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Hey!
This will probably be my last email before I leave. I get to
the train station at like 5 tomorrow morning, so expect a call between 6 and 9.
This week has been super fun. Heck of a lot of passing of
things down. I finally was able to pass down the “Orb of Light” which is near about
the size of my head now. Thanksgiving
was awesome too, best food I’ve had here yet…then lots of sleeping on the floor
afterwards. Drinking eggnog is naturally just a bad mistake after eating as
much food as I did.
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Sleeping off too much Thanksgiving dinner.
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My last "Passing Down"
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We also had in-field orientation, which they tell you isn’t
as bad as you think it is, but is definitely as bad as you think it is. You sit
in a giant room and one guy talks, then you break off into different smaller
rooms and another guy talks, then you go back. Also I was tired as flip which
makes everything difficult… like breathing. I get so tired here I forget to
breathe. I did meet a girl, there, who grew up in Panama! She said you can’t
leave your windows or doors open for long or giant snakes and monkeys and wild
dogs get in your house—ha-ha—so I am stoked for that.
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This is Dr. Wooley. He's the missionary health and safety
guy
and says we should "carry a small bar of soap with us at all
times".
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Yesterday I had to speak in sacrament meeting. I made it
nine weeks without having to do it but we had a traveling branch councilor
there and he asked me at the pulpit if I had given one yet so I couldn’t lie. I
didn’t really have anything planned so I just ‘wung it’... Winged it? I don’t
know. But it was good. I felt like a freaking foreign person though because I
like couldn’t speak English. I’m too used to saying church words in Spanish, so
now I have to translate back.
After sacrament, me and Elder Farley were out shredding
because it’s been snowing like heck. So we were running and jumping onto these
metal tables and sliding across. Super fun, until I jumped on this one that had
ice underneath the snow, and I gripped up and fell off the table onto my face
super hard ha-ha-ha. So, my face was fine but I cut the palm of my hand really
bad and I was soaking wet so I had to go back and change. So freaking funny.
First time I’ve felt the pain of eating it in a while, but it reminded me of
skating, so it was kind of a thrill. Then we went to the temple and ran and
slid down the giant hill in the back. Literally got a crowd watching us because
we were killin’ it. So going to miss this snow.
Been up since two dropping of Farley and Rogers for Ecuador
and saying goodbye to more Costa Rican friends. I’m pretty close to being done
packing so this is going to be an easy day, except I’m still super beat from
that fall. And, I’ve had a cold the last few days, but I totally prayed it
away, so I am ready.
I’m not really nervous about leaving…I have a super fun
group and we’re all friends so I feel good. Our plan is to get Jamba and Krispy
Kreme for breakfast at SLC, then Panda for lunch in Atlanta. And, also bring
Panda on the plane. (We all really miss Panda.)
Love y’all!
Elder Green
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