Team!
We taught our first workshop today which was incredible! We had about 18, super qualified, happy, loved crazy clap, people in our workshop which made it a blast! We were suprised at how fast the time went by. They each has great ideas for their lemon stands, they didn't quite think of the one in a lifetime idea of PUCKER UP but they had great ideas and are STOKED to learn about this stuff. We had a guy come in named Jesus who wants to start a gym and he wouldn't leave the workshop till he had finished his homework, he had it all planned out! It was AWESOME!!
This weekend was AWESOME!! Here in the Pais it was a long weekend from two holidays magically falling on friday and monday so on friday we went to a YSA activity which had a whopping 8 people, we played volleyball and watched the new Preach My Gospel videos which was actually really cool. The youth here are super strong and really desire to do what is right, and they have made us feel welcome.
On Saturday we were invited to a HUGE villa close to a beach with a young single adult and her family. We pretty much chilled by the pool and sipped lemonade in martini glasses with cool little beach umbrellas in them. haha just kidding. But we did chill by the pool. On Sunday they made us give talks about the second coming and the millenium to welcome us to the ward...just kidding! haha Our ward rocks! We have the biggest number of returned missionaries in the whole stake in our ward! Yesterday on monday we went to a YSA family home evening where we blessed the house of a member of the ward who had recently changed homes. Lindon and I were lucky enough to understand and laugh at some of the jokes that were said at the dinner table but we still draw blanks sometimes when they ask us questions and expect us to understand when they talk a million miles a min. :)
We love you guys and pray for Lindon who isn't feeling so good right now.
Tyler and Lindon
14 students in 6 different countries share experiences while abroad
I know your Spanish is much better than mine, but even after 12 years in Spanish-speaking countries, and three years in the DR, when I had my young women in the back of my van, I couldn't understand them. I would be listening as hard as I could (while trying to drive and you can imagine what that would be like), I couldn't even tell what subject they were talking about, let alone catch the jokes!
ReplyDeleteBTW, that family that I told you about that lives in Boca Chica, they might have an interesting perspective to give you. While they were there in 96-97, they tried to run a very small, on-the-street business.