Elder Larsen got transferred to Bogota last week. It was a ten hour bus ride back to the city. They arrived in Bogota at 10 P.M. and were dropped off at an address in a rough neighborhood. It ended up being the wrong address so there they were, two guys in suits with five pieces of luggage, no phone, no numbers to call if they had a phone, after dark in a bad area. He said it was pretty sketchy for a little bit. It's a good thing Elder Larsen's mother knows that Heavenly Father takes care of his missionaries. They were able to find someone and borrow a phone. They had to call his old zone leader that lived ten hours away to get them help. Luckily they found a man that let them use his phone and receive a call on his phone. They were about two huge city blocks away from where they were supposed to be.
Kade said being in the capitol city of Bogota confirms his roots that he is NOT a city guy. He's a country boy born and raised. ;)
Elder Larsen's companion is an elder that goes home in one month. So they are trying to keep busy.
He said this week was actually a pretty long week. They have been working well and have been able to have some good lessons. They hope to have a baptism in two weeks of a young women. He has been able to meet quite a few people. Sadly, he only knows where a few of them live. He is still confused most of the time of where they are going in the city. He hopes he can pick it up soon. He said "Our ward has around 100 people attending so hopefully we can raise that up a bit."
He writes that one of the Elders that he lives with had to have surgery this morning and his companion had a doctors appointment so that has taken up their whole day. The elder that had to have surgery will be on bed rest for three days.
He writes, "I am exhausted.. Today it rained hardcore.. Elder M. had to run to the drug store to buy medicine for his companion that had the surgery. We were in the rain for like 10 seconds and were drenched. It's stopped now though."
"Have an awesome Halloween this week. It will be interesting to see how Colombia celebrates it. Everyone says they celebrate it though so thats good. Have an awesome week."
Love
Elder Larsen
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