My new companion!
It was very hard saying goodbye to Tingo Maria. The pentionista, Hna. Elizabeth, cried and I definitely came close. I´m going to miss quite a few people, there. But I´d been there a very long time and was more or less expecting transfers soon. Especially because they put me with a gringo from my own group. My new companion is Elder Horsley. He´s awesome. We were in Pasco together and already did divisions a number of times. It´s just a branch here, though a little bigger than that of Carhuamayo. We´re four missionaries and we live together, eat together, and share all of Huancavalica. The first night when I got there we went to the room first to drop off my stuff and then off to the pentionista to eat dinner, it being quite late. On our way out I locked the door, which the missionaries didn´t like because, as they explained, there is no key for that door so we were locked out about an hour as we tried opening the door with an umbrella with tape on the end and rope. So, that was nice.
Our pentionista is Hna. Nanci and she´s super cool. She´s teaching me Quetchua. Oh yeah, they speak that language here. And a lot of people don´t even know any Spanish so that should be real fun. I´ve already got the basics down to have a simple conversation and always practice in my free time. My goal is to be able to have a normal conversation with someone before I leave. Thanks for all your love and prayers.
Much love,
Elder Alexander
My new pentionista!
