Things You Shouldn't Tell Your Mother

We received this little gem of a story a few weeks ago. "I don't know if I told you when I was electrocuted. But anyway a few weeks ago I fixed our shower which is heated by electricity. Don't worry I didn't get electrocuted in the shower, but I was looking at where the wires had separated that I had fixed earlier. I was like, 'No wonder it broke last time there is a lot of power that goes through this' I was touching both of the wires. As you know you are fine with electricity until you touch the ground, but lucky for me all the wires here are just open haha. Then right when I was saying 'No wonder this happened' I touched the ground too...and it was the strongest shock I think I ever had!! It knocked me down. Luckily it was strong enough that I lost control and gravity pulled me away from the wires haha. My companion saw the whole thing."

Man's Best Friend

In the last batch of pictures we received from Jordan we find him once again making friends with the local animal population. Here he is with two dogs in front of a fabric store. This is what he had to say about the dogs he meets: "I make friends with lots of dogs, there are many to befriend. But you have to be careful because lots are diseased and stuff. I make friends with the well kept ones. There are lots of puppies because very few dogs are fixed."

DOING WELL

Jordan is doing well and enjoying his mission. He has been made senior companion and District Leader. This means that he is training someone who is relatively new in the mission and is also responsible for other missionaries in a small geographical location. He has a new companion, Elder Blacker from Idaho.
Jordan asked me to let you all know that if you have any questions about Argentina, such as the language, customs, food etc. you can ask them via the blog, through the comment section. I, his mom, will send Jordan the questions and he will answer them. I will then post them on this Blog.
Hope you enjoy the new pictures.

Cookin' On The Grill

What would Jordan do without a grill to cook on? Here he is on his day off or as it is called Pday (Preparation Day), which are on Mondays. He is cooking hamburgers with some other missionaries looking on. When asked if there is a difference in the taste of beef, Jordan answered, "No, but the way the Argentines put a hamburger together is different from Americans." He goes on to say that in America we put lettuce, tomato, cheese and bacon. In Argentina they put cheese, ham and a fried egg! To quote Jordan, "THEY ARE MAD GOOD!!".

BEING OF SERVICE

Jordan has had many opportunities to help others. Here is a picture of him helping a family lay the foundation for an addition to their home.

In a previous post I mentioned a Toucan. Well, here he, she or it is! Do you believe someone has this bird as a pet? Wonder what they eat?

SLIDE SHOW AND UPDATES

15 February 2010

FINALLY we have the slide show up. If you scroll down and look at the left hand side you will find it. There are pictures of the dark cloud, the great flood and Jordan's apartment from Goya. ENJOY!
Jordan is still serving in Resistencia and says that he is sweating bullets in the summer weather. He has reached a milestone with the Spanish language. One of the other missionaries wanted to talk to Jordan in English and Jordan kept mixing in Spanish words.
On his birthday, Jan.20th, Jordan and the other missionaries played basketball. There wasn't a net so he and another Elder made one out of rags. It sounded like they had a good time.
I asked Jordan about doing laundry and he said that they have members of the church do it. It gives the members some income. When Jordan's brother served in Ecuador he paid about $0.50 a load.
We are awaiting more pictures and will post them as soon as they get here.