October 25, 2010
"Hola!! Well this was one crazy week! Since transfers got delayed until Friday, Elder Swank and I had some more time to work in Funes. We continued working normally until on Wednesday night when we found out that we were getting "white washed".... meaning that we were both going to leave the area. So we had to clean the pench (I assume this is another name for apartment. Maybe it's apartment in Spanish...I don't know) all day and pack it all. The assistants told us that the pench had to be "impeccable" because the sisters were moving in.. haha. Wasn´t too hard to do considering how nice our pench was and all. Thursday night we made the rounds to some members houses, Hno. Gamboa gave us Argentine Mail shirts!!! They are so cool. It´s official and even has a little plastic thing to put your name tag in haha. We ate tacos with them to say goodbye americanly?... Then Friday we finished cleaning the pench and got all packed and went to the giant bus terminal. It is always fun to see all of the other missionaries there who you haven´t seen for a while. Of course we went across the road to McDonalds. hehee. Then my bus came and I rode it all alone down to Pergamino. I was nervous I was gonna miss the stop since I didn't know what it looked like, but I woke up just in time to see a big Pergamino sign. haha.
I met my new comp Elder Jones in the terminal there. He is really cool! He is from a tiny town called Verdin in New Mexico and his family has a 900 acre farm of cotton and corn. He is a really hard worker and really obedient. He is always happy and always has something nice to say! I love working with him, because we both have the same goals and want to do all we can to acheive them. Then we rode a bus another hour to our area. It is called Arrecifes. It is a little town about 20,000 people or so I think. It is another branch here and the branch president is only 26 years old. There are alot of great people here though. Its got everything from rich to nothing as well. Our apartment is really nice (I keep getting lucky with those) and apparently we get member meals every single day!!!! haha. I'm really excited. Well...out of the 5 areas in the mission that have bikes.......... I got transfered to another!!!! I think President is trying to get me skinny faster than expected!!! It´s kind of weird being here, because this is the first time I´ve walked, rode, or seen a hill in over 5 months! The area is really green and has a lot of fields around too.. 
Kind of a weird thing that people do for their jobs here is make Levi´s brand pants in their house...We have knocked 2 already that we´re working and sewing.. I guess they bring them all the materials to their house and then they make them and they come pick them up! So you never know.. I could be seeing them make YOUR next pair of pants!! This week on Wednesday in all of Argentina they are doing their census, and no business can open all day and everybody has to stay in their house until someone comes and talks to them...it could be all the way till 7 or 8 at night. We have to do it too... so I'm guessing that's gonna be a pretty boring day!!*Aren't those flowers cool!
2 comments:
There was an area on my mission where people were making jeans too. Funny huh! At least he's not in an area like another one of mine...all they made was lingerie in that area! Needless to say, only sisters worked there!
I didn't know they make pants in their homes?!?
That's funny about Joanne comment about the Lingerie...where was she at??
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