Well this week has been a lot better thank goodness! I was so cultured shocked last week but things are better. To start off I have two stories to share this week and then I will answer questions. I went on my first division splits I went with Elder Guitierrez up north to a town called San Benito which is a two hour bus ride and when I say bus ride it isn’t a bus it’s a van that they squeeze at least 18 to 25 people on so its tight, it doesn’t help that the ladies breast feed their babies right in front of you, super disgusting. Once we got to San Benito we took a little motor cycle thing?? And went to work. I failed to mention that Elder Guitierrez is my zone leader; he only spoke Spanish the whole day which helps me with my Spanish. The next day he started speaking English which really surprised me because he is a Latino. We finally made it back to San Luis, San Luis is nothing but hills my calf muscle are so sore from all the hiking up hills don’t worry I drink about three litters of water each day. We buy pure filtered water because the water here has worms in it. Hahaha We use a capilla which we wash are dishes in look it up on-line. In the bottom where the water is it there are hundreds of worms little gross. I am use to the ants in my food and having them crawl on me they are tiny sugar ants. I eat them all the time people here eat ants there is a kind of ant that they or we eat that tastes like long grain rice, not too bad. We went to a small village near San Luis named Cain which has a bunch of tiny little grass huts with dirt floors scattered throughout the hills. We went there to teach this awesome family definitely humble people their house is a grass hut with dirt floors there were dogs, ducks and pigs running around. We brought with us one of the most amazing members  his name is Humo Gustavo who is a recent convert to the church. He brought his little son with him Angelito who is super funny and nuts. We had a great lesson we finished teaching and left to find our bus back to San Luis the driver wouldn’t take us back to San Luis so we had to walk. We walked back to San Luis which is about three and a half miles in the pitch black night, at one point in are hike back we stopped on the top of a hill which overlooks the valleys below it was beautiful calendar picture like. To one side a huge lighting storm in the distance the sky would light up purple. I wish I had brought my camera. The stars are just nuts I have never seen so many stars in my life, it is crazy beautiful. I have a story from my walk home that I will have to share when I get home off my mission. Hahaha don’t worry I am fine and all is well. Q&A time: I eat pretty much what you would think I would eat beans and rice and avocados for every meal mema you would love it the avocado in the states are tiny compared to these the avocados here are bigger than my cabaza(head). Some days we stop by the only restraint In town and buy a half of chicken for each of us really good. We have had three dinner appointments which have been really good. We don’t have a ton of people to teach right now so we are trying to working with less active members. Oh yah, before I forget they made me the branch secretary on Sunday, funny. Well that’s about it for the week, I love you all take care.

 

Love,

Elder Barker