Hola, Hola Hola,
Greetings from
Argentina! Yes I have finally made it to the land of my beloved Evita and I am
so thankful to be here!
Well we barely made the
plane to get to Buenos Aires! Our flight from Miami into Dallas was delayed several
times because of Hurricane Issac and so we landed in Dallas at 7pm. Our plane
to Buenos Aires was leaving at 7:10 so we looked at the board and it said still
boarding the plane after it had been delayed 1 hr 15 mins waiting on us to
arrive! We ran to the gate as fast as we could, just missing the hatch being
closed, we got on the plane!
To my very much surprise,
Hermana Cahoon and Leavitt were on board and started crying when they saw us,
that meant my entire District while at the MTC was Argentina bound minus Sister
Andreason, who went ahead of us in July, it was sooo good to see everyone and I
too almost got.. well... moving on.
The ride there was
tough, it was a full flight and I was like cramped like no other with nowhere
to put these legs of mine. Movies were playing all around me, I must admit, I
did watch a little of Snow White and the
Huntsman, not clue though what was being said, but the film looked pretty good!
I mean really, that don’t offer blinders just headsets right!
We got to Buenos Aires
and headed to the temple the same day! We got a special tour of the temple by
the architect that redesigned it, it is so pretty inside! They basically re-did
the whole thing! It was a long day as we did theintialsas well and then met up
for dinner that night with the Latin Group, they split us into 2 groups as
there are 22 of us and it was just easier to handle everything this way I am
sure!
We went on a tour of
Downtown Buenos Aires the next day, and I am kind of sad that it isn´t a part
of our Mission. It’s like NYC and I love it! We get to go there when our
Mission is over for like a tour etc., so much to see there it is truly
beautiful that much I can tell from the short time we were there.
HOWEVER, yes I am now in
Merlo! My area is called Altos de Merlo which translates into Merlo Heights...
sounds fancy right? Nope it is actually pretty poor... I think Alabama was a
palace compared to this place, we do have a nice pension (place where we live) though
as the locals’ houses are so small and quaint the people here live in like
cement boxes. No carpet etc. I don´t know how they do it! Oh wait.. I´ll be
doing it the next 18 months haha!
I saw Elder Mitch Call
at transfers! It was really exciting to see him!
My trainer or Papi, is
Elder Delgado! He is from Tijuana Mexico! He speaks a little bit of English, so
thank goodness for that! He is very patient with me which is good because I
cannot speak the language at all. I do understand everything really well but I
can´t speak; imagine that after no Spanish in Alabama!
The members are really
nice here! They feed us allot... and I meant allot! They fill your plates with
food, and I can´t like eat it all, so I am gonna have to adjust to that as I am
not gonna gain that weight back, forget that! Haha
The mission is
different. I don´t know what to think of
it yet. I just need to get used to it
because things were run differently in Alabama, I need to do as President
Carter said, forget everything I knew in Alabama and learn here.. soo yaa. The
mission is driven, it is great to have goals though. There are just so many adjustments
I will be making, I am sure it will all come in due time.
Well not much else to
update besides that I am alive, well for now, how long, I don´t know! Ha
The computers here are awful
so hope you get this, it seems to be taking forever and you haven't responded,
although I know you are there that’s the email I opened up to thanks! We are
just gonna have to play everything by ear and will figure this out together!
Well I love ya´ll and I
hope to hear from ya´ll soon! I hope everything is going well en El Estados
Unido (United States) Cuidense!
Love,
Elder Draper
PS ( If your sending
things you will want to address it to address below...pass along please mom)
Dear Elder is still available for free and is delivered I hear, once a week
about every 7 days, I also hear packages take at least 4 weeks (hint hint I am
looking forward to my Birthday Oct 8th mom). Be sure to wrap in brown paper like
the BAW blog says and seal with Christ Pics and mail as directed:See BAW Mission blog for complete details.
La Iglesia de Jesucristo
de los Santos de los Ultimos Dias
Elder Wade DraperMision Argentina Buenos Aires Oeste
C.C. 92
1702 Ciudadela
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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