Dear Family,
So this last week has been pretty crazy as ive been here in perico trying to get settled in a little bit. First off, sorry im so late again, we had to go and do freaking real transfers today and we were in the terminal in another city all freaking morning until like 4 o clock....so im kind of upset. And also these computers suck horribly so thats why i only uploaded like 4 photos.
So yes, a little bit more about the area. Perico is super chill and a lot less dangerous than Tucuman, so you wont be getting any more scary stories like before haha I like it a lot here! Its a lot more cultural too, cuz its not just city. There are BILLIONS of Bolivians here and im pretty sure jujuy is basically another part of Bolivia. But its way cool cuz the people are way simple and humble and even poorer than the people in Tucuman. But theyre not as stupid as the people of Tucuman, so ive actually had like some civilized conversations haha Ill explain why tucuman people are kind of retarded when i get back from the mish, no time to put it all here. I will send some sexy pictures in my bolivian jacket that i have now next week. Oh, and its also a lot colder here too, i was dying like the first 3 days cuz i went from 95 degree weather to like 55. And yes, like you guys asked its a ton of tobacco fields. Everyone either works there or in the open flea markets they have here. And they dont really smoke that much, but everyone chews tobacco leaves in their mouths so thats just as bad.
The area here is a lot tougher here than it was in tucuman. Im not saying its a bad area, its the opposite actually, but it just sucks because there were a lot of crappy missionaries here before who did a lot of not missionary stuff, so the ward like doesnt trust us at all. So thats gonna be the first challenge is getting the ward to trust us. After that, the missionary who was here with my comp before was named Elder Silva and he was a freaking HORRIBLE missionary. Lets just say he abused every missionary in the pension mentally, verbally, and even physically. I think half the reason i got transferred here is because Elder Silva punched my comp in the stomach and then my comp ended up kicking him across the room and things almost got out of hand. So yeah, we are basically starting from ground zero here because a lot of times that elder silva kid just didnt want to work and refused to get out of the pension. But were gonna get this area better soon! If you have any suggestions about how we can gain the trust of the members, let me know :)
Speaking of my comp, his name is Elder Tietjen and hes pretty cool. Yes he is from the states, New Mexico specifically. He has like 18 months on the mission and we get along really well. He doesnt have too much self confidence right now cuz his last comp just absolutely ripped him down and basically told him he sucked at everything every day. But we talk a lot and can actually relate cuz we think the same! haha
The pension here is also freaking legit. My last pension in tucuman was absolutely worthless! It was infested with cockroaches and will probably be fumigated soon. This pension is giant, clean, has 2 floors, we have no neighbors underneath us, and the best of all! wait for it......my room has CARPET!!!! its like the crappy cheap stuff, but i was excited beyond belief when i saw it. But vacuums dont really exist here, so its kinda hard to keep clean. Ill send you pictures next week of the pension hopefully.
Elder Reece, my old comp in the MTC got transferred today and he went off to Salta, but it was good to live with him for a week and talk about the good old times (i sound so old). His comp Elder Cancapa is going to the offices tomorrow because he is going to train a kid! Were hoping its a gringo, because if it is, were gonna mess with him a little bit. My spanish is good enough now that i can pretend like im from some Latin country, and were going to do that. Were going to tell him that my comp only has 7 months and i have 18 and then my comp is gonna talk crap on me in english to the gringo and ill pretend like i dont understand a word....its gonna be fun :)
And last but not least......Conference! Super cool experience. It was kind of weird because here in Argentina you have to go to the Stake center to watch it. Well there is only 1 stake center in the entire province of jujuy and we ended up piling 14 wards into this small stake center on sunday to watch the 2 last sessions. It was kinda cool how everyone came together and like had their lunches prepared for in between the sessions to eat because they couldnt go back to their house because theyre too far away. We had to get on 2 buses with our entire ward and drive 30 minutes to Jujuy capital and watch it there. A ward bus! haha And then all of us English speaking elders got jammed into 1 tiny room to watch it together there, cuz its so much better in the original language of English. I also loved the speech by Elder Uchtdorf about the Stop it, way good talk. I also saw one of my friends who is a girl named Sarah Hermansen sing in the MTC choir! I was pretty stoked about that too haha
But anyways, were just working away here in little ole Perico, and hopefully ill have some better news to report next week. Love you all and talk to you next week! Love you!!!!
Con amor,
Elder Sirrine
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