me encanta san luis

san luis, ampya

that is where i am now!!! and it is awesome!!! i love it. i dont think i have such a good and fun first week in an area in todo my mission. i love it here. it is pretty flat but i have a pretty big green mountanin range in my area. my area is huge. i can take a bus for like three hours and still be in it. but we work only in areas of success and where we are doing good. but there are active members in the far away parts. it is super super green and we really windy. my area is like at the base of the mountains and is all like up hill. gives me a sweet burn in my legs but it is all the more meaningful to get in a house to rest them up a bit.

the zone is alot smaller then my last. 6 companionships and two distrisct leaders. so it is alot faster to verify. the district leaders are good. one of them is his first transfer as a DL and only his fourth in the mission and is a gringo so we got to help him a bit, but he is a stud and works really well and knows how to do things, and his comp is an ex assistant. then the other this is his second transfer as a DL and has 18 months in the mission so knows things but still needs help understanding some things. and is a latin, so a little better. but we have hermana missionaries in the zone and that makes things alot tougher. cause if they are not happy no one is. and they are tough to make happy at times and even tougher to motivate to get good numbers and to do everything. but they are doing good as of right now. my comp is elder fowler. he is a totall stud and i love him. he is from denver colorado. has one transfer more then me and is going to go to BYU after the mission. and is one of those other elders that played football before the mission and is begging me to try out and walk on somewhere or to send out my films again. haha so we will see about that. but we play catch at night at times, he has a nice ball. he played QB in high school, and swam on the swim team. very cool elder and will be a really good friend of mine forever.

so this week i got here and we went to work. it was alot of fun and visited some people we are trying to help to get baptized. and they are really good. families incomplete, one family the rofin´s they have 4 kids that need to be baptized and the dad. then another lady her husband used to beat her but now he is cool and has a big desire to be in the church. and we put a fecha with him for christmas, and we will see how that all goes down. we have lunch everyday!!!! a change, so i am really excited for that. and even better somedays we have two lunches in one day. the members love the elders. before it was the sisters, but changed like 5 months ago for elders and they love it and the members already love me, i have cracked a few jokes and played soccer with them and stuff and they love us.

we got a reference on wednesday and went to find it on thursday and a convert of elder fowlers, from last transfer, silvio is his name (whole family got baptized 2 weeks ago) totall stud and amazing family. he saw us and offered to give us a ride to the house so we went looking for it and could not find it. then we couldnt find it but we kept going and we finally found the block of where this ref. lives. and we were on the wrong side of it and the tire blew out. so we got out and worked on it and fixed it all and it was in the ciesta, when everyone sleeps but we were working anyways. and after an hour of working on it and fixing it. we kept going and got to the house and the kid answered and got his dad and we were let in. and silvio came in with us!!! and shared testimony and taught amazingly!! then we found out the guy is a baker and wakes up at 4 in the morning and sleeps the afternoon till about 6 then gets up to sell some more and stuff. and that is when we got there. if we got there an hour earlier he would have been sleeping still. but the tire blew out... and this family, WOW!!!!!! they are amazing!!! and the dad wants his whole family to hear it and follow it and stuff. and we taught and just was amazing then they invited us over for breakfast the next day with them. so we went and then they invited us over for lunch an asado after church on sunday, and they would drive us. and so we went and they are absolutely amazing. the family naveda is there name!!! and they are great. on wednesday we have dinner with them. it is the dad, eran, mom alejandra, daughter florencia, son nauhel, and other son that is leo. all but leo can be baptized and we are thinking of doing it on christmas for them. it will be awesome!!!! it is another family i know i was supposed to find. i feel so loved and stuff by them. i really feel like i am at home they are amazing!!! they are my family here.cant wait for more to come..

silvio and his family have invited us over for christmas and stuff to celebrate with them so we will be party hoping but i think that might be where i will be to have you all call me. for right now probably just on the cell phone we have is where you will be calling me and the number is....

265 283 5240

and i will send the other email for the area code and stuff but i think you all know by now. but if anything changes i will let you know. silvio wants us to talk on skype at his house... so i dunno if it will happen or not. but this is the number for now.

tilisarao 1043

barrio policial nuevo

san luis...

that is our address papi if you want to try and find where we live on google earth like you said you did. it is a way cool pensh. it is a house!!! with AC!!! hahah i love it its the best!!!

well i got to go i love you and miss you take care and have a good week. tell everyone hi.

con amor

elder bigelow

ps. dad it was super cool. a kid in my last area i forgot to tell you sent in his mission papers the week before i got there and got his call 3 weeks before i left so he waited 4 months and i got to be good friends with him and he will serve in venezuela. in the barcelona mision. right where you served i assume, in the northern of venezuela and has part of the island of trinadad and tabago. i have pictures and his email. he wants to email me. small world though huh!!!