Life in Divina Providencia

Letter to Kayli this week (and lots of pics)

How do you get clean water?

Yeah, uhhhh, we don't. We shower, wash our clothes, wash the dishes, etc with the filthy green water. We are thinking about cleaning our pila (water container), but yeah... it's filthy. We drink, prepare dishes, and brush our teeth with clean water that we buy from the local pulperia. We can get 5 gallons of water for pretty little.

Were you able to do anything fun for your birthday?

I made us French toast for my birthday (I remember some things from scouts). I was sick with head pain most of the day because I ran out of the medication I use to help. I get tons of chest pain and head pain if I don't take anything. The doctor says it's nothing serious but the pain is still pretty irritating.

What is your favorite part of your new area?

I'm not in a city. We have a couple of small neighborhoods out in the middle of nowhere. Sometimes it's hard to find things but the capital city is only 1 hr in bus. It's super quiet and beautiful out here (unlike the city). Chilling with farmers is better than stubborn city folk.

Do you see any fun animals while on your walks?

Uhhh, not really. We see tropical birds in people's houses and there is always dogs and cats in the streets but not much. The farmers have a big and tons of chickens of that counts.

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Pictures with Details

Still no letter from Chaz this week, but we talked with him after he sent a bunch of pictures. Here are some of the photos with explanations: Elder Bahr and Elder Jarman at a river near their house. Cooling off in the water. No swimming! Elder Jarman teaching members how to make French Toast Teeter break during the day. There was a whole rabbit cooking thing, not sure if this is rabbit or not. Making corn - said it tastes like popcorn. Skinning and eating rabbit. Chaz says it tasted amazing.

Teaching, Music, Lessons and a Baptism

Monday Spent the morning at the mission office. Bussed back and did my email and phone call. Played some basketball at the church. I'm not great at making 3pt shots but up close I'm decent. Tuesday - Got another baptism date We had district council and lunch with the district. There was a small restaurant? bar? behind a sweet shop. We had pollo chuco again. (Chicken covered with sauces) We taught this investigator, Esperanza who couldn't read but has been taught the lessons and wants to know if the church is true. She's currently having issues because her family and her family's pastor have been pressuring her not to go to church. After the lesson we did her dishes using one of the outdoor "sinks". It was a large basin filled with water and had a ledge where you could wash your dishes. You get clean water from the basin, wash the dish, and you deposit the dirty water on the ledge because it had a drain. Later that day we visited an inactive family wh...

Last Week (this is late, from the last week of October)

---Baptism--- We had the baptism of Nayeli on Sunday. She had been an investigator for a very long time (since last December) and many missionaries had given up on her. The entire ward attended which was great. We ran out of cake and there wasn't enough seating for everyone. It was great to see her take that step ---Another Baptism--- We attended the baptism of the bishop's daughter on Monday as well. The baptism doesn't count for us, but it's still great to see another baptism for the ward. We were able to help with the prep for it which was fun. We had to tape a mop to a broom to get the door open (hard to fill the font without the keys to it but we managed) ---Spiritual Thought-- But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 14:6 I really like this scripture because of how well it describes the Holy Ghost. He helps us ...

Elder Chaz Jarman

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