I don't think you can really understand siesta until you live in a place for 6 weeks where they have them. But I testify they are real. Between 3 pm to 5 pm I wish more than anything to be sleeping. It's true everything closes down and everyone goes home and goes to sleep. What was once a popping town is now dead and silent. We don't knock doors during siesta...for fear. Even the dogs take a siesta.
People here in Argentina like to talk. They don't know how to have conversations... they just talk. It's normal for people to talk for up to 30 minutes without anyone else saying a word. Anyway today we met with Mabell. She likes to talk, but she's not that bad. I could tell she was getting off topic during the restoration lesson when I stopped recognizing the words. My companion was trying to talk, but Mabell just kept talking over her. For some reason she let me talk so I started to talk about Joesph Smith. My companion usually does the First Vision, because I always mess it up. (I swear that is the only thing I practiced in the MTC. I don't know how I can still mess it up.) I didn't want to lose our flow so I kept repeating the First Vision. Of course I forgot the whole middle part and got a little flustered, but I stuck with it. Then my companion started to laugh, but she pretended to cough and left the room. I kept talking hoping Mabell was understanding me until my companion got back. After the lesson my companion informed me that instead of saying, "and he pointed to the other" I said, "and the devil said pointing to the other." OOPS (I swear in Spanish the words are a little more similar).
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| I don't read Spanish very well, but I'm guess it says something like "No Mormons please" |
Siesta?
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| I wonder who took this picture? No seriously I think she must of pulled a "dad" and self-timed this photo? |
Hannah made it a month in the field, so her companion made her pancakes. They don't have syrup in Argentina so she put jam on them.
They have "tea" with this old lady every Sunday. She is very picky and they have to have saucers and everything. Hannah says, "I love it, haha"
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