Semanas 7-8

 ¡Qué pasoooo amigos!


These past two weeks have been CRAZY but I'm having such a good time! Here's the highlights:

  • Traveling from the CCM to the Mission Field was crazy! First we took a quick 9 hour flight to Buenos Aires, stayed the night in a crazy nice hotel, then took a 1 hour flight to Resistencia the next day! I was so hyped that we didn't have to take a bus to Resistencia, because the third travel day my new companion and I took a nice 11 hour bus ride to our area. Lots of travel, but it flew by so overall it wasn't too bad
  • I'm finally in my first area, a little city called San Vicente! Out here it's all red dirt, green grass and blue skies. Definitely one of the most beautiful places I've ever been, so I'm super hyped to be here! The people out here are super cool too, definitely a W of an area
  • The food is absolutely BONKERS. It's so good. Everything I eat is a 10/10, no joke
  • When I showed up to our apartment on Wednesday night, my companion Elder Packer introduced me to the 200 pound Iceberg that lives in our fridge. I thought it was dope until it broke our fridge door, so now we need a new fridge. Even more exciting is when we melted it, we found frozen treasures ranging from half-empty Gatorades to a pair of shoes. Unfortunately they were not my size
  • The Spanish is definitely a bit tougher out here than in the CCM (which was expected) but luckily I can communicate/understand everything just about 75% of the time. I'm hyped to be able to fully communicate with everyone in the near future, because the culture here is so awesome
The first couple weeks in the field have flown by, and it's been a blast! Unfortunately I am not allowed to talk with anyone over anything other than email, so if you were one of the real ones who reached out these past couple weeks, sorry for not responding but I'll send ya an email! Anyway though thanks to everyone for checking in, let me know how you're doing!

Cuernos Abajo,

Elder Johnson

1. San Vicente
2. Me and Elder Packer, my Trainer
3. Red dirt, green grass, blue skies
4. The iceberg that sank the Titanic
5. Horns down with the homie San Martin
6. W Lunch today









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