Hey family and friends,
So this has been a very wet week here in
San Juan de la Maguana. We are in the middle of hurricane season and it rains
hard almost everyday. As missionaries we walk in the rain a lot, but that’s
alright because there is a saying here in the mission field that the more you
walk in the rain, the more beautiful your wife will be. So yeah, for some
missionaries that’s what keeps them walking through the hurricanes. Personally,
I don’t mind the hurricanes except that even though it’s probably like 75
degrees when it rains, I get really cold! I have actually become a total wimp
when it comes to the cold. I sleep with my sheets and my blanket and I still
get cold! I’m fairly sure I will freeze when I get home to Idaho. Mom, dad, my
first meal back home might be in the hospital. I’m just kidding.
But anyway, this week has been mildly
successful. We have been doing lots of contacting. My area is very rich and all
the houses are really big and hard to contact, but its kind of fun. A lot of
these people are really interesting. Like one time we were in this super rich
neighborhood and this guy runs out of his house and goes on a 20 minute monolog
about how we shouldn’t be out at night in the neighborhood because it’s
dangerous. The whole time I just kept thinking that this is the nicest
neighborhood I have been in during my mission. We also recently started
teaching an English class here in our chapel as an idea to find more people and
we have had a little bit of success with that. This last week we only had one
guy show up, but he was super cool and had an interesting background. He said
that his university went to New York City for a trip and he and a few friends
decided to stay for the six months that their passports allowed them to. And he
said that he was working this super crappy job where they paid him 40 dollars a
day for like 10 hours of work and he and his buddies lived like that for a
while. It was an interesting story and this guy left the country a month after
his visa expired and he doesn’t know if he is in trouble with the US government
or not. Cool guy. His name is W. We also found this one guy who was super cool
named B. We have only taught him one lesson, but he came to church this week!
It was super sweet. I really hope he progresses because this ward needs a lot
more priesthood.
So other stuff in my life is that I’ve
started learning new ways to eat cheap and healthy. For example, normally, I
always buy cereal and milk. But I found out that yogurt tastes a ton better,
and is only a little more expensive. Plus, the healthy cereal is actually the
best deal, so I eat cereal with yogurt a lot, and I’m going to start putting oatmeal
in the cereal so that will fill me up more! Also I’ve been eating lots of
popcorn because its super cheap. But yeah, that’s my life here in the DR. Take
care everybody and I’ll see you next week!
Elder Stark
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