So this past week the wind here in Puerto has been super super strong. It´s good and bad (for me mostly good). Good because it keeps the side of your body that is facing the wind really cool (example when i´m walking into the wind my chest is dry but my back is hot and visa versa). Bad because it took off a couple of roofs here in town (it wouldnt do that in the US but the roofs here in colombia arent that strong), it makes the whole house creak at night, the power goes off more often than normal, and the waves got so strong that the MUELLE (dock) broke!! The whole reason Puerto Colombia pretty much exsits is because of this 100 year old muelle that brings a few tourists in but the waves broke the old thing in half! Well not exactly in half but the middle section (about 60 or 70 meters) is gone, like this ------------ (broken part) ---------------. There is a little house that fisherman use every once in a while and three fishermen got stranded out there. This happened Saturday so all day saturday and Sunday the town was in mourning. They had a mock funueral in the centro. It´s so funny to be in this small pueblo, teaching was impossible Saturday because everybody was at the beach looking at the Muelle and sunday attendance was low for the same reason.
Thanks for all your letters. Saturday nigh we did get enough people together to have a decent attendence at the baptism of Yulima and Mickol Castro the mother and youngest son of the Castro family. It was especially great because Jonathan Castro, who i was able to baptize a month or so ago, baptized his mom and hermanito. Our goal this transfer is to get the dad to set specific times so we can teach him. Thanks matthew for your letter, I´m excited to see what more i can do here, and i know i havent done everything yet. i was hoping maybe i could pull a miracle and heal the muelle but then i realized i´d have to go to the beach to do that so i´ll just contact higher up on the hill. Also matthew i´m glad your using my phone skills, it works great.
Thanks for knowing me good enough to pick up that i would have liked to see a different area but you are also correct that i´m just fine here in my puerto colombia. It´s a great area and i know i´m going to get to learn a lot more here.
thanks for all your love and faith
Elder Larson
This is Quinn's Blog run by his family. As a missionary he won't be able to check the blog, but please post comments and we will forward them on to him in our weekly letter. Also, feel free to write him via "snail mail" at the address posted below.
Another great way of contacting Quinn is through Dearelder.com Where it says Select a Mission click the drop box and highlight the Colombia Barranquilla mission and then click Write a Letter. Fill in the informaion about your name and address and where it says Select Title chose Elder and then write in Quinn Larson. These letters get sent like emails to Quinn so they are much faster than writing a letter. He still however, needs to respond to you via "snail mail" so make sure you leave an address in your letter so he can write you back!
Quinn has waited for this time to serve for a very long time, and he is excited to be in Colombia serving the Lord. He sends his love and thanks to all his friends and family.
Another great way of contacting Quinn is through Dearelder.com Where it says Select a Mission click the drop box and highlight the Colombia Barranquilla mission and then click Write a Letter. Fill in the informaion about your name and address and where it says Select Title chose Elder and then write in Quinn Larson. These letters get sent like emails to Quinn so they are much faster than writing a letter. He still however, needs to respond to you via "snail mail" so make sure you leave an address in your letter so he can write you back!
Quinn has waited for this time to serve for a very long time, and he is excited to be in Colombia serving the Lord. He sends his love and thanks to all his friends and family.
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