Hola amigas y familia!
Wow.. Half way there. I am not happy that this week marks
halfway point on my mission. It is crazy to me because I still feel like I just
got here. I have WAYYYY too much to learn still. It isnt fair.
Oh well I will just have to make the next 9 the best
there ever was!
So.. CULTURA CRAZE!
While y'all were out celebrating our American Heritage, I
had the opportunity to speak, serve, eat, and live with a whole melting pot of
cultures! Including and not limited to people from;
China
Turkey
Persia
Samoa
Mexico (yeah)
Brazil
Nigeria Africa
Philippians
Peru
California is so cool! This week Hermana Gomez and I tried
to contact a guy who was standing on the side of the road staring at his giant
smart phone. We started talking to him and quickly discovered that he doesn't
know 2 words in English. This darling little man from China started giggling
nervously and signaled for us to "wait a sec". We waited while he
typed on his giant phone and spoke some rapid Chinese into it. He held out the
phone for us to see what he had done. Apparently there is an app that allows
someone to hold down a button, speak something into their language and the app
will translate it directly into (understandable) English. We passed the phone
back and forth conversing electronically in person. It was really fast
and really interesting to have a full on conversation with someone this way.
Although it was a weird way to form a relationship and quite awkward, it was
super neato. And no, He wasn't interested. :(
Anyway! That is all for this week. All is well, I love the
work, my companion, and my mission. I am so excited for all the baptisms coming
up this month. Hold on to your seats folks!
Stay Safe& God Speed.
con (mucho) amor, Hermana Tobler
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