The Days Are Slow But The Weeks Are Fast

How's everyone doing? This week's been pretty good. There's not a ton to report on. Spanish is still coming along still, bit by bit. It's hard understanding native people but gringo's is a lot easier. 


Last pday we trained legs in Andres's gym, and I was sore for three days after. Being sore and walking everywhere all the time is not a great combo. 


Got some new people in the district though. They're all pretty cool and we all get along. We had exchanges and I got to lead the new Elder all around our area for 24 hours. Elder Reynolds is a cool guy. He's been here for over a year and we got along well. 


The work has been off and on lately. We either have days that we have a lot of new contacts and really good lessons, then the next day no one answers their phones or doors. 


Had the wildest Uber driver the other day though. Picked us up and was blasting music and just kept it on full blast the whole drive. Drove 20 over the speed limit and drove with his seat reclined almost all the way back. 


Went to church twice yesterday. We went to our normal sacrament meeting then had one in Turrúcares. In Turrúcares there's not a chapel so we meet in a member's living room. It's usually around 30 minutes, we have hymns, the sacrament, quick talk and everyone bears their testimony and the sprit is always there. 


Then we have a different member feed us lunch every Sunday so we went over to this members house, had lasagna, and gave a lesson all in English because the whole family was learning and they wanted better practice. That was interesting because I'm always trying to think of what I want to say in English and translate it to Spanish in lessons. So just speaking English was lots easier. 


That's pretty much all that's been going on here in Costa Rica. I hope all you you guys are doing good and reading your Book of Mormon.  


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