It's P-day and there have been changes. My companion and I have been the only ones who did not have to change area or companionship, which means there is still something I need to learn or to teach him. That's why its so late to get this email to you. We had to wait for the new people to arrive.
For the most part this week, the biggest thing that happened was a super small earthquake hit us. I had just gotten up in the morning and walked to get some clothes on when I heard a really low bass-like sound and the house rumbled for about 5 seconds.I thought, "Wow, a B-1 bomber is flying over." Then I realized I am in El Salvador and that they don´t fly here. I now know it was a tremor. Next time I will run out of the house. Apparently, a neighbor of ours had part of his roof collapse. Anyway, we still left for the day. The work just doesn´t stop.
About the pictures. The parakeets bite pretty hard and can be very territorial. It belongs to a less active family. The ant-eater animals are actually pigs. We don´t have to worry about the dogs in the trash as much as we do have to worry about pigs getting into the trash. I think I have a picture in there with a little girl all dressed in white. She was one of my first baptisms. Her name is Ali...short for Alejandra. I had so much fun teaching her. She is from my first area and 1 of the few photos that didn´t get erased.
This past week I figured out how to trap trauntulas. I know you are thinking, "Does he work at all?" and, yes, we do, but with out a little fun you go a little crazy. So here's the story. If you find a golf ball size hole in the ground and pour water down it a trantula will come out. So, I decided to try it. We poured water down the hole and low and behold one came out. There are these holes all around the house so it's kinda fun to watch spiders come out of their homes when we have extra time. We also get scorpions that come in the house quite often. We always check our shoes in the morning and never walk around the house bare foot. Just things that make life different here in El Savador.
I think that I am starting to get the hang of the mission life again so I can start moving ahead. I remember the goal that Reid gave me to baptize 8 people in 3 months. It is my goal and I just have to help my companion get this goal to baptize too. We have 3 really good investigators right now that are doing really good and moving quite quickly to the road of being baptized. The only problem is getting them to come to church so we can baptize them.
Life here is always fun with the members, so much that sometimes missionaries receive or get what we call "snakes". Those are the girls and women who like the gringo missionaries because we are white and have a passport. We are something new. I am very careful to not visit those who only listen to us because they think we are pretty. It's very hard some times because right when you think you are doing well and the members seem to be getting it, you find out they are snaking you. So we leave them and find someone else to teach. It gets discouraging at times. I have had days here in the mission field where I had been walking down the street and got cat-called or even whistled at. Some times they make kissing noises. Its funny because they think I don´t understand and I throw them off when I ask them about their boyfriend who is usually standing right next to them. There is no loyalty.
I love this work so much and hope to hear from you all soon .
love Jose Alejandro Prrosch.... that's how they say our last name.
Alex
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