Week 8 -- Cuidad Sandino

Bedroom

Our street that we live on (del Gallo mas gallo una cuadra alago)

 Wow. First time writing from Nicaragua. I don't even know what to say. This week feels like it's lasted forever. It's as if I've been here my entire life. But honestly, I don't say that as a bad thing. I love Nicaragua. It's hot, It's humid, but the people are amazing. As you already know, my trainer's name is Elder Elison. My first area is Sandino, basically the ghettos of Managua. It's super poor, and fairly run down, but the people are humble, and willing to hear our message and follow Christ. We brought 15 people to church yesterday, and we have about 15 baptisms planned for this month. It's crazy how quickly the work is progressing here.

As for me, my flight went pretty well. I sat next to other missionaries for my flights, which was fun. Getting into the country wasn´t tough at all, and my first day of training went well, without too many surprises. Then, the next day, we were assigned companionships, and started working the streets. I´m sorry, I haven´t taken a lot of pictures. If you look like a tourist, you're a lot more likely to get robbed. I also found out that President Russell doesn't allow us to use Dropbox. Which was disappointing, but oh well. I do have a few pictures that I´ll be sending though. 

Bathroom -- the shower is a pipe sticking out of the wall

As far as my Spanish goes, I understand very little, but it's getting better. and life here in Sandino, in general, is going great! And for food, Rice and beans, with the occassional plaintain! It´s great! I have even less time than before to use the computer, so I´ll basically just be sending this big email now, and that's more or less it. I still really appreciate the emails I get though! And if anyone asks me a direct question in an email, I'll try to answer it. But for the most part, it'll just be this.

Well, I love you all, and I really can feel the love all the way over here in Nicaragua! 

Love, Cooper