Hey Guys!
First thing: We didn’t run out of
money this month! We finally got around to paying for electricity this month
AND managed to save enough to break even for all of our needs. Unfortunately,
that also means I have 50 quetzales left for the week (which is about 7.50 in
American dollars) and we're living off of rice, bananas and eggs. Yesterday we
had to starve, though, because we don’t buy things on Sunday (to keep it
sacred.) I learned yesterday that I can't not eat and work. It was pretty
awful, but now we have food again!
This week we had cambios, which is
basically where the missionaries get relocated to different areas. This
apparently happens every six weeks. My zone was going crazy this morning. Ten
minutes after we finished studying scriptures this morning, two of the other
elders came over and went OFF over the changes. Here's what happened:
-Elder Lott, another gringo who just
finished being trained, is training another missionary
-The districts were re-organized:
The three gringos (me, Elder Lott, and Hermana Stoddard) were all put in one
district, and my companion, Elder Franco, is the zone leader.
Elder Franco did NOT want to be zone
leader. After we received the news, he freaked out a little bit, but now, he's
more or less cool with it. It’s a stressful time for us in Zacapa, and we have
no idea how our new district is going to turn out. We'll do our best, though.
The only worry I have is that the other gringos speak about as much Spanish as
I do, which isn't a lot.
I'm starting to become more comfortable
with Spanish: it’s actually starting to sound like intelligent conversation
rather than babbling. The Latinos tell me that I've picked it up a lot faster
than the other gringos, but I still can’t understand half the things people
say. Si lo fue mi decisión, yo seria fluente en Español ahorita, pero no puedo
controlar la velocidad de mi crecimiento en la idioma. Paciencia...
I love you guys!! Thank you for all
the support!! See you soon!!
Elder Reed
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