Dear Mom,
So a quick overview of my travels. We left the MTC on Monday at 10 am. We went to the airport, got all checked in, through security, and got to call home!!! Which was awesome, and I may or may not have cried like a baby. After hanging up and going back to the gate to get ready to board, we heard an announcement that said our flight had been delayed about half an hour. About ten minutes later, we heard another announcement saying that the techs had found a problem with the plane and that they were fixing it, and we had been further delayed. About half an hour after that, they said that our flight wouldn't be leaving until 3:30. We realized that this would put us in Atlanta after our connecting flight had left. So they sent us back to the MTC, and we made it back at about 5:30. We were exhausted and we hadn't even left the state yet!!! So we woke up the next morning at 4, so we could leave at 5. We drove to the airport, had a 8:30 flight, and were in Atlanta by 2:30. We then had a six hour layover. During said layover, we at a chili's, which was awesome by the way, had some pretty long, and pretty awesome phone calls!!! We then got on our flight!!! We then flew for 10 hours to Buenos Aires. We there met Alfonso, who got us loaded onto a van, which took us to another airport. We then chilled at said airport for another 6 hours while we waited for our next flight to Bahia Blanca. We then had a 1 hour flight to Bahia Blanca where we met President Detlefsen. He is pretty awesome, and he speaks fairly slow so I understand most of what he says.
We then went to the mission office, had empanadas for dinner, and filled out some paper works. Then the elders went to the office home, and I went to President's home for the night. Then next day (Thursday) we went back to the office, had interview's with President, went back to President's house for an amazing lunch, had a meeting there where we found out where we would be serving, and who our companions would be. We then went back to the mission office, got our luggage, and went to our areas!
I am serving in Punta Alta, about 20 miles south of Bahia. I got here around 7 pm on Thursday. There are two wards here in Punta, and my ward is the Atlandia Barrio (ward). They are a great little ward, but they are struggling quite a bit. There are a lot of in actives, and it is really hard to get people to commit to coming to church. As a whole people are fairly relaxed, and don't like to feel obligated to do things.
But we have a wonderful goal as a mission. The Church wants to build a temple here in Bahia!!! We need to up the members before they can buy the land and start construction though. Please pray that the work goes well here, the whole county could use a temple in the southern part of the country. The closest temple to us is 12 hours away!!!
The weather isn't too bad. It is typical fall weather, but it is windy all the time, and it is a pretty chilly wind. You can certainly tell that winter is on its way! It hasn't rained yet, but I hear that in this part of the country I can expect a lot of rain during the winter. It's a good thing that I have my rain boots!!!
I live in a little house. We have a little kitchen, two bedrooms, and a bathroom. Hermana Durham and I live with two other Hermanas, Hermana Collette, and Hermana Freeman. They are all awesome. I will for sure try to get some pictures sent next week, I may or may not have forgotten my camera at the house...sorry about that...I will be better.
It is a little overwhelming, as I still don't know Spanish, but I know as I do my best that the language will come.
Alot of our area doesn't have paved streets or sidewalks, so we are walking in a lot of sand. It isn't too bad though and (knock on wood) I don't have any blisters yet.
Oh!!! And last night after we hung up the phone, Hermana Durham was talking to her mom, and our cell phone went off. I had to be the one to answer it because she was already talking. I. Was. Terrified. But I answered it, and I understood most of what was being said!!! I was so excited. I couldn't respond very well, but that's okay! I am just excited that I understood!!!
Alot of the sidewalks here are made from tiles. Almost like kitchen tiles. And they can get really slippery. A couple of times I have almost fallen. It's pretty funny.
Well. I think that is about it for this week. Hopefully I answered all of your questions. I will keep trying to take good notes as the weeks go on, so I can let you know what is going on with as much detail as possible!!!
I love you and I am praying for you!!!
Corinne
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