Wally (1/29-1/30)

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Wally day! Wally is like Volleyball. Except, you get walls you can bounce the ball off and you can also kick the ball. Pretty Sweet, huh? My manager and his family are PROS. No lie, they've been playing for YEARS! We got divided up into groups and mine won quite a few. Until we got tired, then we'd lose. That was such a workout though. I really enjoyed it despitemy reluctance to play initially. I did really well! We went to the pool afterwards and got to witness our manager do the doggy paddle and bark like a dog. I hadn't laughed so hard in a long time. NO LIE. And to end this awesome day, we went to Los Lomitos, and Argentinian place where they had some of the best meat I have ever tasted. We took leftovers home since we did NOT finish everything they served us. Two of the girls that were returning home and couldn't save their food gave us meat they hadn't touched and the rest of their rice and french fries. I had enough food for lunch and dinner the next day!

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Finally, on Sunday, we went to our corresponding ward, Barrio Estacion. It's actually a branch, but people there were super nice. They have a couple elders there. One of them is from Cedar City, Utah, and the other is from Cuzco, Peru. So one of them is ridiculously tall and the other is short, a great pair indeed. :) I think the one from Utah is new and doesn't speak a lot yet. Unfortunately, Alvaro (the managers son), who used to serve in this mission, said that the mission has gone down hill and the members don't trust the missionarys as much because of some disobedience. Our manager's wife and son were at our ward because it was a ward conference and the wife is in the Relief Society Stake Presidency. They offered to take us home which meant, free ride!!

We spent the rest of the Sunday home chilling til a friend, Jose, came over to visit for THREE hours before leaving! It was enjoyable for the most part, but I wanted to call my family and it was just an inconvenient time.

I learned something cool in church, you either ADAPT to the ways of the Lord in your own way, or you can ADOPT the ways of the Lord into your own life. I'm choosing for ADOPTING.

Cristina and I have been reading preach my gospel together since she is preparing for a misssion. I help teach her about how we taught it on my mission and how a mission is, and she helps teach me Spanish. It’s a great trade-off and I think we work really well together and are respectful of each other. We take turns doing things and serving each other. We both have our trials and problems, but we both help each other learn.

Check back for Pics later!