Alright, the report!!! First life lesson i learned this week, latinos dont know the difference between sun burnt and tan... im not sure if its becuase they are already a darker tone than us, or actually im just not sure they know what ``tanning`` is at all... they just seem to think every gringo is completely white, regardless of how much time he spends in the sun...
so i learned because everybodies been telling me im burnt, but dont worry mom, im not. But ya they all say ``oyyy Èlder Tenis, estàs reee quemado!!!`` and i tell them, ``no im not, i put sunscreen on everyday, and my skins not even red at all, nor is it peeling, nor does it hurt...`` and then they proceed to tell me im not as white as i was when i arrived and i have to expalin to them that im not ``quemado`` but that im ``bronceado`` ya they dont really buy it, but oh well... if it makes them happier to think that gringos come in all shapes and sizes, but only one color, completely and totally white, so be it, im sure i can incorporate that somehow in the first vision and all other descriptions of celestial beings...
Ohhh k one other thing i just remembered, next monday we have a zone conference in Cali, so i have pday tuesday and will be writing tuesday, so mom, when i dont write to you guys on monday, im ok, im safe, do not get on a plane to colombia and come looking for me
Alright haha so Colombias not the most sober place on the planet in christmas time, as im sure you can imagine ive seen a number of funny things this week, allow me to share a few...
We went to an investigators house the other week, a guy who was really getting a lot of interest, who says he wants to change his life and get baptized and all, but hes not married and living with another women and they have a family and all, and shes scared to get married... we are working on that... but ya so ironically enough, we were headed there to teach the word of wisdom, and we were with a couple from the ward who got married to get baptized as well and they were gonna help us with that, when we got to their street and saw evberybody on the block was out infront with empty beer bottles all over the ground... so ya our friend came up to us and sort of said a slurred version of somethying like ``im really happy, well happy your here but just really happy in general... (with a weird smile) come in and sit down, lets talk about God....`` so ya we told him wed come back later....
K que pena, tenas, ya se me acabò el tiempo, pero les voy a hablar por skype en algunos dias!!!! Como siempre, quiero dejarles con mi testimonio, que sè que estamos en la iglesia verdadera, la misma iglesia que Jesucristo estableciò, cada dia de mi vida es evidencia del poder divino y restaurado que tenemos, sè que la decisiòn màs difìcil que alguien ha tenido que tomar era ella de proveernos un Salvador, y sè que solamente un Dios, no solo todopoderoso, sino tambièn todo amoroso a causa de su papel como nuestro papa, sè que solamente un ser perfecto asì serìa capaz de tomar la decisiòn de enviar a su hijo unigenito acà al mundo, para morir por nosotros. Sì, afortunadamente tenemos la pelìcula ``he is the gift`` aquì, la he llevado a casi todas las personas aquì porque se siente el Espìritu navideño tan fuerte al verla, y ese es mi testimonio en el nombre de Jesucristo, amen.
les amo
nos vemos
Èlder Tenney
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