Hey hey fam how's it going? Over here we're still waiting on news about communism. But President told us to tell you guys that the case of the government has been taken care of, and our proselyting should go on as normal. So don't worry about it too much. But president also sent us a whole bunch of emergency instructions about staying close to our house and stuff, so i'm not too sure. Just please pray that Bolivia doesn't go communist. The bright side about all this is that it's really fun to make communism jokes these days. But the work goes on like normal for now. Don't worry mom, I won't get arrested.
So this week we had our interviews with President Cabezas and zone conference with President and the assistants. The biggest thing we talked about is our new plan de misión. President has received the revelation that our metas de excelencia (¿excellence goals? I hate english) need to increase. Now the standards (i think that's a better translation) for our numbers are as follows; 5 baptisms, 40 investigators with baptismal date, 45 in sacrament meeting, and 100 new investigators every month. Yes, that is extremely high. WAY too high, i thought at first. But they talked a lot about faith, and diligence, and the things we need to do to be able to achieve these goals. So if everything goes according to plan, the whole mission should be killing it soon. We're going to be saving all kinds of souls. That is, if communism doesn't rob them from us. I'm feeling a new excitement for missionary work, and I want to be able to have that kind of success. Hopefully with the new transfer next week we should be able to get that going. GO DEMOCRACY!!!!!
Also we had an awesome lunch this Sunday with our branch president and his fam, and I now have a much greater appreciation for how amazing the plaintain is. I'm pretty sure its the most diverse fruit in the world, because you can make things out of it when it isn't ripe yet, when it is ripe, when it's really ripe, and even when it's rotten. If you use it green, you can make chipilo (like plaintain chips) or masaco (mashed up plaintain with cheese). When it's ripe, you can just fry it and it's extremely delicious, a good side for any meal. When it's really ripe, like starting to get brown, you can make some dessert I forgot the name of, where you basically boil it and then serve it cold with the plantain water. Mix in powdered milk to make it even more delicious, and sweet. And when it's rotten, you can make freaking vinegar with it!! I'm in love with platanos. Why don't we have more of them in the states??
Also, in the soup sister Clavijo made she basically threw in every part of the chicken to give flavor to the broth. Including the head and the feet. I didn't feel like eating the head, but it did make for a good picture. Enjoy
Elder Bingham
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| I had to sit in the back of our ward mission leader's motocar going to a baptismal service it it was kind of sketchy. |
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| also managed to snag and awesome selfie with Elder Morocho who was on a taxi behind us |
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| chicken head soup!! |
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| worth the nasty taste for the equally nasty photo |
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