Well hello family! It was great to get all your letters and find you all well and happy. Here in my new area of Ciudadela all is CHEVERE! First of my new compa is Elder Pastrán from Mendoza argentina which is cool. His accent is more manly than the chilenos accents so that is good. He comes from a rather crazy family life but so far he is normal. He is really excited to be here and listens well and learns quickly. One thing im teaching him is how to walk side by side without bumping into his companion. I guess he is orbiting around me and because im so much chunckier now my gravitational force has increased and he cant help but colliding into me every 5 mins. But we are learning and more than anything it makes me laugh about all the stuff that he is learning to do that I didn’t even realize that a missionary does because it just am used to it. My area is WAY different than where I have been the last 6 months. If we remember sincelejo is a cattle town and monteria pretty much the same. So I m used to lots of mud, pigs running around in the sreet, cheap crazy veggies, and more iguanas smashed on the street than dogs. Well B/quilla is not like that, this is really the first time Ive have the chance to work in B/quilla wince intercambios in Pto. Colombia way back when so its exciting. Lots of salsa music 24/7, buses that go WAY to fast, 3 legged dogs and no iguanas, oh and its started the tropical rains here so about every day at 2 it rains real hard and B/quilla is famous for its flooding streets that really do turn into rivers and sometimes overturn cars (we don’t cross them when they are like that don’t worry). When we got here we got soaked bc neither of us had umbrellas so we bought 2 and then it didn’t rain… just like the mission. The Barranquilleros are a very friendly specie (the females sometime overly) and they always say they want to hear us, but when we come back the next day they have completely forgotton and say OH I didn’t think you were going to actually come back!. But contacting these last few days we have found some good people which has been a good experience in listening to the spirit seeing that when we got here neither of us had any idea to where to start. The ward is really strong and anxious to help so that is a new one for me. I was actually a little overwhelmed Sunday with the all the members who talked to us and wanted to give us food send their son to teach with. So things are looking up like always here in the service of the Lord, its great to be in a place where so many people need the gospel and to know that it can help them. My compa keeps telling me im an old man because I am constantly saying ¨one time in….¨ and then share a teaching story from times past. But its great to have those stories, while making new ones, while working like im just starting! Love you all and I hope that Lars and Layne can live until schools out!
Love ya
Elder Larson
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