What a Beautiful Place!

Elder Buck and Fonzie in Nicaragua

Check out the big turtle!

The girls are from the branch, the one is named Sandra, like mom's name.

Hello my Family!!!

Hey I got the package you sent, thank you for everything! How is everyone! I’m doing awesome!!Yeah my companion is from Santiago Chile and is awesome, he is the district leader and is just an all around nice guy. He has been out on his mission for 20 months. Presidente Fraatz has a lot of confidence in him because he was his assistant when I first got here in Nicaragua, so he lets him travel alone. He is here in this area really to help the leaders of the church, they need training and guidance. We get along awesome and we are working hard when we can work, because he is in a lot of meetings to help out the ward, I am on divisions a lot with just a member.

I love the people here they are so nice! Teaching this week was really hard, we did have a lot of lessons. But the family we are working with, Ariel and Delsia, we are trying to get them married but she doesn’t have her birth certificate, so were going to try to get that.. (But you know what is gross, he is 26 years old and a really cool nice guy but she’s only 15, today is her birthday, and they already have a baby named Justin...) But that’s actually normal here so that’s just some of the other things I’ve got to get over.

The language Miskito is actually not getting easier but it’s something I really need to learn because some people can’t even speak Spanish and only Miskito so I can’t even communicate with them! I have been praying not so much to seek answers, but to just thanking Heavenly Father for all the opportunities I have during the day to teach, and for the spirit, and I feel good after!

Yeah mosquitoes (the real insects) are horrible here, they bite like crazy, we have “Off-spray” and a coil thing that you light the end with a lighter and it smokes and the smoke supposedly keeps them away, but we get bit like crazy. We are eating sea food and its awesome we have fish, crab, shrimp, lobster, and turtle with rice and beans always ha-ha. For breakfast I usually make eggs with bread or cold cereal with powder milk: P (not a fan of powdered milk!) No we don’t really have access to fruits and vegetables that’s actually a little bit more dangerous to eat that here because I only want to eat something I can peel to feel safe, so I eat a lot of coconut ha-ha.

The people in Managua were so much poorer than they are here, things are a lot more expensive to buy here and the houses are built better because there are hurricanes. Yeah, our neighbor she washes all our clothes by hand and that is kind of hard cuz I usually don’t get my clothes back until 2 to 5 days later. She doesn’t have a washer or dryer so she hangs our clothes outside but it rains everyday so the clothes never really dry out. Yes it is so cold when it rains cuz we are right by the ocean and its always raining in the morning and our bathroom shower has freezing cold water. I will have to buy something to keep me warm ha-ha.

I will try to get a picture of the beach and surroundings, it is a beautiful place. Well I hope that was all the questions I was suppose to answer....Thanks for the pioneer story, that’s how I like to think about my mission too. I love this mission, all the experiences I am having and all the good I’m doing to help others. I love you all!

Haysabe

Elder Buck