Hello
friends and family!
This
week has been interesting. They usually are here in the mission.
We're having more success in Berlín. Yesterday we got another
investigator to church. His name is Angel, he's about 75 years old and is
a super nice, super humble guy. He is a woodcarver by profession, and has
all sorts of cool jobs that he shows us when we go to teach him. This
week he committed to go to church, but only made it to Elders Quorum. I'm
pretty sure that he'll make it on time next week, because the members made him
feel wanted, and like he is already part of the branch family.
It
seems like my P-days are going to be interesting this change. Zona
Jucuapa, my zone in the mission, is very large. We cover a very large
stake, the stake of Usulután. Out here in the stake and department (the
equivalent of a state!) of Usulután, travel is a bit mas o menos. From my
area, Berlin, buses leave every hour. This is the only means of leaving
town for us, so we have to be punctual. Last P-day we went to Jucuapa,
the zone leaders' area, an hour and a half away from Berlín. This week we
are in the city of Usulután, capital of the department of Usulután. It's
almost two hours away from Berlín. On the bright side, it's a big city,
so as soon as we finish writing we're going to go eat at Wendy's! Next
week the zone leaders want to have a P-day in Berlín, to be fair to us.
We've spent quite a bit of time and money on buses thanks to district meeting,
zone conference, interviews with Presidente, and two p-days in other cities.
The
buses here are interesting not only for the schedule, but also for the ride.
Berlin is a tiny town near the top of a mountain. That means that the
only ways in and out are two-lane winding mountain roads that aren't always in
the greatest shape. Sounds fun, right? Now imagine going up and
down those roads on a poorly maintained, thirty year old school bus.
Yeah, it's a trip. The five kilometer (three miles) trip from the
Carretera Panamericana (the closest major highway) to Berlín takes nearly an
hour. Getting from Berlín to Santiago de María, the closest town, is 45
minutes. Getting to Jucuapa is an hour and a half. And Usulután is
almos 2 hours. It makes life very fun being on buses so much. The
scenery is amazing though.
This
week's title explanation: Berlin is extremely high up. We're actually
above the normal cloud level for our area of the country. Sometimes the
wind pushes clouds into the mountain. That happened this week. We
went out to work after the interviews with Presidente and the whole town was
covered in thick fog. We figured out that it was actually a cloud that
was covering the mountain. It was awesome, but I didn't get any
pictures. If it happens again, I will take pictures!
Time's
up! Have an awesome week!
Love,
Elder Colton West
El Salvador, San Salvador East Mission
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| Zona Jucuapa! (Elder West is on the far left) |
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I have
caught paisley fever.
I hated paisley ties before the mission,
but I have
come to love them here.
I may have bought a few.
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