hello!

well this week has been really interesting and good! started off with
my hand getting slammed in the taxi door..... yea that killed then
went on divisions with another gringo greenie. i guess its not allowed
but we did it anyways ha ha. we went and contacted and taught a couple
lessons. after we went to a members house for dinner.... that was very
interesting.so we get there and i see that here are 2 bowls with fish
tails hanging out and a crab and 3 full shrimp in a soup. i look at my
comp... it was one of those please dont let me puke this up and let me
get this down. it was probably one of the toughest meals i have had to
eat yet. i know there are MANY more to come!! anyways! the next day we
went to perform some service for some people... it was good. we
chopped wood. i though my hands still were tough from rock climbing
but nope. i have 2 big blisters which popped and now are bruised and i
ripped them open playing football americano this morning.... sucks but
such is life. divisions were really fun. it was cool talking to some
one in english! not a whole lot goes down in the mission field other
than that. today we visited the nasty but cool Samala river ill send a
picture or two of those yeah things are good and musty here. ha ha it
rains from time to time. its my last full week in this change! were
getting some more greenies. ha ha dont know if im moving areas or not.
oh so on sunday this guy was going the same direction of us with his
truck so we hopped on. in the back were 2 huge pigs. eventually we got
off thanked the guy. he started driving off when the pig got through
the side of the pick up truck and was being drug from his rope... ha
ha its was really funny to see. he stopped after 10ft. but there were
a bunch of people yelling and laughing. and the biker taxi people were
honking there horns and laughing really funny. ill send a picture of a
bike taxi eventually

Davy supplied me with some questions that i bet you all wanna know..
ill answer them!



what's your area like? my area is a city but has some parts i wanna
say are a jungle. its filled with bugs and frogs! weird but thats life
here.
what do the people eat? people eat Dogs, iguana, chicken, tortillas,
rice, bean, just all the stuff you thing they would eat here. its
really good though! and CHEAP!
What are the people like? the people are really nice and welcome us in
all the time with food and drinks.
Are there a large Indian population in your mission? in my area no
not really. but they all do wear cortas which are some crazy dress
thing. and they carry things on there heads its really funny to see.
is it still hot and rainy? still hot and humid. rain every now and
then. but its turning into summer
what's the ward/branch like? ward is interesting. were just now
getting close to some members. my comp didnt really want to get close
but i pushed for it.
how many missionaries are in you mission? 182 missionaries with 60 white people
Do you like your mission president? Yep! hes really nice and wants the
best for all of us. although he doesnt speak that much english i
understand what he gets across
Are the other elders in your zone cool? Zone is awesome! we do alot of
zone stuff with sports and zone activities through out the week
Do you like the preach my gospel stuff? I never did that. I miss the
flip charts. PMG is where its at. thats my life. i swear i have read
it 3 or 4 times already in english and spanish
Whats the coolest thing you've seen? well not alot other than the pig
expirence. thats about it
Are there any cool things to see in your mission? like ruins, ruins
yes i thing next pday were going to go and see them. its pretty cool
from what i herd. but most of the book of mormon ruins are up north in
the other missions.
attractions, or whatever? they have the largest water park here. never
seen it just herd about it. to bad i wont be able to go to that.
How many baptisms does your mission average? As if that matters.
average baptisms.... no clue at the CCM they told us its around 70 to
80... im yet to have one. but were committing a guy tonight to be
baptized.! so that should be cool.
What are the local swear words? local swear words.... don´t know
them... all i hear is SON OF A B. from the teenagers who think there
cool knowing english... its funny. they cant say it correct. things
are good though

buckett.... how is your Español going for you? ha study hard and just
say your words out loud and you will get it!

well thats about everything... my brain is fried!! im sure in 2 hours
ill remember what i wanted to say... o well such is life i hope all is
well with everything... also can some one send me DAD´s email
address... i dont have that and such... though i did but nope... well
have a good one be safe study hard in school. and such!
love elder crockett