Hi everyone! So transfers were last week and President Chipman sent me
about 20 minutes north to Catacaos. Haha Im actually still in the same
zone of the mission i was before, Castilla, but just a different area
and district. My new companion is named Elder Garcia from Nicaragua.
Hes 20 years old and a pretty chill guy. He doesnt know any english
like elder chichia but i like that better because ill be able to learn
more spanish now that im forced to speak it 24/7. So Catacaos is the
place in Piura where you go to but souviners and things like that,
kinda a tourist place but theres really not a whole lot to see here.
ha Elder Garcia has been here in our area, Catacaos 2 for 3 months
already so he knows it pretty well, but i was pretty lost the first
day. Now its gotten better. the thing is that our area is just
gigantic, to walk from one end to the other it would take about 1
hour. pretty good size, but thats okay, more doors to knock i suppose
haha. Here in Catacaos there is a pretty big Ward of about 200 as
opposed to 80 in the branch in La Union so its a little bit different.
Theyre talking about making it its own district too but well have to
see about that. Our room in La Union was gigantic and i knew i wasnt
going to get another room like that in the mission but little did i
know that my next room would be So tiny! haha theres hardly any room
to walk around at all but were hardly ever in there so it doesnt
matter much right? ;)
Hey so guess what else mom?! I got my package this week at changes!
yay! haha. Thank you so much! ah man i love getting those sweets :)
you all are the best :D I especially liked the ensign because the
Sunday Afternoon session i basically didnt even get to watch becuase
of all the kids, oh and my other two favorites were the St. Pattys
sauce and the paper to refill the flip notes thing. I was scared to
use that thing because i didnt want to waste all the notes but now
that i know i have more, i can use it :) thanks so much! That eye
glass thing was really fun mommy, really cool to see how it all works.
I would LOVE love love to come back here after the mission and help
out with something like that again. Way fulfilling and an awesome
experiece. Just gotta pay your own way ;) but the people here are way
thankful for everything that they get. I suppose it might be alittle
bit more fulfilling if you understand what they are saying, but even
if you dont they still give you a hug and a kiss and say thanks a ton.
haha. It was probably one of my most memorable days on the mission so
far because of how different it was. Sounds like you did good work
with the wedding mommy :) wish i could have been there to see how it
all turned out. Let me know what you all did for the 4th too! Im sure
it will just be another day here, especially since its wednesday haha.
thats alright, ill have to ask our pensionista to make me a hamburger
or something that night lol. but really mom, speaking of the
pensionista...were really spoiled here. I was thinking about it the
other day and its basically like having a maid...She cooks all three
meals, we just have to go to her house and then here in Catacaos there
is a family of members that run their own laudry mat. they even wash
suit jackets! Its pretty nice. So whenever you are thinking about me
being in bad situations, just know im doing alright :) Its definitiely
poor, but i dont remember how the states is anymore ;)
So president Chipman and sister chipman left this last Saturday! It
was kinda weird to think about it but now hes at home playing with his
grandkids hahaha. Im really pumped to meet President Rowley now that
he is our President and see how he is. I have a feeling that he is
going to be "more" of my mission president if you could call it that.
but well have to see how it all works out.
Well time is running low. Just know that im loving life here in
Catacaos so no worries about me. Keep on doing what everyones doing.
Thanks for all the love and support you all send every week! Hasta la
próxima semana!
Love
Elder Woodburn
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