nicas).
At times the light-skinned nephites were so proud and content they outright rejected the prophets and thrived in iniquity. While on the flipside, at times such as that of Jacob and Samuel the Lamanite, the dark-skinned lamanites were more righteous than the nephites, or kept commandments that the nephites flat out ignored. Amazingly enough we see the same thing here. The light-skinned ticos are very cold when it comes to talking about religion, and justify their iniquities by traditions. They´re also the most proudful people as a culture I´ve ever encountered. Whereas the dark-skinned nicas are far more humble and accepting BECAUSE of their humility. In thinking about costa ricans in general, a certain scripture keeps coming to mind which says:
"...this people begin to wax in iniquity; they understand not the scriptures, for they seek to excuse themselves in committing whoredoms..." (Jacob 2:23)
It´s been a long week, to say the least.
Oh yeah, our dueño has got to calling me "Papito", because I´m from Idaho...the potato state...okay well I thought I was funny. =P
Alright I gotta go. I hope everyone has a great week and a great Thanksgiving! I think the bishop has invited us to have Thanksgiving dinner with them...I think...I´m not 100% on that...I hope we have a Thanksgiving dinner! And even if we don´t that´s the mission for ya. =P
Have a great week! I love you all!
Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie
So last week we had Zone Conference. It was LONG, but I enjoyed it. Presidente and Hermana Gálvez had really great capacitations, as well as the APs. They touched on things that are really what we deal with in Costa Rica as missionaries, and it didn´t feel like a discussion over things in general. I especially enjoyed Hermana Gálvez´s presentation on something I´ve mentioned before is a big problem here: Ticos have thrown the purpose of marriage out the window.
Presidente Gálvez also asked us to set up our Christmas calls home early and by internet. Christmas is on a Friday, so if you guys want to call me in the morning like we did last year. That seemed to work out pretty well.
Sunday we got a new ward mission leader, Jonathan Iman. He´s 23 years old, from Peru, and was baptized about 4 years ago. He´s a super awesome guy, he´s helped us out a lot over the last 3 months. We went out with us Sunday in order to meet some of our investigators. He´s gonna be a big help getting the members more involved in the work. =)
Also, one of our old investigators showed up again after disappearing a month ago: Juan Carlos. He showed us where he´s living now and invited us to come by later this week to continue teaching him. After a week of rejections this was a breathe of freash air. =)
The Zone Leaders also gave us the address to a girl they´ve been teaching on the weekends, but who lives in our area. Her name is Janet and the Zone Leaders said she could easily be baptized within 2 weeks, they´ve already talked a large part of the lessons and she´s been going to church for about a month now. All gold as far as I´m concerned. =D
Sunday I taught the Gospel Principles class in church since the sister they called to teach wasn´t prepared to. I threw together a quick lesson and it went pretty well. I definitely don´t doubt my decision to become a teacher, I really do enjoy it. Plus it makes me happy that I´ve progressed enough to teach in spanish without any second thoughts. My district leader told me I´ve been here too long because my english is horrible...and he has more time in the mission than I do...that´s what I get having latino companions for 8 months straight. =P
So during my personal studies this last week I´ve come to the conclusion that there´s a perfect example of what we deal with in Costa Rica found in the Book of Mormon. Namely in the conflict between the Nephites and the Lamanites, which is a similar conflict between the Ticos and the Nicaraguans (a.k.a. Nicas).
At times the light-skinned nephites were so proud and content they outright rejected the prophets and thrived in iniquity. While on the flipside, at times such as that of Jacob and Samuel the Lamanite, the dark-skinned lamanites were more righteous than the nephites, or kept commandments that the nephites flat out ignored. Amazingly enough we see the same thing here. The light-skinned ticos are very cold when it comes to talking about religion, and justify their iniquities by traditions. They´re also the most proudful people as a culture I´ve ever encountered. Whereas the dark-skinned nicas are far more humble and accepting BECAUSE of their humility. In thinking about costa ricans in general, a certain scripture keeps coming to mind which says:
"...this people begin to wax in iniquity; they understand not the scriptures, for they seek to excuse themselves in committing whoredoms..." (Jacob 2:23)
It´s been a long week, to say the least.
Oh yeah, our dueño has got to calling me "Papito", because I´m from Idaho...the potato state...okay well I thought I was funny. =P
Alright I gotta go. I hope everyone has a great week and a great Thanksgiving! I think the bishop has invited us to have Thanksgiving dinner with them...I think...I´m not 100% on that...I hope we have a Thanksgiving dinner! And even if we don´t that´s the mission for ya. =P
Have a great week! I love you all!
Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Baptized...in a Pool?
Wow sounds like things have been pretty busy lately. My week was pretty hectic as well, but I´ll definately learned to just deal with things better when all goes wrong. =P
Our Ward Mission Leader, Rand Layton, and his family moved back to the states Saturday. Rand helped us out a lot really and it won´t be the same here without him. Hopefully we´ll get another awesome ward mission leader but we´ll see what happens.
With that being said this week was flat out insane. The bishop announced the baptism we had planned wrong and we had to try to throw things together fast. Well, it´s not that he announced it wrong, bishop just announced it when he wanted it done: after church Sunday, when we had it planned for Saturday. I understand WHY bishop wanted it that way, but Pres. Gálvez told us flat out the baptizing and confirming on Sundays is a habit this ward needs to end, and as far as I´m concerned my president overrides the bishop on this. Pres. Gálvez has the keys to direct the work in Costa Rica, what he says goes in my book. So after a week of the bishop not answering our calls Thursday night we finally got a hold of him to let him in on the plans we had made since he wouldn´t answer his cell (why have a phone if you don´t answer it???).
We had made some calls and since the chapel here in Escazú is finally underconstruction, the second counselor in the bishopric, Hno. Dorsey, gave us the okay to have the baptism in his family´s private pool. It all went more or less smoothly. =P The Dorsey´s phones didn´t work all day Saturday, so there was some confusion as to whether or not we would have the baptism at their house or not. But, we had the service, people showed, and we had the baptism.
The bishop still isn´t happy with us shooting down his tradition, but I told him if he has any problems to talk to my president. I did my job and Harvin got baptized, that´s all I can ask for.
Thursday or Friday a small quake surprised us around 3 p.m. It wasn´t nearly as strong as the one I experienced last January, but it was still pretty cool. =P
Oh yeah, and apparently everyone and their MOM has Facebook here. Literally ALL the members communicate by Facebook, bishop and all the leaders included. ...that´s just a little weird to me...yeah...
Alright well I don´t have much else about this week. The Zone Leaders asked me the design something for the zone t-shirts they want to do, so I need to throw that together real quick. I love you all and I hope you have a great week. Tell Logan he better work on his cooking skills because I´m gonna want something amazing when I get home. =P Tell Grandpa and Grandma I say hi as well. =)
¡Hasta luego!
Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie
Our Ward Mission Leader, Rand Layton, and his family moved back to the states Saturday. Rand helped us out a lot really and it won´t be the same here without him. Hopefully we´ll get another awesome ward mission leader but we´ll see what happens.
With that being said this week was flat out insane. The bishop announced the baptism we had planned wrong and we had to try to throw things together fast. Well, it´s not that he announced it wrong, bishop just announced it when he wanted it done: after church Sunday, when we had it planned for Saturday. I understand WHY bishop wanted it that way, but Pres. Gálvez told us flat out the baptizing and confirming on Sundays is a habit this ward needs to end, and as far as I´m concerned my president overrides the bishop on this. Pres. Gálvez has the keys to direct the work in Costa Rica, what he says goes in my book. So after a week of the bishop not answering our calls Thursday night we finally got a hold of him to let him in on the plans we had made since he wouldn´t answer his cell (why have a phone if you don´t answer it???).
We had made some calls and since the chapel here in Escazú is finally underconstruction, the second counselor in the bishopric, Hno. Dorsey, gave us the okay to have the baptism in his family´s private pool. It all went more or less smoothly. =P The Dorsey´s phones didn´t work all day Saturday, so there was some confusion as to whether or not we would have the baptism at their house or not. But, we had the service, people showed, and we had the baptism.
The bishop still isn´t happy with us shooting down his tradition, but I told him if he has any problems to talk to my president. I did my job and Harvin got baptized, that´s all I can ask for.
Thursday or Friday a small quake surprised us around 3 p.m. It wasn´t nearly as strong as the one I experienced last January, but it was still pretty cool. =P
Oh yeah, and apparently everyone and their MOM has Facebook here. Literally ALL the members communicate by Facebook, bishop and all the leaders included. ...that´s just a little weird to me...yeah...
Alright well I don´t have much else about this week. The Zone Leaders asked me the design something for the zone t-shirts they want to do, so I need to throw that together real quick. I love you all and I hope you have a great week. Tell Logan he better work on his cooking skills because I´m gonna want something amazing when I get home. =P Tell Grandpa and Grandma I say hi as well. =)
¡Hasta luego!
Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Fugitives on the Lose!
So Tuesday was exciting. Some Columbian drug dealing fugitives were on the lose in Escazú. Police cars were EVERYWHERE, officers were running in all directions, and while we were visiting Kenia y Sergio in the more ghetto part of the area a helicopter came in flying low and on the search. Pretty intense stuff. Then of course news of the hurricane passing by, but then turning and hitting Nicaragua as per usual. Not gonna lie, I was looking forward to a nice hurricane experience. As odd as that might sound. =P
Speaking of such, Kenia is doing fine. The burns have healed for the most part, however Sergio and Kenia as a couple are on the verge of splitting. Sergio flat out doesn´t want to get married, and Kenia is tired of waiting for him. She´s made the decision to move to another past of San José, Hatillo. Luckily, that area is part of my zone. I called the elders there and passed along her number. I also gave Kenia the number for the elders there. Supposedly she´ll be moving within the week, however it´s up in the air whether it will really happen or not.
Jarvin is doing good, we have his baptism planned for this weekend. Sunday was a bit of a pain though because we had the service planned for the 14th (Sabado), but the bishop wants to do it after church Sunday. However, Pres, Gálvez said NO to this after Janiel´s baptism. Janiel is doing okay too. We´re working with the leaders to get him ordained to the priesthood soon.
On the flip side I got some bad news Sunday. Our ward mission leader, Rand Layton, is moving back to the states with his family. Things just didn´t work out here for them I guess. It stinks because now we´re back to square one without a mission leader to help us out organize our efforts with the ward. None of the other leaders respond to us, except for one of the counselors for the young men, Brother Baker.
As far as fallout from the Halloween party, there´s been some friction between a few members and the bishop, but nothing major and nothing out of hand.
Sunday was also the start of something new for Barrio Escazú. They´re tearing down the capilla here and are building a much more spacious stake center in it´s place. Estaca La Sabana will be split come June or July of next week into Estaca La Sabana and Estaca Escazú. So, while things are under construction Barrio Escazú has been moved to the stake center, which is in San José centro. So to get all the members there, since only the gringos have cars, they rented out a bus to make the trip to and from church. It was pretty funny riding back from church in the bus literally FULL to the brim.
Thursday we had interviews with Pres. Gálvez. The Zone Leaders had a capacitation on finding and recognizing los escogidos. It was a pretty good meeting altogether. At interviews I got a letter from Tylan. Good to know the guy´s still kicking in Ghana. Can´t believe how fast time is flying though.
Elder Muñoz has been suffering from homesickness this last week or so. Birthday came and went, and Muñoz has just been sad. I´ve been trying my best to keep his spirits up, but thinking about home at all just makes him more depressed. Poor kid.
Okay well I don´t have much else to tell you guys about the week. Today I saw an old and grey nicaraguan man dressed as Moses. That was a funny site, not gonna lie. The sandals, the robe, the staff, just priceless. I wanted to snap a picture, but I was kind of afraid he´d see me and try to turn my camera into a snake. And that would just be bad. =P
Take care, have a great week, and stay safe. I love you all! I´m doing fine and livin life, no worries here!
Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie
Speaking of such, Kenia is doing fine. The burns have healed for the most part, however Sergio and Kenia as a couple are on the verge of splitting. Sergio flat out doesn´t want to get married, and Kenia is tired of waiting for him. She´s made the decision to move to another past of San José, Hatillo. Luckily, that area is part of my zone. I called the elders there and passed along her number. I also gave Kenia the number for the elders there. Supposedly she´ll be moving within the week, however it´s up in the air whether it will really happen or not.
Jarvin is doing good, we have his baptism planned for this weekend. Sunday was a bit of a pain though because we had the service planned for the 14th (Sabado), but the bishop wants to do it after church Sunday. However, Pres, Gálvez said NO to this after Janiel´s baptism. Janiel is doing okay too. We´re working with the leaders to get him ordained to the priesthood soon.
On the flip side I got some bad news Sunday. Our ward mission leader, Rand Layton, is moving back to the states with his family. Things just didn´t work out here for them I guess. It stinks because now we´re back to square one without a mission leader to help us out organize our efforts with the ward. None of the other leaders respond to us, except for one of the counselors for the young men, Brother Baker.
As far as fallout from the Halloween party, there´s been some friction between a few members and the bishop, but nothing major and nothing out of hand.
Sunday was also the start of something new for Barrio Escazú. They´re tearing down the capilla here and are building a much more spacious stake center in it´s place. Estaca La Sabana will be split come June or July of next week into Estaca La Sabana and Estaca Escazú. So, while things are under construction Barrio Escazú has been moved to the stake center, which is in San José centro. So to get all the members there, since only the gringos have cars, they rented out a bus to make the trip to and from church. It was pretty funny riding back from church in the bus literally FULL to the brim.
Thursday we had interviews with Pres. Gálvez. The Zone Leaders had a capacitation on finding and recognizing los escogidos. It was a pretty good meeting altogether. At interviews I got a letter from Tylan. Good to know the guy´s still kicking in Ghana. Can´t believe how fast time is flying though.
Elder Muñoz has been suffering from homesickness this last week or so. Birthday came and went, and Muñoz has just been sad. I´ve been trying my best to keep his spirits up, but thinking about home at all just makes him more depressed. Poor kid.
Okay well I don´t have much else to tell you guys about the week. Today I saw an old and grey nicaraguan man dressed as Moses. That was a funny site, not gonna lie. The sandals, the robe, the staff, just priceless. I wanted to snap a picture, but I was kind of afraid he´d see me and try to turn my camera into a snake. And that would just be bad. =P
Take care, have a great week, and stay safe. I love you all! I´m doing fine and livin life, no worries here!
Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie
Monday, November 2, 2009
Feliz Noche de Brujas
I´ll start off with some things I forgot to mention last week. =)
I found out last week my mini-missionary companion from Cañas, Elder Zuñiga, finally got reassigned to a new mission. He left for Panana about a month ago, but before he left he got the chance to baptize his dad. Miracles really do come true. =)
Last week started out with a scare. Our investigator Kenia was in the hospital last Monday for 3rd degree burns. She was cooking and a huge glass thing of hot, burning oil shattered and burned her arms and her stomach. Oddly enough, this insane and, I´d imagine, painful accident somehow brought Kenia and her menos activo boyfriend Serigo closer. Their relationship has taken a 180 and Kenia said if they´re going to get married, she wants it to happen before the end of November. We´re working slowly bu surely with Sergio, I pray we can make this happen.
We had a baptism planned for this coming Saturday, but I changed the date for the 14th. Sunday came and I just felt something telling me it wasn´t time yet, we still need one more week with the kid. His name is Jarvin, and he´s the younger brother of the muchacho Muñoz and I baptized when I first got to Escazú, Janiel. Jarvin´s a great kid and understands everything perfectly, we just need a little more time for him to drop the coffee habit. =P
Saturday night the ward had a Halloween activity at the church. Well I should say HALF the ward had a Halloween activity. Halloween has a very different feeling to it in Costa Rica. The Catholic Church has a lot of influence here, and due to that influence Halloween is seen as a strictly satanic holiday that should not be celebrated by most all Ticos. Now, a good half of the Escazú Ward are gringos, and for us Halloween is a night just to goof off and have fun. We definately saw the division between the bishop and his friends, and those who are not friends with the bishop on this one. It´s been...interesting to see the fall out from the activity. Hopefully nothing ugly happens.
Today is Elder Muñoz´s cumpleaños! We went to the largest mall in Costa Rica (which of course is in my ridiculously rich area) with the rest of the district and hung out there for a bit. I bought Muñoz a little Superman Hotwheels car (he´s a big Superman fan, but it´s okay, that´s why we have repentance). All in all it was fun and chill, just the way I like it. We have a few citas with members tonight in celebration. I get to enjoy Elder Muñoz´s birthday just like Elder Zuñiga got to enjoy mine. It´s a great thing. =D
Alright, well I better get ready to jet. I love you all and I hope you have a great week! Take care, know that I´m doing fine and loving life, and I´ll talk to ya next week!
Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie
P.D.- Elder Muñoz and I have started to play Slug Bug. I think he likes playing just because of my reaction when I lose. =P
P.P.D.- Oh yeah! Andy Call should be coming home this week!!!! You should call his family just to be sure!
I found out last week my mini-missionary companion from Cañas, Elder Zuñiga, finally got reassigned to a new mission. He left for Panana about a month ago, but before he left he got the chance to baptize his dad. Miracles really do come true. =)
Last week started out with a scare. Our investigator Kenia was in the hospital last Monday for 3rd degree burns. She was cooking and a huge glass thing of hot, burning oil shattered and burned her arms and her stomach. Oddly enough, this insane and, I´d imagine, painful accident somehow brought Kenia and her menos activo boyfriend Serigo closer. Their relationship has taken a 180 and Kenia said if they´re going to get married, she wants it to happen before the end of November. We´re working slowly bu surely with Sergio, I pray we can make this happen.
We had a baptism planned for this coming Saturday, but I changed the date for the 14th. Sunday came and I just felt something telling me it wasn´t time yet, we still need one more week with the kid. His name is Jarvin, and he´s the younger brother of the muchacho Muñoz and I baptized when I first got to Escazú, Janiel. Jarvin´s a great kid and understands everything perfectly, we just need a little more time for him to drop the coffee habit. =P
Saturday night the ward had a Halloween activity at the church. Well I should say HALF the ward had a Halloween activity. Halloween has a very different feeling to it in Costa Rica. The Catholic Church has a lot of influence here, and due to that influence Halloween is seen as a strictly satanic holiday that should not be celebrated by most all Ticos. Now, a good half of the Escazú Ward are gringos, and for us Halloween is a night just to goof off and have fun. We definately saw the division between the bishop and his friends, and those who are not friends with the bishop on this one. It´s been...interesting to see the fall out from the activity. Hopefully nothing ugly happens.
Today is Elder Muñoz´s cumpleaños! We went to the largest mall in Costa Rica (which of course is in my ridiculously rich area) with the rest of the district and hung out there for a bit. I bought Muñoz a little Superman Hotwheels car (he´s a big Superman fan, but it´s okay, that´s why we have repentance). All in all it was fun and chill, just the way I like it. We have a few citas with members tonight in celebration. I get to enjoy Elder Muñoz´s birthday just like Elder Zuñiga got to enjoy mine. It´s a great thing. =D
Alright, well I better get ready to jet. I love you all and I hope you have a great week! Take care, know that I´m doing fine and loving life, and I´ll talk to ya next week!
Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie
P.D.- Elder Muñoz and I have started to play Slug Bug. I think he likes playing just because of my reaction when I lose. =P
P.P.D.- Oh yeah! Andy Call should be coming home this week!!!! You should call his family just to be sure!
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Round 2 in Escazu
Tell dad thanks for sending the fotos! It had been a little while since I had seen any new fotos of the house and all that. =)
Okay well I happened to leave out a few things from last week´s email. I was a bit out of it. Anyway last Monday we had a zone activity, a sports day of Zona La Sabana versus Zona La Paz. I´m quite happy of the fact 6 months in Cañas really improved my soccer skills. =P We lost the basketball game, won the soccer game, but then lost the football game. But it was fun all around.
We´ve had a bit of a hard week with our investigator Kenia and her menos activo husband, Sergio. Tuesday we had a family home evening with a gringo family in the ward, the Baker Family. It went really, REALLY well, and I felt really good about it. We put a wedding and baptismal date for the 7th of November, but knew it was going to be some work to make it happen. When we saw them again on Thursday Sergio...I can honestly say I don´t get the man. He wants the best for his family, but he wants it to happen without having to do anything himself. The lesson ended with Kenia running out of the room crying because Sergio just doesn´t want to change or make any commitment of any kind at this point. Elder Muñoz visited them again Friday on divisions with our district leader, Elder Curtis, but no progress was made. We saw them again Saturday and things had cooled down but Sergio still wouldn´t talk about the marriage. It´s been a lot of ups and downs with them this week.
Tuesday we visited Janiel, our baptism from the start of the change. His brother Jarvin was talking with us and asked what he´d have to do to be baptized too. We were just like "Wait, did you really just ask that???" Los escogidos are gonna come along if we´re doing what we need to, that´s all I got to say. =) We put a fecha with Jarvin for the 7th of November as well, and he´s moving along better than we could ask for.
Today was changes meeting. I´ll be with Elder Muñoz for at least one more change, and then he´ll bail with 6 months in the area come Dec. 7th. I saw Elder Litchfield while I was there, and he says hi to all of you. I love that guy. It was great to talk with him again about what life´s been like OUTSIDE of Cañas por fin. =P A lot of the elders that are going home tomorrow were pretty good friends of mine, it´s weird to see them leaving now. Elder Jones (my 1st district leader), Elder Cook (one of my ZLs from Zona Norte), and Elder Shoemake (was my ZL here) are the most notable. Elder Shoemake lives in the Tri-Cities area, it´s been so funny talking to that guy this change. Time is flying, come the end of the year and I won´t know hardly anyone in the mission. =P
Not much else happening on my side of the globe, just work as usual. It´s been getting colder here in Escazú, which is weird because "winter" is suppose to be ending about now. But apparently it starts getting cold when "winter" (o sea the raining season) ends. So weird. =P
Alright well I better jet. I hope all is well back home and everyone is doing fine. I love you all and I hope you have a great week!
Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie
P.S.- I passed by Chuck Norris´ house the other day. It´s freaking HUGE! Just a massive mansion. I´m contemplating knocking the door next time we pass, I mean everyone deserves a chance to hear the gospel, right? =D But I´m kind of afraid of getting a roundhouse kick to the face. =P
P.P.S.- Oh yeah, I got to thinking about this the other day. I was wondering if you could send me some Idaho quarters. I figured that´d be a cool little recuerdo to send to converts and comps for Christmas. =D
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