Elder Mecham Groneman: Lovin' Mangales & Photos from Ruins

Muy buenas tardes!

Estoy afuera!!!!!!! [I am out!] Officially out of the offices! En Mangales with Elder F** from Texas. It`s been really fun so far and we`ve met lots of the members already. (The Bishop has the nicest house I`ve even heard of in all of Bolivia..... de verdad [really]. I don`t feel like I`m in Bolivia there). We had like a formal dinner/dessert bar type thing at his house last night. Not used to formal dinners right now..... it was super weird. It was like I had to have manners again...... (just kidding Mom, I`m still very polite here.... it was just like we were having the youth ediquete dinner (don`t know how to spell that anymore) but without all of the laughter...... somewhat awkward..... but the food was incredible). But we`re loving the area, it`s been really really good so far and our zone is awesome.

The day of the transfers was crazy. It`s kinda weird opening up an area as a zone leader.... I`ve never actually heard of that before here until now.... and both of us are new zone leaders too...... At least I got to see most of everything in the offices.....but it`s been interesting haha. Just wingin it.

So you`re probably wondering why I`m still writing on Saturdays right? Ya, it`s like I never even escaped the weird office schedule.... but it`s just because we`re having our leadership council thing this Monday instead of Tuesday like normal because Pdte y Hermana Zambrano are going to Lima on Tuesday, so we`re having P-day today. And funny enough, we`re also right in front of where we`d go every week to buy our food and stuff when I was in Paraiso..... ya, it`s like I never even left haha. Oh well. But seriously, the moment that you just take off the huge secretary burden and throw it on someone else`s shoulders..... tried to make it lighter but it doesn`t change much.... wow. I feel so good right now! No one has called me during personal study in 2 days!!!! Poor Elder H**........ There were people that were still trying to call me when I didn`t have a phone and was in the taxi on the way to my new area. They had already missed 3 flights haha. Pobrecito [poor thing]. I remember the first time that happened to me. He`s doing good. Glad it`s not me anymore. Seriously, it`s good to feel `normal` again like everyone says haha!

Pero [But] ya, it`s been an awesome week. Hope you got all the pictures I sent of Samaipata. (I think I sent all of them haha - in backwards order too I think). But ya, it was way fun.

I`ll try to send a picture of us in our new house (it`s a gigantic house.... I`m just hittin up all of the mansions in the mission). And Elder F** is the tallest Elder in the whole mission.... and we live with the next tallest Elder in the mission, and one that`s in the running for the shortest haha. Heck yes.

Lovin Mangales.

Que tengan una buena semana! [Have a good week!]

Amor,

Elder Groneman