Sho Tengo Hombre
HELLO HELLO EVERYONE!! Okay so I don't have a ton of time
to write and email BUT I am here in Uruguay!! For all y'all that are
just being added to my list this week, we had some weird stuff go down,
and I got to Uruguay just this Saturday. The flight was 12 years long
but seriously SO much fun. Kinda weird being by yourself for long
periods of time after literally having someone with you at all hours of
the day for months on end. So yeah, they gave us two meals on the plane
from Miami to Uruguay and so that was bougie. THEN I got here like early
in the morning and I've been partying hard ever since! We got to go see
the temple and meet the mission president and his wife, who are just
the sweetest people in the world, and they're from Chile so I can
totally understand their Spanish (thanks Dad). I met my comp, Hermana
Gilbert who's from Kaysville, Utah (no we have never met each other
before) and just the sweetest and also an absolute machine at Spanish.
Then we had a chaotic day and to be honest I can't remember any of it.
But I am currently living with two other sisters as well, Hermana Wilson
and Hermana Johnson, who are some of the funniest people I've ever met,
and just so sweet and also stellar at Spanish. It's pretty cool to
watch. It's kinda complicated cause our mission is growing rapidly cause
like every two days there are more missionaries coming in, so we are
sharing an apartment while we wait for them to get a new apartment, but
we all share a ward. Although we don't know the boundaries for where
we're splitting stuff, so we're just doing stuff as a cuatro right now.
Honestly so much fun. But yeah we went to church on Sunday and it was
wild cause catch me walking down the dirt road in a dress and a tag and
saying Hola to people as I walk past them. Everything I ever dreamed a
mission being. (Definitely not complaining about my brand new Chevy
Equinox with 40 miles on it that I had in Maryland though) So yeah at
church everything was in Spanish so that was chaotic. They had me go up
and introduce myself and I literally could not stop laughing after cause
y'all I don't speak Spanish so this is what I said. "Hi my name is
Hermana Allen, I'm from Utah, I have been living in Uruguay for one day.
And... yeah. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen." Which honestly is so
comedic of me. Those poor members probably have just low expectations
for me which is either gonna be very good or very bad. After church, we
went for lunch to some members house, and it was SO fun. The dad was
going to drive us back to his house, but we were talking to some
members, and he said "Hermanas if you're hungry you gotta stop talking
and come with me" and I am hungry is "yo tango hambre" and Hermana
Wilson goes "SI SI yo tengo hombre!" Which literally means YES I have a
man! Which the family couldn't stop making fun of her for. Also, which
the subject line, people here say their Y's like SH so it's like "sho
soy Hermana allen" super cute. Anyway so after we said we had men, we
hopped in the back of this dudes moving van, which he literally locked
us in there and we were sitting on the floor bouncing around (oops don't
tell the safety zone peeps) and we got to his house and then had a
FOREVER long meal where everyone just spoke rapid fire Spanish. I could
understand a good chunk of it so that was awesome! The mom spoke a
little bit of English, so every time someone would say a word she knew,
she would just shout the English word so I would understand. It was
comedic ahaha. As for the food here? It's not horrible. But it's not
great. From what I've had, it ranges from okay this isn't bad, to yeah I
think I have to decide either if I'm gonna throw up or leave this
little section on my plate. I'm sure I'll be used to it in a couple
months though haha. But in general, LIFE IS SO GOOD!! Spanish is so fun
even if I have no idea what the heck is happening at all times.
And
as for a spiritual thought? This gospel is true. What I'm doing is
certifiably insane. I literally don't speak Spanish and here I am,
telling people about God and supposedly changing lives, with like two
words I know. That is a testament that this gospel is true. If the Lord
can use an instrument like me, then wow. He's really got it together
cause that's impressive. This gospel is true!! It's so cool!! And so is
Uruguay! I already love the people here so much it's crazy.
Welp, I hope yall had a great week! I sure love you all, and I hope you're partying hard!
