How is your life. Life here is good. I am getting used to it and liking it more and more. I have mostly found that I need to be more patient, because I am not very patient and my companion is more laid back than anyone I have ever met!! So that has helped me out alot because I needed it right off the bat. It is very tiring to be out here but at the same time, I am really enjoying it.
Our baptism was pretty darn sweet yesterday.
Funny Story: We went to this lady's house. Right as we walked in, she gave us Chicharones, deep fried pig skin that takes on the texture of Funyons after it is fried. They are pretty gross, but I was trying to be polite. My companion proceeded to put his on my plate when she turned around! No Good! I ate them all and was pretty proud of myself but could feel the grease in my stomach.
Then she took another bag of chicharon and dumped the whole bag into boiling water, with a bunch of spicy stuff on top of it. Miraculously, the chicharon took back it's flesh like element and became chewy, slimy and hard to cut. It was once again pig skin! I tried to cover it up by putting it into little tacos with beans and cornmeal, but every bite I could not bite into the pigskin. I didn't want to have to chew it!
Finally, about half way through, I started thinking that I was eating spicy, slimy, chewy, pigskin. The texture and spicyness were the worst parts!
My companion said it was the grossest thing he ate while he was here and that included eating liver, brain and heart soup where he saw the arteries in the heart! So, I started gagging about 2/3 way through. It came up in my mouth, but I didn't want to be rude and throw up this poor ladies food, so I re-swallowed it!!!
Apparently it was funny looking because the kids started laughing and she said "oh it must be too spicy for you" "I am sorry", she spoke in spanish, but that is how I understood it. I said yes, it was a little spicy, and i thought I would never have to come in contact with that wretched stuff again!
But, three days later, when we went back to her house, she made it for us again. But she only scooped a little onto my plate, and I cut it up better than before, and smothered it in beans. Still bad, just not quite as bad! I know it is not super exotic or anything, just more gross than anything.
Well, got to go now, thanks for everything.
Love Elder Scott Stiles
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