The world has turned and dropped me into Corpus and boy is
it a different place! The Culture shock has been pretty big! Here are the
biggest differences between my former life as a missionary in the valley and
the way things are up here in "The North!". As well a list of fun
things from the week!
1) No Spanish! (puro ingles y lo extrano mucho!)- but it
helps keep me studying hard!
2) Back on a bike (It’s good to be working physically again
and I've found I like myself a lot more on a bike because I push myself more!)
3) People of different races! (Mexicanos are a minority once
again, the first day here we drove by an apartment building and saw a game of
Cricket being played and I almost fell off my bike!). There’s a great mix of
white, black, Asian, Indian and Latino here! It takes some adjustment!
4) Two companions! Right now I'm in a trio! Elder Rodriguez
(my zone leader in Brownsville and McAllen) who goes home may10th! and my brand
new companion from the MTC Elder Petersen! (He's tall, reminds me a lot of Tom
(Lisa’s husband) very smart, and waiting for a visa to go to Villahermosa Mexico-not
sure how long it will take (dad?). ) We make a pretty good parade with 3 of us!
5) Bike opposition: Hasta ahora ...we have had 4 flat tires
(between the 3 bikes) (we got smart and bought the tubes with slime now), 1
crash (poor Elder Petersen going through a crosswalk hit some mud and literally
ate it!), 2 times of near car accidents, 2 or 3 bike to bike collisions, and a
lot of confusion about when to cross the crosswalks!
6) THE OCEAN!!!! WOOOOOOOO!
It rained straight from Tues-Thursday (ironically I'm told
Texas is in a drought and we’re fasting this Sunday for rain) But the view is
great and it gives me a big stress reliever (googlemap ocean dr. in Corpus Christi
-Texas A&M corpus is in our area!)
Slow on time! We have two other Elders and two Sisters in
our district! Living with Elder Marble is great! Just like old times!
I know Heavenly Father loves us and puts in places so we can
grow (closer to others, to Him, and to our potential!)
Con amor,
Elder Cook
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