The Stakes here are working with the mission president to do a big missionary chior with all the missionaries in Quevedo for Christmas. We had our first practice yesterday.
All the missionaries in Quevedo in one place means:
Found him! He was a little surprised that I knew he was in Quevedo because he had only given his mom that info. He's a pretty cool guy. We talked for a bit after the practice.
So, I don't know if you guys changed the name of the blog yet. I am serious about it, and the title "I hate busses" is a serious suggestion.
The other day, the missionaries of Buena Fe were waiting for one of the four busses that go to Quevedo. The four lines are BOLIVAR, BUENA FE, CITAR, and SUCRE. After only a minute of waiting a Buena fe came rushing around the corner and stopped for us. The conductor jumped out and said "Get in fast! the Bolivar is in front of us!"
Turns out that our bus and one of the Bolivar busses were racing each other. Which was ok because it got us to Quevedo faster. We passed the Bolivar while they were stopped to pick up passangers, but as we were going a steady pace the Bolivar passed us on the road like we were standing still. I think we lost the race, but that's ok, I was only trying to get to Quevedo.
We visited Carlos and Gissela in the finca the other day on the promise that they've been making chocolate. They walked us through the process of how they do it.
Remember this plant from before? This is Cacoa. Almost everyone with land grows it...
...Inside of the fruit are little gooey white seeds, these are fun to suck on because they're sweet and kinda fruity tasting...
...The process is to let the beans dry in the sun and then let them dry some more. The grind them down. After that you can make the powder into little balls and save them for when you want them...
...grind the balls into powder...
...Put it into some milk over the stove...
...And you get some nice hot chocolate! ..
...Which is great for drinking with some green bananas gone yellow! Which are different from bananas, verdes are different.
......it took me a couple months to understand bananas too, don't worry too much about that last part.
Things here are pretty normal; it's hot, I'm tired, but I could never be anywhere better! I got a little Tips Christmas flavored air freshener for the bathroom to try to make it smell like Christmas... it helps but only a little.
I hope things are good back home!
I love you all!
~Cameron
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