¿Qué Tal, Bolivia?: Una Locura Es Mi Vida (Craziness is my life)

November 17, 2014

PACKAGE! Yes mamasita, I finally got your package. And it made me SO DANG HAPPY. I especially loved the Broncos shirt. I am looking forward to wearing it. And I always love sharing the warheads with the little kids here. They always freak out. AND CETAPHIL! Maybe my face will stop breaking out now! Hahaha Anyways, thank you so much. It made my week.

This week was great and interesting at the same time.

I started the week out with intercambios with Hermana Forsey. She is a great missionary, and taught me a lot. That day, we found an icecream truck in BOLIVIA! Wut... so we had to buy some. You never see icecream trucks in Bolivia. My favorite flavor here is dulce de leche. Now I dont remember, do they have dulce de leche in the states? I hope so, because it is my favorite.

We had some great experiences during the week. It is tough, because in this area, there arent really any people progressing. So we are looking for new families. It is tougher than Potosi, because not very many people want to listen to us.

Yesterday was a crazy day. So Saturday, we had a lunch with a less active lady. And I asked her about this crazy spirulina herb drink that she had, just curious as to what it was. I shouldnt have asked, because she then processed to make it for us. And it was a BRIGHT BLUE. Super weird. But we drank it because she is a nice old lady and we didnt want to be rude. So we ate lunch with her, and then we wanted to fast for our investigators, so we didnt eat the rest of the day. The next day, I woke up feeling really gross. We had our last lunch with members yesterday, and I am actually so grateful. I was literally feeling so sick, but I had to force down the hugest plate of Pique Machu that I have ever seen in my life. Now go look up what Pique looks like. It is like pure grease. French fries, meat, hotdogs, and ketchup. I was literally suffering. I already was having diarrea that morning, and then I had to shove down this junk. Yup.... my companion and I had diarrea for the rest of the day. I swear, it was that crazy spirulina drink. My first time being truly sick on the mission. YEAH.

No, but it was a good learning experience for me. And we still worked, which was good. My stomach is still funny today, but it will be okay.

So I am excited and sad at the same time that we won’t have lunches with members. Sad because it is a great opportunity to get to know the ward. But we have decided to have family nights with families every Monday. EXCITED because I never have to force down huge amounts of food again. We will always eat with our pension now.

What else.....

- Mom, I will probably always write in the afternoon from now on, unless we have a zone activity, because my comp likes it better. And the internet is faster.

- Did I mention that I loved my package!?

- The mission is crazy... I have never been so tired every day, but happy, too, because I know we are working hard.

- CHRISTMAS! Yes, we are starting to see Christmas stuff here! And I am actually really excited now, because this Christmas I get to focus wholly on being selfless and helping other people. I will never have that experience again. So I am way excited.

- We had an awesome zone meeting this week about D&C 121. Many are called but few are chosen. Are YOU one of the chosen ones?! I want to be one of the chosen ones. Someone who is willing to be more obedient, more selfless, more kind. Try to think of the ways that you can be called one of God`s chosen people, and not just someone who goes to church and is called.

- Will you tell Hope Breedlove that I pretty much have dreams about her every week? It is so weird... but she is always randomly in my dreams. Tell her that i miss her!

- KYLE! So remember how you told me that Alma 7 was one of your favorite chapters? Well, I read it this week, and you are right. It is an amazing chapter, and one of my favorites, too.

-There are crazy thunderstorms here, too! I love it.

- I sent your Christmas package, and it should get there in about 20 days! I hope it gets there in one piece..... but it was a huge dilemma, so don’t expect very many packages from me. Hahah but it has some pretty cool stuff in it. When you get it, if you don’t understand the reference of Coca.... just ask me. Hahaha

I don’t really remember what else happened this week. I am finally adjusting to Cocha, and it hasnt been as hot this week. The people here are super great, and the members are all really cool and supportive.

I hope you all have a great week!

CON MUCHO AMOR,

HERMANA ROUTSONG