Bolivin' It Up!

Email from last Tuesday!

I am in Bolivia! We left the CCM last night at 7, and got here around

Cochabamba, Bolivia LDS Temple

8 this morning. It is BEAUTIFUL here! Right now I am in the mission
home, which is right next to the temple. Both are beautiful. President
and Sister Dyer are both super sweet, and wanted us to let our
families know we made it here safely. I get my companion tomorrow, and
President told me she does not speak very much English. So that's
cool. I feel really good here, like it is definitely where I need to
be.

April 14, 2014

Perritos and Cholitas

So, I left the CCM, aka the lap of luxury, on Monday night. Our plane left at 9pm and we got to the La Paz airport at 2 am . There was someone there to help us. He had us leave ALL of our luggage in the middle of the airport, and brought us to this random room to take a nap for a few hours. Our plane to Cochabamba left at like 6:45 am, and we got here at 8am . The Assistants to the president, secretaries, and President Dyer and his wife all met us at the airport. The first night we stayed in a hotel, and got our companions the next day.

My companion is Hermana T.. She is from Cochabamba. She was called to Venezuela, but since it`s pretty ugly there right now, only people from Venezuela can serve there. They go to the Colombia CCM as well, so I met a ton. She has been out for 10 months, and I am the fifth person she`s trained. Usually you train for 3 months, but she was only trained for 6 weeks, and then trained a North American sister for 3 months. She has trained 2 other North American Sisters, and one Latin American Sister, all for 6 weeks.

I`m trying`to get my full 3 months in...

I am struggling with the language a little, but everyone has promised me that about 3 or 4 months in, I should be fluent. They also promised me that the first 3 or 4 months will be hard... And that everyone gets sick from the food. Which is pretty cool.

It is really beautiful here. I LOVE the mountains. We live with a member, in just one room in the back of her house. Our shower is outside. The water tries REALLY hard to be warm, but it just can`t do it. I usually feel pretty accomplished after I take a shower. It`s a pretty big feat. ALSO, the lady we live with`s son was an exchange student when he was in high school... IN DAYTON OHIO! It`s a small world.