Estoy aca en la mision! Wow. The flight to Buenos Aires was long, but I was able to sleep for a few hours at least. I had a row of three seats to myself, so i could lay down across them to rest, which was nice. I also took time to catch up in my journal, write some goals for my first transfer, and write a poem. We were fed dinner and breakfast in the airplane. FINALLY we arrived in Buenos Aires. I was sitting in the middle of the plane, so I couldn´t see much, but I got a little glimpse of some fields as we touched down. It was beautiful! I love it here all ready.
President Benton picked us up at the airport with the APs and took us to the mission office. We had interviews and some training meetings and were fed milanesa and mashed potatoes for lunch. Yum. I met my companion, Sister Lopez (brother Zimmerman´s daughter). She is really nice and everyone says she is una capa (a stud), one of the best missionaries in the mission. The numbers back them up too-- she and her companion had 5 baptisms last transfer! I´m really excited to be working with her. I met a few other sisters too and they were really nice as well. Everyone tells me here that my Spanish is excellent, which is gratifying, but when people talk fast I only understand about half. My first area is Lujan, which is almost in el campo! We went straight there in a remis (taxi) after taking photos with the other new elders and the mission president (I´ll send you the pictures as soon as they email me copies). So here I am in Lujan! Our apartment is tiny, but nice. We have a small kitchen, a bedroom, a bathroom, and a study. I´m writing to you from a locutorio (tiny snack stand with computers more or less) down the street. We lost our cellular in the remis, so I got to meet our vecina-investigadora Rosita. She talks about a mile per minute, so I hardly understood anything, but she is very very nice. She nearly bent over backwards trying to help us use our phone to call the district leader. :)
Well, I´ve got to go do missionary stuff I guess, but I love you!
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