Hola familia y amigos!
This week went by super fast and it was super crazy and super hot.
Tuesday was awesome, our investigadores Dionicio and Wendy got
married! They got married in the church at 4 pm and then had a party
at 7pm,and they had cake at the party. They realized they didn't have a knife to
cut the cake so I ran back to the house and carried a giant knife to
the church in a plastic bag!haha. It was awesome, they were all so happy.
Then Wednesday was just a whole lot of knocking doors, we had some success but we really just ended up walking all over. Then Thursday was cool, we were contacting and I saw this guy with a make shift bench press, so my comp and I went over, asked if I could bench and then contacted with this 20 year old guy and his girlfriend about the word of wisdom and we have a date to go back and teach them! Definitely one of the most fun ways i've contacted in the mission. Then Friday I had an Intercambio with Elder Manay which was alright, all our lecciones fell through so we ended up walking around a lot but we ended up having one really good leccion with a young kid that seemed pretty interested. Then Saturday was insane. First off we find this absolutely huge insect that looks like it should have died with the Dinos but is here in the Amazon rainforest and we named it Nelson(I'lltry and send a picture). We had the baptisms of Dionicio and his family planned but we get a call at 9 in the morning that there isn't any water in the church, short story short we literally ran around all day trying to fix it, we even went to the firefighters here and asked if they could fill it for us, we were going to have them do it until we got a call that the branch president had fixed the problem! We ended up being able to have the bapstisms and it was awesome! Later that night we found out that Wendy's Dad died the night before and that they almost were not going to be able to make it, so that was really sad. Then Sunday came and we get to church and Dionicio and Wendy weren't there, so they didn't get confirmed. They showed up after sacrament meeting because they had some problems with people trying to take some of Wendy's Dads stuff and the police showed up. They're going through a really had time right now but their testimonies are super strong and they're going to get confirmed this Sunday!
Then today we got up, played some futbol and Basketball, then we had this less active kid cut our hair, trying to get him active again. Then we went to Brasil to find this stuff called ECCO which is called Mormon Coffee because it tastes just like coffee but doesn't have any caffeine in it. We also sat in a bank for like an hour to pay a light bill! That was about it for this week, it is extremely hot here in Leticia it's like over 90 every day and it's super humid, but I love it so far! Also later tonight we're going to buy a giant worm called Mojojoi and eat it alive which sounds pretty fun I'll make sure to get a video of that for you guys! Love and miss you guys hope
you're all doing great!!
Elder McBride
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Friday, March 2, 2018
Week 31: CALI knows how to party!
Hola Familia y amigos!
This week was insane. Tuesday and Wednesday I was stuck in an area in Bogota called Fontibon with the other missionary who was going to Leticia with me, his name is Elder Jeppsen he's really cool. We just chilled there, went out and worked with the missionaries but mostly we just kept repacking our bags and playing cards. On Wednesday I got to go see Elder Araujo ( my trainer)before he finished his mission, that was awesome!!
Thursday came, the day of our flight, we get up go to the airport and wait a bit. We get on the plane and start our flight to Leticia and it's only like a 2 hour flight, first over the intercom we hear that there is a medical situation on the plane and they need a doctor,that all got under control. Then right when we're about to land they say over the interco that there is storm in Leticia right now so we can't land so we have to go to Cali. Cali is not in our mission, it's a completely different mission, so we flew back to Cali waited in the Cali airport for like an hour and a half. We called the Presidente to tell him we're in Cali(that was funny) then we got on another plane to Leticia and we were able to land this time.
Leticia is insane, it's literally the Amazon rainforest, our area has the amazon river in it. My new Comp is Elder Caqui from Peru, he's awesome his first comp was Elder Gregersen. We had a baptism on Saturday of one of the investigators Audi Moreno, that was awesome she's a great lady. The Church building here is literally right on the border of Brazil and Colombia. It is cool because on Sunday there is a branch from Brazil so there are missionaries from Brazil there and everyone speaks Portuguese which is weird because I can't understand anything. Then after church we went and had a leccion at a drug rehab center and that was really cool, the guys there are all really young and want to change their lifes, we're going to go every Sunday.
Then today we cleaned the house because it was disgusting, that took up all morning. Then we went to Brazil and bought chocolate, and little wooden things that are made of this really rare famous red wood from Brazil. I never thought I would go to another country on my mission but I did! That's about it, it's really hot here but I'll get used to it. Love and miss you guys, hope you're all doing well!
Elder McBride
p.s. The computers here suck so I'm going to try and get fotos through
but we'll have to see!
This week was insane. Tuesday and Wednesday I was stuck in an area in Bogota called Fontibon with the other missionary who was going to Leticia with me, his name is Elder Jeppsen he's really cool. We just chilled there, went out and worked with the missionaries but mostly we just kept repacking our bags and playing cards. On Wednesday I got to go see Elder Araujo ( my trainer)before he finished his mission, that was awesome!!
Thursday came, the day of our flight, we get up go to the airport and wait a bit. We get on the plane and start our flight to Leticia and it's only like a 2 hour flight, first over the intercom we hear that there is a medical situation on the plane and they need a doctor,that all got under control. Then right when we're about to land they say over the interco that there is storm in Leticia right now so we can't land so we have to go to Cali. Cali is not in our mission, it's a completely different mission, so we flew back to Cali waited in the Cali airport for like an hour and a half. We called the Presidente to tell him we're in Cali(that was funny) then we got on another plane to Leticia and we were able to land this time.
Leticia is insane, it's literally the Amazon rainforest, our area has the amazon river in it. My new Comp is Elder Caqui from Peru, he's awesome his first comp was Elder Gregersen. We had a baptism on Saturday of one of the investigators Audi Moreno, that was awesome she's a great lady. The Church building here is literally right on the border of Brazil and Colombia. It is cool because on Sunday there is a branch from Brazil so there are missionaries from Brazil there and everyone speaks Portuguese which is weird because I can't understand anything. Then after church we went and had a leccion at a drug rehab center and that was really cool, the guys there are all really young and want to change their lifes, we're going to go every Sunday.
Then today we cleaned the house because it was disgusting, that took up all morning. Then we went to Brazil and bought chocolate, and little wooden things that are made of this really rare famous red wood from Brazil. I never thought I would go to another country on my mission but I did! That's about it, it's really hot here but I'll get used to it. Love and miss you guys, hope you're all doing well!
Elder McBride
p.s. The computers here suck so I'm going to try and get fotos through
but we'll have to see!
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