Semana 19- Salta

¡Hola Todos!
The clothes are holding up pretty well. One of my shoes is already showing signs of wear, but not really that bad though. I’ve pretty much just resorted to wearing my washable pants all the time because of all the rain that comes down. I’m only bringing out the suit for zone conference so far. Yes, other’s are writing me...occasionally, but it’s ok. The letter from the family suffices. No, I haven’t been sick yet—even though I’ve been completely drenched a few times now. If anything, I’m just U.S. sick because the siesta here is ridiculously annoying. For example, today we did so much running around to do shopping and such—followed by a big CTF/water balloon fight—that we just wanted to order some food for lunch and call it good. We tried everywhere and their wasn’t a single place open to get food......if I haven’t explained this before, the siesta in this area starts around 1:00 and ends about 5:30. During this time, all shops close down, even in el centro (downtown essentially), everyone goes home and sleeps all afternoon. Everyone we talk to always complains about how they are working all the time...if only the siesta didn’t exist they wouldn’t have so much of a problem...especially with a bunch of American missionaries wanting to buy things from them!
About the Gospel Principles manual, you asked if I used it in priesthood—are you talking about using it before I left or right now down here? We’re using it right now down here as well and I love it as well, especially because a lot of the members of the church could benefit from learning more about the basic principles of the gospel.
Have fun travelling around for Drew’s auditions! It’d be cool to see all the different sites, I’m sure!Mom, if you send me a recipe, give it to me in grams, not mL—there’s almost no mL markings at all down here—just liters, grams, and kilograms. Thanks for forwarding my emails too!
About my week—nothing too big has happened this past week. Walking, teaching, trudging through rain, committing 12ish people to come to church—and just 1 comes, chuckling at the incredibly plastered and drunk people we occasionally run into, and doing it all in Spanish :) Found out I’m speaking in sacrament next week! We were teaching this one lady and noticed something interesting in her pantry. We asked her where she got it and she said a friend of hers that often visits from the U.S. always brings it with him. She then gave a bottle to us and insisted we take it because he would be giving her another one anyways. We happily accepted the gift and walked out with a full bottle of maple syrup!!!!! We’ll be making some pancakes here fairly soon ;)
Sorry I don’t have anything else...zone conference is this week and the transfer ends in 12 more days!
Have a great week everyone!!!
Love,Elder Powell
P.S. ¡Feliz Cumpleaños Nick!