I made it!

Hola everyone,

I have finally made it to Argentina! It is awesome here and i have been loving every minute of it!

I arrived on monday and met the Mission President and his wife, and then we took a tour around Mendoza and had dinner together. After that we stayed in a hotel, (all of us new missionaries) The next day we had training and found out our new companions and Areas.

My First Companions name is Elder Anderson! He is from Utah. he has been here for about 19 months. We get along well! We both enjoy sports, and he is a Vikings Fan! 

We are serving in Maipu; Mendoza (yes you say it like My poo). so Yes i was born in on my mission in Maipu haha. We split the area with another group of missionaries who were already here. So We room with Them as well. (Elder Harrison and Elder Zagal.) Harrison is from South Jordan utah as well as Elder Anderson. Elder Zagal is from Chile and he is really hard to understand, but i love him.

It is a lot different here! Everyone is so happy even though they have like nothing. I love that about here. The people are great, although they are like impossible to understand!

Me and my companion have started to find success here and we have a streak of at least one new legit investigator each day! were gonna keep it going! I also had the opportunity to attend church here for my first time. It was awesome, but very difficult. they have sacrament meeting 3rd hour so everything was backwards... that was really wierd but i actually liked that! It was also fast sunday so i had the opportunity to bare my testimony to the ward. Fasting is really hard to do, because we do a lot of walking here in this mission and it is very hot so  i was dying for a drink!

I have had two meals with members so far, and my calender is full for the days to come! The food here is great, i have really been loving it. Oh but no one here eats dinner, so we eat at 1 and then nothing until like 930 that night. The people also have whats called the siesta here. Which is around 2-5 everyone goes home and sleeps! then they go back to work for a while.

so during that time is when we do most of our studying.

The money here is obviously a lot different its hard to know if the thing i am buying is expensive or not. but today we went shopping at a place just like cosco, and we are set for the month. We spent 1600 pesos which i am not sure what that is in American money.

Today is my first p day here and i am very excited to get wrecked in some soccer!

This up coming week will be great and i am super excited to learn more spanish and help everyone.

Take care everyone and thank you all for your emails and prayers.

I love you all,

Elder Banks