A Good Week!

Ward Chapel
City Street
Market
School

Axel was baptised! Short boy on the left.

Hello Family & Friends, It’s good to hear how everyone is doing! It hasn’t rained much here, only rained one day this week but it’s hot, almost 100 degrees and humidity is killing me. I got sick this week, that was fun, and so did my companion. He said his stomach really hurt so we went back to our house and he rested while I studied. I got a sore throat but have been taking medicine so I’m good. I would love to celebrate my birthday here by buying cake and ice cream that would be awesome! Their is only one problem, it doesn’t exist here. Ha-ha. There are popsicle things so I will think of something for a treat to share on my birthday. Oh, you know how I’m always losing my money, well out of the money you sent up to the MTC, I remember using some of it at the airport and some for a taxi but I know I had at least $30 and now I only have $20, I’m sorry! I think it was stolen or something though :/ I will definitely try to do something nice for others on my birthday! Haha

I hope Carly gets a job at Peter Piper Pizza, mmm..that sounds good to me since there is no pizza in this country. I want a picture of Carly in a uniform I can´t imagine her working there. Ha-ha. Sorry to hear about your little car accident Carver and Amanda. It’s so weird here people can´t drive worth a darn and there are never any accidents.

Mom, thank you for your advice on how to learn new words in Spanish. I’m doing my best to do what I can. I strive to do my best everyday it’s hard. I want to make this mission like Elder Holland’s or Dads and I want this mission to mean everything to me at the end of two years!

Oh man, so much has happened this week! Okay, I know we are not supposed to watch T.V but Hermana Gladice had her TV on while we were eating at her house. They show dead people on the news all the time, with all the yuckies coming out of the person. We had just started eating, I glanced at the TV and after I saw that image of dead people I couldn’t eat anymore and I felt kinda bad.

This week was awesome I taught a lot more, I usually say something like bear my testimony of everything my companion says but not this time, I really taught a lesson, it was pretty sweet. I don´t know if my Spanish was correct or not but I did the best I could!We are trying to get a couple married, they have 3 kids and haven’t married yet, the oldest is 19 I think. It’s really common here to be together and not married. Woman here are just baby-making machines it’s pretty gnarly.

We had a baptism this week that was pretty awesome! His name is Axel and he was definitely ready. The next day after his baptism I asked how he felt and he said he feels more at peace and has a strong testimony of Jesus Christ and he´s only 12 years old! It is so awesome! Well I got to go my time is almost up and I still need to email pictures!

The work is hard but I love what I’m doing and have no fear when it comes to telling people to repent like prophets of old! I love it cuz not many missionaries do it, they just invite them to repent. I just straight-up tell them, I think that’s when I feel the spirit strongly.

I love you all!

Elder Buck