Week 81 - La Calera

My new area is pretty cool.  It has the feel of a big town because it has all the nice places to go shopping but it also has a nice rural feel outside of the center.  I love that most areas have grass and not dirt.

The house we stay at is pretty nice.  It's spacious.  There's not to much stuff in it so it doesn't look to hard to clean.  The bathroom is not like most mission apartment's bathrooms which are ugly.  It is nice.

The wards pretty interesting.  It's small.  I hear normally 30 people attend church. The bishop has had his calling for nine years.

Our teaching pool has a good number of investigators.  We have two people that have set baptismal dates this week and they both went to church!  We also had a confirmation this week.  "K" has a date for the the 13th and is pretty cool.  She made us a ton of food.  That's always a plus!  "Y" has already been to church three times.  She has a baptismal date set for the 20th.

My companion, Elder Brown, is pretty cool.  He's got a great sense of humor!  He played lacrosse in high school so we talk about lacrosse and sports quite a bit.  He's also really good with starting conversations which is something Elder Cerrón and I really struggle with.  Elder Brown is from Utah.  He's been out for eight months.

This week on Tuesday I went and said goodbye to a lot of people.  Every single one gave me food. By the end of the night I had eaten - pasta, macaroni and cheese, oranges, cake, and pizza. The people are so nice, but I wasn't doing so well by the end.  I started throwing up around midnight.

I woke up the next morning, drank a little bit and ate one piece of bread. I bought a Gatorade then went on a really long bus ride to my new area.  I got here without an appetite.  Ever since I haven't wanted to eat very much but I kind of want to today. It was pretty sad saying goodbye to Elder Cerrón. And it honestly is weirder not being near Elder Palilla after so long. Being district leader I wish I could ask for his advice and help.

It has been pretty interesting being district leader.  It hasn't been easy for me.  I have to communicate a lot and dislike talking over the phone.  People always talk on speaker phone and I can't understand them -- ugh. My first district meeting was kind of a wreck but it will be better next week.

And that's it for my week.