Day 3- Thursday January 12th, 2012

DAY 3- Thursday January 12th, 2012

Today I slept until 1:35!! This was an extremely needed sleep! On Monday night I didn't sleep at all. Tuesday night I sleeped about 4 or 5 hours. I wake up to the sister knocking on my door making sure I am still alive and wondering if I would like to eat something. I get up, make myself appropriate looking…well to an extent. And go inside the house there I have breakfast and they explain to me they will leave for meeting at 3:30. I decide to go and take a shower, a much needed shower and then study for the meeting. I go into the bathroom and all there is, is soap. So I go back out and tell the brother I didn't get the chance to buy any shampoo can I borrow some of theirs? He says Shampoo? And explains that here shampoo is a luxury that they don't use. And that I would have to go back to David to find shampoo. Soap it is. I dare not ask about face soap. The shower consists of a pipe coming out of the wall , no shower head. So I turn the water on and fill the bucket there. I take the smaller bucket and fill it and sploosh! …Mistake! Ice water! There is no hot water and this water feels like the water you dump out of your cooler after the assembly. Ice-cube water! Lets just say that was the faster shower I ever took. But no worries! I can do this! I go back to my room, first order of business….ripping off these nails! And MAN!! That lady was not kidding when she put them on, she wanted them to stay on! OUCH!  Then I begin to study my meeting…in Spanish! I honestly don't think I ever REALLY understood what the brothers who move to the English halls from Spanish go through trying to learn this language! English granted is harder then Spanish. But Theocratic Spanish and English is completely different from Basic Spanish and English .COMPLETELY different. But no matter, its ok for me. Then its time to go for meeting. I though since I was coming out all the way to the boon-docks AND since we don't have shampoo, meeting clothes would be the same as service clothes…Man! Was I wrong. These sisters DRESS-UP!! Thats ok though, I don't need my heels, jewelry, nicer clothes, or nicer bag. *sigh* I don't NEED them. The brother pulls up with a be a beat up pick-up. We climb into the cab and hang onto the rail as we drives down the bumpy road. The view si like nothing I have ever seen before. I plan on making a video of just the way to the kingdom hall. Its AMAZING!! The Kingdom hall is small but nice. There are 3 elders in this hall. Another elder is visiting from the route. and 1 ministerial servant. Everything else is literally little kids and sisters. The hall fills up after about 20 minutes from the starting time. Commenting isn't something that many people do in this hall. I will have to prepare comments for each part definitely. One part on the meeting was about talking to the indigenous here, the Cuno people. I know have a paper with presentation on it. I'm excited to use it. Hopefully, by the time I leave I will have the basics down for Cuno. I have a brochure and a presentation. You don't need much more to start .Everyone here wants me to teach them English, so maybe we can trade. Meeting is over and a little sister brings me a "present" and hurriedly runs away. Its is a Panama key-chain. :) New little friend. I get some meeting books in Spanish and visit a bit. Then its time to go back home. We get into the back of the truck again and drive away. Meeting for field service is at the Kingdom Hall everyday. Tomorrow me and the girls will walk to the hall for service. About a 30 minute walk I think. :) Lookng forward to it. A 30 minute walk everyday will do me wonders! :) On the way back, the girls ask me a million questions about the life in Mexico and the States. We have dinner when we get back to the house and more questions. I show them money from Mexico and they are amazed by it. At 10 we call it a night. I think the time difference is an hour. Cause my clock on the computer now says 9:24. Tomorrow I need to get up at 7. I like this place. :) 6 months here will change me for the better, and I will enjoy it thoroughly. The dogs keep barking, ojala that I will be able to sleep here. Oh yeah! Another thing. They think me saying "Mande?" is hilarious! Weird right. I thin them saying "Chuleta!" instead of Wow! is weird. They also say Freco instead of freo. Weird. :) Good night Day 3, tomorrow I am going to Rio Sereno with brother nixon and his family I will contact my mom tomorrow. :) WOW! A HUGE bug just flew into my room. That thing is HUGE!! Ok lights out! Goodnight Day 3!