Just Your Classic Sugar Bread (Week 81)

 

Well, it's just been your classic sugar bread over here in Pan de Azucar. Sadly my boy Elder Arnold got transferred this week to Paso de Los Toros which oddly enough is the name of a soda here with lots of sugar. He will forever be in my heart. Anyways our companionship ended up in the same way it started in craziness. We were on a multi day exchange with our Zone Leaders when we learned of Elder Arnold's fate to be transferred. That same day a van came to pick Elder Arnold and I up with a little problem. Both Elder Arnold and I were not in Pan de Azucar but in Maldonado which is an hour away from Pan de Azucar. so... we called the assistants who weren't happy with us and went to a bus to try to make it to Pan de Azucar but, of course the bus never came and some office Elders were driving down to come pick us up so we had to hop in a taxi which are crazy expensive and head to good old sugar bread. The taxi dropped us off on the side of the road and the Elders picked us up and took us to Pan de Azucar where Elder Arnold packed in less than 30 minutes. The fastest I have ever seen. We headed to Montevideo and made it to the Hotel at 11 at night. In the morning we went to the temple to meet our new companions that just came in. President Escobar told me I needed a haircut. Now I'm back in Pan de Azucar with my new comp Elder Cantwell. He is also pure breed white Utah boy like me and he is epic. My time with Elder Arnold was probably one of the craziest and funniest 6 weeks of my life and it's still going to be crazy judging by the fact that yesterday all night the power was off and there was a freaking tornado. We will continue to see how Sugarloaf goes.

Well, there is one guy in our ward that has lived in the states for 14 years. He doesn't know too much English but he definitely knows the bad ones. At church last week he used a racial slur in english and also told us to shut the f up with the f-bomb. Needless to say it was pretty funny and Brother Alcoba has a special place in my heart. We also gave talks in church last Sunday about missionary work and accidentally took up too much time so that Rob, our mission leader in the branch couldn't talk so sorry Rob. Elder Arnold and I also were able to go to the Temple with my Uruguashin Grandparents. The Diogos took us and they were the Senior Couple in my last district. They told us they were excited to go through the temple with their grandson. They also are always in my heart.

Well, I'll have a few more weeks at least here in Sugar Bread Uruguay. I'm excited to keep working. I hope our power turns back on soon. RIP the ice cream in the freezer. Anyways love you all and hope you guys que pasan bien

-Love Elder Cleggggggggggggggggg

Smuggling our Argentino to Church (Week 79)

 Well, well, well. Que pasa wheys. How are my peeps doing? This week was pretty good I'd say or a least I think so.  I feel like time is going way too fast which is a little scary because that means I'll have to start "real life" at least that's what they say. We will see what happens. 

We were able to smuggle our Argentino to church this week. On Sunday morning we hopped on a bus and went down to La Capuera to help get Marcos to church. He has a restraining order and can't get to close to his ex. She works right next to the entrance and next to the bus stop but, God sent us rain so she wasn't working there yesterday so let's go!! We got to the bus stop and waited and waited and waited for like an hour and a half. A bus didn't come until like 10:20 which church starts at 9:30 so yeah, that was the first time I missed the sacrament in a long time. Hopefully the 2nd coming doesn't happen this week. We made it for Sunday school and a lot of members recognized him as the doughnut guy because he sells doughnuts. Pretty epic. He had a good time, we like to think. 

This week we also found the magical deal in a town in our area called La Capuera. There's this hot dog stand that sells us a hot dog, hamburger, and a coke for under 5 bucks and it's pretty epic to say the least. We also printed out a map of our area to explore it all so that's fun. There are parts in our area along the beach that many rich people are. We had the idea to just ask for water to try to get into people's homes and it was harder than we thought. We finally got water and this guy was dope but, he was busy. We are going to try to stop by.

I guess that's about it for the week. Elder Arnold and I are always having a good time over here in Sugar Bread. I love it over here which is sick. Sadly I kind of miss the restaurants in the states. We hung out with a member that lived in the states for 15 years and he wants to go back. It was funny. 

-Love Elder Clegg