So i got here on tuesday at around 2:30PM i think. Heck i was so
tired, i could barely read the direction signs, let alone tell the
time on my watch. Lol. But i think it was like 2-2:30. We then found
the mission President and his family, along with the assistants to the
president, all waiting for us by the baggage claim. We got all of our
luggage and bags and headed over to the mission home. There we had
food waiting for us! SCORE!!!!!!! I can't express how much we were
dying for some good old american food, and man it tasted great lol:)
Following that we went and started the in field orientation. We
received packets with all of our information and stuff. We got Medical
Insurance Cards, our prepaid money cards and other stuff to that
extent. They laid some ground rules for how some of the procedures
were set and then told us that we would get the whole shebang on the
following Tuesday when we would have a 3 hour class. Yay :,( lol. And
then came the iPads. They handed them out to all of us and laid the
rules out for those. Haha. The best part is as of right now, we don't
pay for them, however that means we don't get to keep them when we
come home. But goodness its so nice to have to carry all my books in
my bag. I have them all just on the iPad. And it also has all the area
information so..... NO PAPERWORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's awesome. Its so
easy to pull up records and maps whenever we need. It is such a great
tool! Now, following the iPads i had an interview with the Mission
president, Presidente Villanueva. He is super nice, it was nice to get
to talk to him. Following that, we got our new companions. That took a
good while. It was nice though. My current companion is Elder Thomas,
or as he likes to spell it Elder Tomás. Lol. Oh well, he's a goofy
guy. Really cool though and focused on working hard. We then took all
of our stuff and got ready to get to our area. My area is the largest
in the mission. It was a good 30 min drive from the mission home, but
the nice thing was that we had a dinner appointment already waiting
so, the first thing we did, was go and EAT! It was a really cool
family. Just an elderly man and his wife. My companion liked to make
fun of me because i couldn't keep up in the conversation. Haha. Oh
well, i'll eventually get the hang of it. Its just weird because even
though this is a spanish ward, there are a lot of white people so
church is held in half english and half spanish.
So I'm sitting in the local laundry mat, waiting for my clothes to
dry as i type this up. Its kinda funny because all the people stare at
us as they see 4 guys all dressed the same, carrying weird man purses
and sitting next to each other. Lol. Its great.
The time out here has been good. I cant explain how true the
statement " the days feel like weeks and the weeks feel like days" is.
Everyday is long, and we get a ton of stuff done but what feels like
two days turns out to really be like 6. Its good though. Today we are
gonna take a trip to a market and see if we can find some cool cheap
stuff. We'll see how that goes. As always i love you guys. Thanx for
all the emails. They are great to read. Until next week,
- Elder Wilson
Josh with Mission President and his wife
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