First off, we had exchanges with the assistants. It was really cool. I got to spend the day with and Elder named Elder Sorbonne. He is quite the saint. I learned a lot from him. He showed me a lot of tips on diligence and how to help members participate in the mission work. He had this really good idea to go buy some bread to go give out to all the members and verify how they are going with there referrals. Bread is a really good way to win someones heart here. So we just dropped buy a bakery and did what he called a "member run" where you go drop by every members house and see how they're doing with sharing the gospel with their friends. So we ran by, gave them all bread, and verified with their referrals. Super good idea, haha.
So we had planned to do a Visitors Center thing this week, which is where the mission sends some materials to the zone, and we do an open house at church with the stuff. The goal is to make the chapel seem like the visitors center in SLC (real reverent, real cool). But like the day before, they called us and told us they forgot to send the stuff down, so they wanted to see if we could just change the date. Unfortunately we had already been planning with the branch for over a month so it was too late to cancel. So I definitely had a mini breakdown and nearly lost my mind, but amidst my "Out-freaking" I found the solution. We needed to go BACK to Bogota to get the stuff so we could have the guarantee that the materials would get here on time. So we got on ANOTHER 4 hour bus ride to Bogota, haha. Just to grab the stuff and come back, haha. Worth it though.
So we came back and did the event. It was super cool. We had a lot of fun with the event, probably not as many referrals as we would have liked, but still a ton of fun. Lots of member support. Plus the members all loved it, and since its not too hard to do, we are going to try and do it more often.
Today for P-day, we wanted a real "Llanero experience". Llanero (ya-nero) is what they call the people here because they live in the Llanos (the plains). So we went and got Carne a la Llanera. It's the smoked meat they do here in Colombia, and its comes specifically from Villavicencio. Suuuper good. Plus we found A1 here so you KNOW we were loving it. Good times :) Can't wait to show you guys Carne a la Llanera when we come down. Good ol' times.
Sadly...we are going BACK to freaking Bogota today. Like the 3rd time in 7 days. Oh well though, I gotta. It's for the leadership counsel. So we go and present the zone plan and the goals and stuff. Should be good.
Thanks for everything! Much love, talk to you next week.
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