Guanacaste Livin'

It's almost Christmas! Holy cow, it feels like I haven't even been here for a month. But there's a bit to talk about, so I'll get into it.


Last pday (monday): was normal, went to the steak center, called family, ate pizza, and wrote emails. Then after went and had a lesson with our friend rosy and her daughter. They said they'd want to get baptized one day!! So me and Elder Scott were super hyped.


Tuesday: we had district counsel and then went to Taco Bell for lunch (no Baja Blast!)  Taco Bell is pretty much the same here as in the States. Afterward, we had some little exchanges with Elder Crockett and Reynolds. Both companions went to our area but in different neighborhoods. They weren't the 24-hour ones. We just did it for a few hours to kinda boost the area a bit. After exchanges, me and Elder Scott went to our chapel for a little party that some of the members put on. There was food and karaoke. I sung Billie Jean by Michael Jackson. No, I'm not sending that video to anybody. And me and Elder Scott sung some Imagine Dragons songs together. Technically, that was against the rules, but little did we know we'd probably not see any of those members again on the mission. Because that night we found out on Changes! They temporarily closed our area so me and Elder Scott both went to different areas. So all of our friends who were starting to progress and go to church would go to the Hermanas that we shared a ward with. Me and Elder Scott are staying in the same zone but different districts and companions. 


Wednesday: I literally cleaned the entire apartment, almost scrubbing the walls. While Elder Scott was handwriting out a guide for all of our feidnds to give to the Hermanas to help them out with our friend's. They wanted to see our area before we left so they could see where everything was so we took them on a little tour to show them members and where our friend's lived. We also gave the hermanas all the food we had bought on Monday to feed us for the week. 


Thursday: Traveling literally the whole day. 6 hour bus ride to Guanacaste with all of our suit cases and stuff. Met my new comp Elder Sanabria that night. He is from Honduras, only speaks Spanish, and has about 21 months on the mission. We don't talk a whole lot, I'm not sure if that's just because of our personalities or the language barrier. First day working in Filidelfia, Guanacaste. We found 4 or 5 new people and put a baptism date for one of our friends. This area is going so well at the moment. It's a branch here, and we don't have like an actual church building. 


Friday & Saturday: Just worked. It's a lot more humid here, though. I don't know how, but all of our plans seem to go through, and we almost never have to go to our backup plans. It's super nice. But the bus system here is so odd, and they are always packed. I'm usually standing on whole hour long bus rides every day. But it could be worse. 


Sunday: Our friends actually go to church here! It's so nice. We have one friend that has gone more times to church than any of the members or even the branch president. He just struggles with his testimony of Joseph Smith and the restoration. But he keeps going to church and having lessons, so there has to be something there. And the sunsets are so pretty here! 


Crazy email today, but that's what's been going on. Love yall lots 

- Elder Kirby


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