Hello everyone!
The first week of a mission is hard. But I'm in a beautiful place. So I'm getting over it quick. This week has been crazy!
So
let me tell you about where we live. We live in this apartment that
would be considered middle class here. No locks on the doors. Ants
everywhere, but, it has finished ceilings haha. It really is a nice
place though. But right outside of where we live is a Palanky. Or in
the USA we call them farmers markets. So everyday if i want i can walk
40 feet and get fresh... pretty much anything that I want. It is so cool!
So we were teaching a lady this week and in through
her house came a mother duck and her little babies. Way cute and what
not. Just walked right through her "front room" then a few minutes
later came a pack of chickens. Then shortly after came a few goats.
Not a big deal at all. I guess they just wanted to say Hi.
So the area that I serve in is called the Bukid. Or
the country. Rice fields for miles and miles. We walk so much, but it
is so beautiful. The farmers work every day in the fields. None of
them wear shoes. It is the craziest thing to see. They use caribou... If
that is how you spell it... to plow their fields. They are these massive
bull looking things. It's really cool to see. The rice fields are so
beautiful when they are all green.
Oh so last week we hit a dog, no big deal. This
week I watched a man get hit on a motorcycle by a car in this crazy
traffic here. That was also no big deal. The guy got out to check on
the guy that just got hit. They moved to the side of the road and didn't
talk for like five minutes. Then they looked at each other, shook
hands, and left haha. Great people here.
Oh yeah so their are lizards everywhere here. Like
in your house and everything. Like in your bed. So I was super grossed
out for the first few days so I was telling my companion that we need
to do something to get them to leave. But he told me that they eat all
the bugs. So if we don't want big spiders then the lizards are our
friends. But they are all scared of us, so they will run around us,
like on our beds at night, but they will never touch us. So I have learned
to love the house lizard.
The Ward that I am working in is so cool. There are
45 members in the house that we meet in and in a month they are hoping
to be made into a branch. So super exciting. We direct all meetings so
that is kind of cool to do. The members here are great people!
EVERY ONE calls me Joe. Because ever since America
came here with the army they call all Americans Joe, because of G.I.
Joe. So I decided that I would start beating them to it. So anytime I
see people look at me I quickly yell "Hey Joe!" At them :) Then they
laugh and we teach them.
We teach so many people everyday, but were hoping to
have a ton of baptisms in January. Like a ton. So that will be really
fun.
I hope you all are enjoying the snow! I
miss it a lot! Make a snow angel for me. Drink hot chocolate for me.
Go to temple square for me.
I love you all!
Mahal ko kayo!!!
Keep it real, read the scriptures, and pray!
Elder Gordon
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