Well, I´m now a zone leader in the zone Managua. Its the capital city of Nicaragua. So many changes have happened. Firstly, the goodbyes in Sandino were really, really difficult. I was there 6 months, and wow. I didnt want to leave. We were teaching 8 families. 4 of which were going to church... all the missionaries in my district were united. We played basketball and volleyball every pday. Of 10 of my missionaries in my district. 5 had changes, or transfers. 2 becames district leaders, and I was called to be a zone leader. I transfered here into Managua, its about 20 minutes in bus from my last area, the same stake and everything. My new comp is Elder Parrish from Utah. (They call us ´Elder Ken´...) He has 20 months in his mission and a pretty lady waiting for him at home (he´s got a book of all her letters, like a 4 inch binder of her letters... haha) But he is really awesome. The most humble and tranquilo guy I have ever met in my life. He has a guitar too, so we play songs every morning and every night. Literally. Haha Our relationship started off well, in our first district meeting he stood up for a moment, so being the extremely mature zone leader I am, I slid his chair a bit farther back. He tried sitting down without looking and Woop! Fell to the floor hahaha... Yeah, we are going to be good comps... The new area is way different. Theres not any dirt roads. I got here wednesday, and today is monday and I havent had to shine my shoes again. I had to shine them everyday in my other two areas. Its so weird. We also get to play frogger on a daily basis, thats a thrill. We also had a baptism saturday that was prepared from four weeks ago, I just came in at the right time. We baptized a family of 4 that is amazing. They are so dedicated to the gospel already. The older son reminds me a bit of Mac too haha They two sons and the mom speak English because they are from beliz. I didnt know they spoke english in Beliz, but the dos muchachos speak to us in English. Even more than that, we have an investigator from Michigan. He´s and old, retired white guy. Doesnt speak a lick of spanish even with 4 years of living here. Why is he here? Medical school. Yeah, I still dont understand that. But he just started coming to institute with a buddy who speaks english too, an ex missionary and we gave them their first lesson yesterday. It was in English. Im not even lying, or joking, or trying to be funny, but it was so difficult. I spoke so weirdly. I never speak english. In the lesson, I kept saying all the small simple words in spanish, then going back and trying to repeat it in english, doubting myself, looking for a confirmation from my comp, and then trying to continue my train of thought. I can write in english, I understand it, but speaking it is another beast. My comp told me ´maybe you should practice a lesson in english before the next time so that doesnt happen again´ Wow. So yes, it has been a great and busy week. There are many new responsibilites as zone leader that I will come to know one by one. Im in the ward Las Palmas (so mom, when you come again, avoid that area). Les agradezco mucho por su apoyo. Que les vaya bien en esta semana! -- Elder Mann Nicaragua Managua Sur La Mejor Misión del Mundo
Posted on: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 15:10:21 +0000
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