2/16/2015
WHAAAAAA the coast? hahaha lemme tell you something cool :) listo?


Tuesday night me and elder ayovi were teaching a less active member, and in the middle of the closing prayer the phone rings. so after the prayer we call back. it was the aps. they said "Elder Bigelow, tienes cambios extraoficiales en la mañana. tienes que empacar las maletas porque te vas en avión a la zona montería sur en la costa".... WHOOOOO! haha translation: you have unofficial transfers in the morning. pack your luggage because in the morning you fly to the monteria south zone in the coast!


so I'm here. got here early Wednesday morning. my area is called Mogambo. my comp is elder Larroza from Argentina (he only has 4ish months in the mission). we live with the zone leaders elder oqueso (who was the ap when i got here) and elder alberto (from my group). apparently elder Rivera (my comps ex comp) had knee problems and needed to be in medellin closer to a good hospital and for whatever reason, i was chosen to switch with him. and guys its amazing.


montería is about 11 hours north of Medellín. we are right here close to the carribean sea. it smells like a mix of salty Homer, the greeness of hawaii, and a big pile of cow poop. haha theres tons of coconut mango and aguacate trees. frogs salamanders iguanas parrots and supposedly there are toucans but i haven't seen any yet. and i swear guys there are more chickens here than in Kauai haha i didn't think that was possible either. the people here are awesome. their Spanish is kinda funny sounding, absolutely NOTHING like a paisa accent. but i understand it all the same. they are so much more accepting to us and the gospel. they are super poor and very humble. and anyone under the age of 12 is always naked. hahaha BECAUSE ITS SO DANG HOT! i realize now that it was NEVER hot in Medellin. its RIDICULOUS here. there is NEVER a time when you aren't sweating. the air is super thick with heat. even when the sun isn't out. i put sunscreen on in the mornings but my forehead is still burnt because i sweat it all off haha. we all sleep in the same room on cool little mats on the ground with 4 fans blowing on us all night.


the work here is progressing. when i got here on Wednesday it was kinda dead because the elder who left hardly left the house cause of his knee. but we started really strong and found 13 new investigators this week and are starting the put baptism dates on them. my comps awesome, its cool to be with someone who has less times than you. transfers are next week and i am pretty sure we are gonna stay together for at least the next transfer. i honesty hope i stay in the coast for a loooong while :)


HERMANA! al fin estoy en la costa! pero en el otro lado, acá en el caribe!!! jaja que tan chevere parra decir que estay serviendo mi misión en el caribe :) en serio estoy tan feliz. ojala que estés bien allá en la costa pacifica. y que no estés trunki aunque te falten poco. jaja. siga trabajando. yo sé que eres la misionera que Dios quiere que seas. gracias por tu ejemplo. te quiero :)


and i love all of you. i hope you week is great and you share the love that you have with everyone. that's what I'm learning from the costeños haha :)


"My Heavenly Father Loves Me"
Elder Bigelow