Okay when I last left off we had interviews with president on Tuesday morning. The interviews went really well, I actually came prepared with a lot to say this time so we had a long discussion and by the end of it all the president even said that he respected me more than he had previously. After the interviews we worked a bit planning some different things out, ate some lunch and then my companion got some food poisoning and was super sick the rest of the day. We did have a lesson with a portuguese guy. And we had English classes at night though and we started the new program with that as well, which went really well, and am hoping to get more success with that in the future.
Wednesday was the day of the big cyclone and President monsons passing. We woke up to the news of President monsons passing which was super sad, than a bit later we were told that we would be in lockdown all day for the snowstorm. So we had a good time with the missionaries that live in our complex and made snow angels, sledded with pizza boxes, and had a good time. It ended up snowing about 6 inches and closing every road known to man. So it was quite the storm and is really strange being in a place with snow again.
Thursday we were still on lockdown in the morning, we started to make decorations for a party that would be happening on Saturday. But then we got a call from the zone leaders saying that we should leave for Columbia that night instead of the next morning for the conference with elder Anderson. So we packed some things and drove up to Columbia, stayed with one of the Spanish elders who is leaving this transfer which is really cool and that was that day.
Friday we had the conference with elder Anderson which was really good, we had some trainings and then had a nice Q&A session with him. Obedience was hit on the hardest of anything so I guess I should work on that. Not that I'm not obedient but I got some stuff to work on just as everybody does. It just hit me that you could think it was the apostle that came but it wasn't, it was a seventy. After the conference we went out to lunch with elder Gerardo for the last time before he leaves. Then we drove back down to Charleston just in time for soccer night. But no one came because of the snow and the cold and Hispanics don't like either of those things.
Saturday we did a lot of party prep to make sure that the party went perfect since it was one of the biggest Hispanic holidays ever. We brainstormed some games that we could play and ended up picking catchphrase and musical chairs. Some things fairly easy to explain in Spanish. The party finally rolled around and it went really well, we had the traditional cake and the games and everything. It was mostly less actives there as well so that was super cool. Everybody loved being there as far as we could tell and we even got a bunch of appointments from it so it was quite the amazing time.
Sunday church was canceled. Which felt super weird. No one here knows how to drive in the snow so they just cancel even when there's no snow on the road. So that was weird to not have church as a missionary, we kinda didn't know what to do with our day. We ended up doing a lot of studies during what would have been our church time and then later went out on a contacting spree. We saw many people that we haven't been able to see for a while. Taught a lesson to 3 people and that was cool since we haven't been able to do that for some time, we're back in a normal routine now.
Today we played basketball and such.
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