Yo what’s gucci fam? You’re catching me in some crap internet cafe right now that is run by chinos (asians). this first week was hectic starting tuesday night when i first arrived in panama. I got off the plane and of course immediately lost my passport lol…accused a bunch of panamanians of stealing it then 15 min later found it in my bag lol. totally something i would do…some things don’t change. the office elders probably hate me now. Wow…the first thing here that hit me was obviously the humidity and heat. sooo humid and hot u are just constantly sticky and hot. sucks but i knew it was guna be like this…swamp nuts real quick! So we stayed in a hotel in panama city the first night and the next day we went to the president’s house. It’s in panama city obviously and holy cow panama city is awesome…pretty dirty of course but so hectic fun. First impressions of the city were awesome. then got my companion elder martinez. He’s from honduras and doesn’t speak a lick of english haha. He is the freakin man…honestly sooo dope. super grateful for him and his patience hahaha. He’s a convert, his dad is dead, and he’s super poor. He’s so funny and super hard working too. Learning tons of spanish but still know absolutely nothing. Frustrating and lonely but I will learn it fast. So then we hopped on a bus that morning to run some errands and to get to our area. For dad- the first bus i went on is called the diablo rojo. the buses are all old and soo crappy, but u definitely know that already, and the inside was velvet red with shiny red seats with tons of vulgar things on the walls. They were bumpin columbian music and all dancing haha. That was my first experience with the people and i loved every second of it! I looooove the music down here and the people…everything u described dad was true. The people are all soo fun and loving and understanding…so awesome! My area is called arraijan and it’s about thirty minutes by bus from panama city. I loooove my area so much it’s an awesome first area. Anyway, so then we get on a different bus to head over to our area and walk to our house. Wow…i saw our house and almost dropped down and died. It’s the crappiest thing i have ever seen in my life. I didn’t think anything could be so crappy. All cement block obviously, with no windows just shapes in the walls, so your basically outside if that makes sense. cement floors with a tiny crap kitchen that we had to buy a little portable stove for. There’s barely any running water of course and none hot and obviously no ac. The shower is just a little spout in the wall that dribbles out cold water. The bathroom is all moldy and gross hahaha. If that sounds bad just think of the house i described in your head, and then twice as bad as that, and that’s my home where i live. i’m sleeping in a hammock now cus the mattress wasn’t even a mattress…springs were all like sticking out and crap. The area is awesome though. The people are super great. down below where we live is super poor but still ok. everyday though we go up in the mountain that they call the nubes because its real high up in the clouds and the further you go up the mountain the more poor it gets…like we’re talking poor times 10 up there. all of the kids are just naked and playing in the dirt. they live in like cardboard huts and they are lucky if part of their house is like scrap metal or cement. These people have absolutely nothing…soo shocking to see on my first day. I can’t even describe how poor it is just insane. for dad again- lol first day i got like 3 boobs whipped out on me hahaha soo shocking how they feed their kids…super distracting but funny. There’s tons of kuna indians in the nubes so that’s awesome because they are great. I guarantee you remember pops…all beaded out wearing like nothing. Nobody wears clothes here…too funny. So as far as my spanish goes its rough. I know nothing haha. luckily its the dry season now so there’s not much rain but in a couple of months it will be raining non stop they say. Our investigators are awesome and we taught tons of lessons this week. some investigators came to church yesterday so that was super cool. I will give you all more of that side of things next week. Idk if i can send pics this week or not but i hope i can. In one pic I’m planting yucca with a kuna indian lady hahaha…but all of my pics are great. Well…everyone just be grateful for what u have u are all lucky as heck…trust me. Its crazy how life is down here, from the trash to the poverty, but it’s just nuts how nice the people are even still and they’re soo humble. Kk love u all. i will probably send a bunch of pics next week…peace. Love, elder call
cant send pics rn but i will u are guna love my pics. My area is literally straight jungle and sooo beautiful. It will give u a better perspective of the house and area and stuff. I love it here tho, I literally barely know spanish but i want to tell u so much but i just cant. Next week i will send some fire pictures. give u a taste of the poverty and my comp and area.
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