Emil's Emails: Posadas

HEy. so I made it. And the keyboard is really wierd, so forgive me of my misspellings.

If you want to know, the mission home address is

Elder Trevor Emil Christensen

Misión Argentina Posadas

Córdoba 1243 Casilla #12

Posadas CP 3300

Misiones

Argentina

And mother: They have a lot of packages sent here, and they said theyve only heard of two that went missing. They open up every single package, since they dont allow food or electronics to enter. So keep that in mind. They say letters are as reliable as packages. And no one cares about the Jesus stickers. They ahve to open every package. Or you could just send me a Dear Elder.

Well travelling was fun. 10 hour flight. always a blast. The Uruguayan rugby team was aboard with us, so they were really fun to watch haha

On all 3 of our flights, I sat on a row of only missionaries, I guess they didn{t trust me to talk to anyone, haha. BUT the hermana in front of us on the flight to Buenos Aires started talking to the guy next to her. I heard him say that he didn{t want to talk about religion, then I forgot about them. She kept talking to him, thne like an hour later, I heard him reading aloud the first vision, haha and then I watched him read the entire Joseph smith history haha she leaned back and asked for a Book of Mormon, Which Elder Ah Quin (yeah, he{s poly) had. And they kept talking for a while. I couldn{t really hear what about, but it was fun to see. I wonder what will happen

So we had an 11 hour layover in the Buenos Aires Airport... Well a different one. We flew into one, then took a really... nice... bus to a different one across town. And yeah. like 50% of the time, there are painted traffic lines, and no one really uses them. not even as suggestions. For the plane ride, we just walked onto the tarmac as planes are taking off and went up the ramp onto the plane. It was fun. It was really loud. I was like 50 feet away from a plane that was taking off.

My first thought about Posadas was "wow" it's really big. And it kinda is. Theres not a lot of area to it, but its got a lot of skyscrapers. More than SLC. I guess we landed in Paraguay, then drove across a bridge to Argentina. That was fun. The mission home wasreally nice. reaally nice. It has a pool! haha But posadas is cool. It{s... I dont know how to describe it. There arent really any traffic laws and its just like any other south american city that I picture to be like.

It's REALLY nice weather here right now. Perfect. Not that humid. kinda cool. temperature wise. They said it gets up to 50 degrees here. Celsius. Oh yeah. So Im going to die in the next couple months.

Everyone here is really awesome. President LaPierre is the nicest, coolest guy I have ever met. I love him to death. He was great.

So my first area is going to be in Paraguay. In a town called Carlos Antonio Lopez. Legit. Theres not a ward there. Theres not a branch. Its called a group. So that means that theres a man thats allowed to give the sacrament to his family. He showed me where it was. Its not on the map. He showed me where the branch its based off of is located. THAT town isnt on the map haha. And its a two and a half busride of 70 Kilometers from the town with the branch to CAL. hahahahaha so this is gonna be awesome. President told me that the only place that has internet is a member´s home. one of the grown sons of this man. He said the internet might not work on Pday, so you might not hear from me next week. Or in the next 6 weeks. He told me it is literally the most remote area in the mission. He said "some people speak spanish" haha so I'll have to learn Guarani. My companion is Elder Silva. speaks very little english. But im replacing another tall white utahn, so I should be fine!!! hahhaahaha im so fetchin stoked

I love you all. Ill keep you in my prayers!! Remember to read your scriptures and pray!! It will do ya good!! I love to read Luke 12:27-28 if you were wondering. Look it up. Its fun

Have a nice day!!

Elder Trevor Emil Christensen