December
3, 2013
Hi
everyone!
Life
in Colombia is as exciting as usual. I have been getting a little sick, I have
been congested the last week and am now losing my voice haha. It is a new
experience for me (I don´t recall ever losing my voice before), so it is pretty
exciting. I can still talk though, so I am still learning spanish!
Last
Saturday elder Baumgarten and I went proselyting! It was kinda tough haha, not
a lot of people like to stop and chat. But we did have good discussions with a
few people, and got out missionary contact information to a couple interested
investigators! And I haven´t even left the MTC yet! (Take that you
Provo-trained missionaries ;) )
So
today was pretty eventful, I was able to go to the Bogota temple again (which
is really cool), and then after that, we changed into jeans and t-shirts and
went on a road trip! After like an hour of driving through the crazy traffic of
Colombia, we went to this place called Catedral Sal or something like that. It
is a Cathedral built into a salt mine in the side of a mountain! It is the
coolest place, with intricate, masterfully-carved features, like walkways,
angel statues, and a lot of Crosses. It was a lot of fun! However you won´t
believe this: It cost 23,000 pesos to get in! (Roughly 13 dollars haha) I´ll
attach some pics.
So
after I got back, the day just got better: We had Subway sandwiches for dinner!
Although I don´t hate the food here at the CCM, it does get a little tiresome
to eat rice and soup with almost every meal haha. So that was pretty sweet! I
haven´t noticed a lot of American fast food places here, but there are several
Subways and McDonald´s here.
And
I have decided that volleyball is the best sport to play here in the Bogota
MTC. We can´t play soccer because I guess people often kick the ball outside the
fence that keeps us in the jail-like environment, and there isn´t a lot of room
to play football. So volleyball it is. And the net that we have is short, so
even though I don´t have a lot of hops, I can still spike and block easily
haha.
So
tomorrow I should be getting my new Latino companion! I am looking forward to
having to spend all of my time with someone that I can´t communicate with haha.
Just kidding, Spanish is coming pretty well! I am by no means perfect, or even
average, but I can get by.
Well
I love you all! Yo se que este evangelio es verdadero, y que Jesucristo nos ama
y sufrió por nosotros! Se Amo!
Love,
Elder Toombs
See Nathan's blog for pictures:
