Hi everybody,
Oh boy! It has been a
week!
First off, We left the
MTC (about 30 of us going to different missions in Argentina) at 4:00
AM and we got to Atlanta airport at about 5PM their time about
an hour late, the left engine wouldn´t start so we pulled back in and the
manually started it. I think everybody, regardless of religion, was praying the
wing would not spontaneously explode, but there were missionaries on board so I
wasn´t worried. No sleep on that flight. Then we got on to our flight to
Argentina in Atlanta and then they had a problem with fueling the plane so we
had to wait another 1.5 in the plane. It was miserable. I sat next to an Elder
in my district, Elder M* and also a Hermana S* who is actually in
my mission.
After 10 hours of
sitting and standing we finally got to Argentina. My first thought, ¨Lots of
trees!¨ Especially around the airport. Getting through security and customs was
long but we made it through and I saw my President at around 12PM Tuesday. I
slept about 2 hours on the plane. I was EXHUASTED. (Oh by the way, pardon my
spelling. I don´t know what's right or wrong. Because I am on a Spanish
keyboard the computer marks every English word I type wrong). Anyway, on our way to the Mission Home (which
is really nice) we stopped by the temple. ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. I would even
venture to say more beautiful than the Portland Oregon Temple. It is LITERALLY
PICTURE PERFECT. The grass. Lots of flowers. Oh man. The granite is different.
It was amazing. Don´t worry. We all took pictures. Then we went to the
mission home where we had empenadas and pizza. Both really good. Then paper
work and interviews and then BOOM. We got pushed into this bajillion hour
training session with the Assistants to the President. My whole group was
falling asleep sitting. I felt so bad. Me too! I was exhausted. Then we got our
companions!
My companion is
awesome. His name is Elder G*. He speaks Spanish. He has been here for
about 3 months. It was a surprise that he got called as a trainer so soon, but
God wanted it to be that way. And it's perfect. He is from Spain! So you know
what that means. Not only do I have to decipher Castellano accents (shh jjjj
sounds) I also have to decipher (thsthshsth) sounds. He has the Spain lisp.
THAT'S what makes it even more difficult to learn the language. They speak
really fast, they speak with different sounds, and my companion doesn't say the
S´s and the C´s. Oh well. I will learn it. God will help me. Already is.
I don´t have much more
time. So I have to wrap this up. The food is really
good. We get fed lunch every day and sometimes dinner too. It is a lot of
chicken rice, and pasta. I had meat the other day that didn´t taste like
regular meat. I don´t want to know what part it was. But it was okay. Had a
slight fish taste.
The people here are
REALLY nice. Next week I will send pictures. They are really loving and very
humble. Oh I am in a part called Palermo in Buenos Aires. Our apartment is
humble. It's humid. But apparently it's going to be like death in December. The
miembros said that they expect us to die.
Oh! I teach English
classes every Wednesday now. Hopefully it will go well.
That's all for
now!
It is totally awesome
here!
The Lord
provides!
Love,
Elder Moore
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