This is where I am....Limari, CHILE
My plane headed south.
So about 9:05 am while I was at work...in came an email. "Are you there mom?" Jaren's first email from Chile. I was so excited. He had 90 minutes of email time and we were able to talk back and forth. You gotta love technology compared to old fashioned airmail letters.
So...here's the news.
"Tue(10-14) we spent at the Mission home in Vina. I love it here. It is so beautiful. The mission president is strict but very cool. His wife speaks no english at all. He says it's Spanish from here on out. My first Chileno meal was rice and a beef type dish. We played a game that told us where we would be going. At 11:oo pm we boarded a bus and had a 5 hour bus ride north to the city of Ovalle (o-vi-yeah) and we are in the sector of Limari. I didn't get sleep for about 36 hours and have never been so tired in my life. There are 12 elders in Ovalle but only my companion and I in Limari. My new companion is Elder Schneider from Michigan. People here are crazy about Flan and Mayonase. They put mayo on everything. They talk REALLY fast and they slur their words together and add "po" to the end of everything which doesn't mean anything except "um". The bread here is so good especially hot from the oven. Lots of potatoes, chicken and potatoes with mayonase. They don't have dressing here so they put oil, salt and lemon juice on salads. That will take some getting used to. We take a cheap taxi down to the center of the city to do our shopping. Monday is our "P" (preparation) day. We have until 6 pm then back to work in the evening. The town loves new missionaries. They want to talk to me but I don't understand them. I think that dogs are an abomination in South America. They're gross and they bark constantly (this coming from a big dog lover!!) We are walking everywhere and there are a couple of hills that get us tired. Well, tell everyone that because the mission home is 5 hours away that mail could take a month to get to me so to use my email address. I won't be able to email them back directly and will have to send answers through mom. Just don't make the emails too long so that I have time to write too. Tell everybody HELLO....til next week. CHAO! gotta go...love ya!!
So...here's the news.
"Tue(10-14) we spent at the Mission home in Vina. I love it here. It is so beautiful. The mission president is strict but very cool. His wife speaks no english at all. He says it's Spanish from here on out. My first Chileno meal was rice and a beef type dish. We played a game that told us where we would be going. At 11:oo pm we boarded a bus and had a 5 hour bus ride north to the city of Ovalle (o-vi-yeah) and we are in the sector of Limari. I didn't get sleep for about 36 hours and have never been so tired in my life. There are 12 elders in Ovalle but only my companion and I in Limari. My new companion is Elder Schneider from Michigan. People here are crazy about Flan and Mayonase. They put mayo on everything. They talk REALLY fast and they slur their words together and add "po" to the end of everything which doesn't mean anything except "um". The bread here is so good especially hot from the oven. Lots of potatoes, chicken and potatoes with mayonase. They don't have dressing here so they put oil, salt and lemon juice on salads. That will take some getting used to. We take a cheap taxi down to the center of the city to do our shopping. Monday is our "P" (preparation) day. We have until 6 pm then back to work in the evening. The town loves new missionaries. They want to talk to me but I don't understand them. I think that dogs are an abomination in South America. They're gross and they bark constantly (this coming from a big dog lover!!) We are walking everywhere and there are a couple of hills that get us tired. Well, tell everyone that because the mission home is 5 hours away that mail could take a month to get to me so to use my email address. I won't be able to email them back directly and will have to send answers through mom. Just don't make the emails too long so that I have time to write too. Tell everybody HELLO....til next week. CHAO! gotta go...love ya!!
