Como le va? How's it going?! I am officially in ARGENTINA!! (...comodoro rivadavia to be exact...) I'll be honest, the getting here was long and extremely tiring, but it was worth it!! So, as you know, we flew from SLC to Dallas to Buenos Aires (24 hours of travel) then we got on a bus and drove to the area office in Buenos Aires for a quick information devotional...mostly visa stuff. Then we ate some lunch, went back to the airport and waited for our flight to comodoro which left at 6:55PM. About 2.5 hours later we landed in comodoro and then took a shuttle to one of the senior couples home (the Carters) and had some Argentine sandwiches. Yum. Then, because not all the Hermanas could fit in their home for the next two days, Hermana Kuhn and I went with President and Sister Rogers back to the mission home. The Rogers were on our flight to comodoro. They were coming back from a mission presidents seminar. They are wonderful! It was so fun talking to them last night. Unfortunately, by the time we left the Carter's home it was after 11:00PM and when we got to the mission home it was nearly 11:20PM. Only one shower in the home meant we didn't get to bed until 1:00AM. I'll be honest, 6:30AM came really early!
Anyway, today (Friday) we are doing some training with all the new missionaries, and then I think tomorrow we'll meet our companions and head to our areas.
So, first impressions of Argentina? 18 months is going to go WAY too fast. It reminds me a lot of Costa Rica. Driving is a little bit nuts...stop signs are more of a suggestion, and lanes are pretty much nonexistent. SO MANY DOGS! Also a few cats. The dogs are so cute :) The people are really friendly. All the Hermanas give kisses on the cheek. Everyone is polite and the kids are so cute. We drove past the Buenos Aires Temple yesterday. BEAUTIFUL. I wish we could go!!! Soccer is everywhere! It's gonna be so cool to be down here during the World Cup! Everything I see reminds me I'm in South America. (...well except for Walmart & McDonalds...) The mission home is pretty close to the coast, so we got to see the ocean. It's not humid down where we are...and oh man are we down. On our flight from Dallas to Buenos Aires we each had TV's in front of our chair and I watched the flight path as we slowly flew over Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, LIMA (I thought about Corbin:)), Chile, and then finally Argentina. Basically we flew straight down for 10ish hours. Then we flew another two and I couldn't help but think that I had been lied to my whole life...I was sure we were going to fly right off the end of the earth. When I finally accepted that we wouldn't, the next thought to come into my mind as I was stepping off the plane was that I am UPSIDE-DOWN. Weird. I am at the bottom of the earth...and did I mention UPSIDE DOWN?! Woah. As we were flying from Buenos Aires (a big city) all signs of civilization slowly started to disappear...that's when I realized how far down we were going. The sunset was beautiful from the plane though. There was a deep dark red line across the horizon, and then it slowly got lighter higher up. AHH! I'm so excited to be here! Like I said, 18 months is going to go by way too fast...I can just tell. The castellano is different to listen to...but not as bad as I thought. It's the "vos" form that's throwing me off. When Hermano Rios told us that the "tu" form doesn't exist in Argentina, it was like that time in Algebra 2 where I learned about the unit circle exactly ten minutes before the test. Good times. I'll get it though!
Welp, I hope you're all doing well! I was sad when the phone battery died yesterday, but it was so good talking to you! I love you sooo much. Thank you for your support and prayers.
I LOVE YOU FOREVER AND ALWAYS!!
Hermana Heath
Hermana Heath with President and Sister Rogers
New Comodoro Rivadavia missionaries
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