February 13, 2017

Wow well hello familia! I feel like I havent talked or seen any of you in forever but its been like 7 weeks! So I got to bolivia last Tuesday and wow its been crazy since then! I thought Peru was humid but Bolivia is crazy humid, but man its awesome! My mission presidente is from Spain and him and his wife and super awesome i really like them. So let me tell you about Bolivia. The center of Santa Cruz is honestly super awesome. It looks really old and antigue and the streets and cobblestone but its pretty nice and theres always a ton of people walking around. So my area is like 20 minutes outside of Santa Cruz and its in the straight ghetto haha. Peoples houses are so worn down and some literally just looke like stacked bricks or like they were made in 2 hours. But the people are awesome. They are super receptive and everyone is catholic and believes in God so they always want to hear from us its super awesome. I still cant reallly understand what they say most of the time, but im learning more and more everyday! So there are dogs everywhere hahad and they are big too. They just run around killing each other and eating trash, i havent been attacked yet tho so thats chill. So it rained Thursday all night and all morning Friday so the streets were all flooded and alot of the streets are just dirt so we were walking in like a foot and a half of mud and water sometimes, but its not too bad. I sweat 24/7 so Im kind of used to that but it still kind of sucks. Also theres a ton of chickens and geese that just run around too. Theres always cows and horses in the streets too its crazy. They tie the front 2 legs of the horses here so they cant run so the horses just hop its kind of cruel. Also everyone here breastfeeds in public so that is definitely a culture change haha. But the people of Bolivia are so humble and so ready to hear the gospel! I learn more everyday and I can see the improvment ive made with the Lords help. Well Familia y amigos, Im glad to finally be in my country and serving the Lord! This is where im supposed to be, and I know I will be blessed as i follow all the mission rules and remain worthy to have the Holy Spirit with me! Love you all!​​

The pictures here and the other ones are just of our house, beds, kitchen, and bathroom, that worm thing was like 2 feet long and i just saw it when i was walking one day.