December 6, 2010

THE EVIL TARO PLANT
Man, I'm sorry I don't write enough, it's not just the time it's just that the things that happen here just seem normal to me you know? I don't really think about telling you guys about our house or our crappy washing machine. Our house is alright I guess but it's small in comparison to the mansion I was living in. I'm hoping I can get those packages back over here. We're going to Papeete from the 19th till the 22nd for a little Christmas deally. So yeah It's like a conference but more playing than spiritualizing. MY companion is Elder Alverez. It's a Mexican name and I have no idea why. He's from Riateia and he's pretty new some I am senior. It's actually Elder Coulson from my district who trained him. He's chill; we get along nearly perfectly. Our branch has it's own little building and we live practically in it. It's about thirty feet from the ocean as most buildings are so we have a nice cool breeze all the time. I'm pretty sure we're reaching about 60 to 70 members my companion says but at church the most I've seen is like 30. We eat mostly just fish here and they almost never ever cook it. Also we eat taro. I hate taro now. I dare you guys to eat one. It is the most dry, flavorless plant in the world. I would prefer grass cause it's at least something. Also here in Rurutu they have a thing about eating clams. I like clams. You just pull them out of the ocean put some lime on them and go nuts. Weird culture man. Most of my stuff gets shipped by boat. I have some souvenirs, not an overwhelming amount, nevertheless I have zero room in my bags. I think I'm gonna buy one when we're up for Christmas if it's cool. I'll have you know that I am happy but not healthy. I've got this terrible virus that keeps coming back every couple of months in my throat which causes much pain and sufferance elsewhere and finally leaves after about a week. It's cool though, there's not really much I can do. I've taken all their crappy French antibiotics and stuff. Hopefully this time it just dies. Really though it's nothing serious, just annoying.