(week 43)

Hey fam and friends! Wow super sorry for the internet and everything it’s been a crazy time out here.  Ok, so yea last week was changes and I had changes. So they called me and my comp Elder Cac Sunday night and told us that we didn’t have changes so Monday and Tuesday we worked like normal.  So then Tuesday night the zls called us at like 9 at night and said our mission pres received revelation and had a change of plans for us.  So they said they were closing the freaking island ticantiki where I was living for a bit and are later going to send hermanas because there are no girl missionaries on all of San Blas.  So at 9 at night they told us we had to pack all of our stuff and leave in the morning in a boat to an island called Playon Chico.  So that night we packed up basically the whole house lol…stove, gas, all of our stuff, hammocks, food and in the morning we left at like 11. So that was kind of sad because I didn’t have time to say bye to like anyone not even my converts but that’s just the way the mission is.  So the zls, who were arriving with all of the food for the missionaries on the islands, pick us up in their boat and take us to our new area.  Holy cow the ride was nuts.  Huge waves and it was super rainy and stormy and I’m happy we made it to Playon Chico alive!  Even the freaking motor broke down on our way so we had to stop on a different island to get it repaired.  So we got to Playon Chico and then took a canoe, with a good old 1.5 hp motor, loaded with all of our stuff and 5 other people, to a teeny little pueblo.  So the president’s news is that we we’re going to be opening up a bunch of pueblos along the coast that have never really received missionaries before.  So an Elder talked to the sylas (chiefs) who said we could live in Aidirgandi and travel to other pueblos along the coast with the permission of the other sylas.  So we get in the canoe with these people and went to this little coastal pueblo and we didn’t even have a house or anything there to live in.  So on our way I asked the passengers if they knew of a little house we could live in the pueblo and thank the heavens one of them said that her family was in the city so we can live in their house.  So we get to the pueblo and clean out this gross little hut, hang up our hammocks, and set up shop with our stove too cook on.  So another elder arrived the next day named Elder Garfias, he’s from a Bolivia, and is an awesome guy.  So now I’m in a trio with him and elder Cac.  So basically they put us in a trio because obviously there isn’t any priesthood out here so we need another elder to be a witness for the baptisms.  So yea, that’s pretty much it for now.  We have just been in Aidirgandi working but we plan on leaving to another pueblo along the coast on Tuesday to see how it is.  So this morning we ran about 45 min along the beach to use the internet in a little pueblo called Okupa where there’s a small branch, missionaries, and an internet connection.  So idk how much I will be able to write because if we don’t come here every week we won’t have internet lol so I will try to come here when I can.  So yea that’s pretty much it and these pueblos are by far the most uncivilized places that I have ever been to in my life.  Everyone walks around naked and no one has toilets so we just poop on the beach lol and wipe with sea water.  There’s only one little pipe with clean water that comes from the river so we shower with that because it empties onto the beach and is always running.  So we have just been drinking that water and showering with like 10 other people on the beach…yea, I think y’all get the jest of how I’m living right now.  I’ll write you more stories these coming weeks but I’ve got to go now.  Love you all and thanks for all the support and love!!

Love, Elder Call