Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Sucre Week 1 - May 7, 2018

So... I made it to Sucre and WOW!! Things are more than a little different here than Cochabamba. My new companion, Hermana Padilla, flew to Cochabamba Tuesday morning to meet up with me, and we flew to Sucre together. The Sucre airport is super far away from Sucre, so we had to drive about 45 mins to get home last week on Tuesday. My zone leaders picked us up from the airport, and they are super nice. They are also the only people from my zone that i've met besides my companion. More on that later. My first thought when we got out of the bus to Sucre was that it smells like a port o potty here. No joke. So that has been a little bit of an adjustment, but i don't really smell it anymore. Except when we walk by this super filthy stream thing in our area. 




Something else new about Sucre... DANGER. Yes, it is more dangerous here in Sucre than in Cochabamba. They have these things called Pardos, and basically it is the people being either happy or mad at something that the president does (the happy one doesn't make sense to me, but that's what my companion said), and so they set up a blockade in the road so nobody can drive through (but you can walk through). They sometimes are made out of cars, garbage, or people sitting in lawn chairs. There is also a bit of civil unrest here, i'm sure if you look online you could find some good videos of some of the things happening here in Sucre. 



One of the family members of our pensionista showed us some of the violence that has been happening. (Probably not what you wanted to hear about my first area in the mission, but hey! Its an adventure!) Thus we have spent quite a bit of time in the apartment this week. So, I taught Hermana Padilla how to make Deviled Eggs, and she knows how to say Whats your problem? and Thumbs up! haha. We also have watched Coco and spent a lot of time studying. We actually didn't have church yesterday because it was too dangerous, but our pensionista lives really close to us, so we were given permission to spend the day there. And then we have had to spend all of out p day locked up too, so definitely too much time in the apartment. We haven't been able to have a district meeting since i've gotten here, so that's why i haven't met anyone yet. But i do want everyone to know that i feel the spirit with me, and I have never felt in serious danger, because we have never been witnesses to the street riots and things like that. And even though i hear gun shots every morning during study time, i know that as long as we follow the spirit we will be protected, because we are here to do the Lords work, and we are being obedient. 

I love my pensionista and her family! Her name in Rodillo, and her husband owns a restaurant, so we eat there for lunch every day. They are less active members, and her brother, Ronald, is an inactive member, and he helps out everyday. They are such funny people! They really make you feel like part of the family, even though it takes me 30 seconds sometimes to realize that they are joking about me haha. But its all in good fun, they call me gordita, i call them bajitos, its all good haha. 

What they say about Bolivians feeding you tons is TRUE!!  I have heaping plates of food for lunch everyday, and we always are served a huge bowl of soup beforehand. I've learned to eat breakfast early and not snack before lunch, because it is offensive to them if you don't eat EVERYTHING! Lets hope i dont get too chubby on my mission. new favorite candy bar is Kilatte, and it is those awesome vanilla wafer things covered in chocolate. They are delicious.  We made
 Salchipapas this week! (If you forgot, Salchipapas is literally french fries, fried hot dog, ketchup and mayo, and seriously it is one of the best things ever created).



Thanks for all the love and support friends and family!

Hermana Rowe

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