Questions and Answers!!

We asked Elder Ridge a series of questions. Here are the questions and his answers.

Question: What are you drinking?

Answer: We get a lot of water from the mission, but I just drink the tap water because I figure I’m just going to get a worm anyways...just kidding. We do get those water jugs but we don’t drink it very much because its not that hot yet. I usually drink soda and the drinks that the members give us for lunch and breakfast and dinner. It Is usually this apple juice stuff or some sort of fruit drink. It’s not bad but most of the time I go buy soda at the store.

Question: Any fleas or bug challenges yet?

Answer: I have no bug problems yet. I do have one flea bite but that’s it. I haven’t taken my (garlic)pills yet but I will in the summer when all the bugs are out.

Question: Where do you use the internet to email us? How long do you have to e-mail?

Answer: To use the internet we go to a internet place that has a bunch of computers its just a small store and there are a ton of these stores everywhere. I have an hour to email.

Question: We saw that you used your ATM. Any problems with the ATM?

Answer: No problems with my ATM card. I just wanted (needed) some cash. I got 100 soles out which is equal to thirty dollars.

Question: What is your typical day like?

Answer: My typical day: I wake up at 6:30 and shower and get dressed then walk a mile to my pension (to eat breakfast) and then walk back. We then do personal study and companion study and language study. Then at 10:30 go out and work or teach until 1. We have lunch bwtween 1-2 with a member and then after that we work until 6. We have dinner from 6-7, then we work until 9. We then plan for the next day, talk and write in my journal, then sleep.

Question: When will you be able to go to the Lima Temple?

Answer: I have no idea when I am going but I think it is this transfer. This transfer ends November 19 so I hope by then. I had a great week last week. On P-day we went to the Zoo. The Zoo was cool. I really like the jungle section, I want to go to the jungle so bad. I took pictures so I have to send them to you. (We are really looking forward to getting some pictures)

On Wednesday, we went to the CCM and had a meeting with Elder Christofferson. It was amazing!! It was all in Spanish because he speaks Spanish. I got to shake his hand so it was good.

On Friday, I had an exchange with the district leader and it was amazing. We worked way hard together and we get a long way well. He is from Arizona. We talked to a lot of people and found seven new families to teach. It was so fun walking with another gringo down the street talking English and then walk up to someone and start speaking Spanish. It takes them by surprise.

A quick story! Yesterday we were in the street talking with someone and this guy walked up to us and started bashing me about the Book of Mormon and I was like WOW hold on a second...... you speak English? This guy was from South Carolina and he started bashing me and then he stopped and started talking about how hard it was to learn Spanish and just comforting me but it was so weird talking to him in English. I ended up just saying sir I don’t want to bash, lets just have a nice conversation in English and he was like ok.

Today we are playing soccer so that should be fun. I can’t believe I hit 4 months, it has gone by fast, and this next transfer I hit 6 months, its crazy! The Spanish is getting better, it gets better everyday but there are some days were I can’t understand a thing and some days, I can understand everything. Today is a good day because I can understand everything going on around me. I have started to dream in Spanish. My dreams are always people talking and they are speaking to me and I can’t understand them but I’m speaking Spanish to them and I know what I’m saying.

Thank you for everything, I love you all and thank you to for the support.

Love Elder Ridge