November 15th.

Our sector has a mix of more wealthy and less wealthy people. There is a neighborhood called Bella Vista that I LOVE going to. The houses are so cute! and there´s a Lider (Walmart) and a little bakery within walking distance. This is where more of the members live, It´s just that we can´t spend our days there because everyone who lives there works all day so there aren´t people to contact or visit, so we usually have to wait till after 6. There are some really great people there that we are working with though.

Paulina and Freddy and Cristobal are so awesome. There are a ton of awesome people here. Paulina and Freddy were just baptized in September and Cristobal is going to be baptized December 11th. Paulina was just called to be the head of the primary. (There is only one class because there are so few kids.) Talk about an intense first calling. The primary program is in November, so we´re all looking forward to that. Also, I think you would really appreciate our Bishop because he works almost as hard as you do, haha. He´s been the Bishop since like, 2002, and he doesn´t have any councelors or anything, not even a mission leader, just him. He´s also our ¨landlord¨(Our house is an attachment of his) and his wife is our ¨Mamita¨, but she recently got a job so he usually makes us lunch everyday. He´s awesome, their whole family is.

Lunch is really fun. We eat with two of the other Elders in the sector next to ours. My Spanish is coming along more or less, I´m working on it anyway.

I tried empenadas and Berlines for the first time this week. Berlines are like a cream filled pastery. I was not a fan, but Hermana McShane made me try it for the experience. There is a lot of German influence here, lots of German bakeries. EVERY meal has bread, bread and more bread. It´s everywhere, you can´t escape it even if you wanted to. It´s pretty delicious though. All the food here is good. Dangerously good.

Some of the Elders in our zone had a baptism last night and Hermana McShane and I sang ¨Señor, Te necesito¨ and we´re singing ¨I´m trying to be like Jesus¨ (I don´t remember the title in Spanish) for Primary graduation tomorrow, so that´s fun!

I think I´ve figured out that I really have a soft spot in my heart for the mujeres jovenes (young women). Their program (and each of the girls) is really strong. They have SUCH strong testimonies and are always happy to help us out. They constantly amaze me with how ready and willing they are to share their testimonies and I´ve realized that I really want to have a goal of strengthening them and their families and making sure they know how wonderful and beautiful and strong they are. I know that sounds super cheesy, but it´s something that I learned about who I am as a missionary (and probably as a person in general).

I´m not sure what else there is to say. I´m liking it here, it´s growing on me as I settle in, I´m finding more and more things that really just make it charming and give it a lot of character, which I love. I´m really striving to love the people more, prayers are appreciated. Thanks for all you do!

Love and miss you tons, as always.

-Jamie