Oh man, that's not good about the missionaries dying. I always wondered how it would feel to lose your comp, like all those you talked about, it's like one second they're all good and dandy, then the next second they're gone. and of course the elder who was driving will live with that the rest of his life.  the drivers always survive.  but then again, columbia is a dangerous place. i wonder why someone was shooting? like was it directly at the missionaries?   that's sad.

so, so far i haven't gotten anything back. i heard from the zone leaders where i left they had a box of stuff. but i never got it. 

my comp has been annoying me a bit more lately like when i asked when we can do deep cleaning he said this week is really busy then told me, and we do have one thing every day, and that thing usually lasts like 3-4 hours. and we need about the same to clean. but it's like we can't do it when we have time, because of some dumb reason.  then i said that's a waste of a day if all we do is see that one person. and nothing else, even cleaning. uhhhh.

  and then we needed gas and we went to his favorite station and it was packed and he was freaking out cuz he couldn't go there. and i'm like, we pass like 4 to get here, why do we come here? he said it's the only one he knows.  oh my heck this kid reminds me of jean-baptiste cuz he only goes to the places he knows.  he won't try something new. 

  like he always goes to walmart to get things cuz it's cheap. but we have to drive like 20 minutes to get there and we pass a dozen other stores on the way.

 but we don't go there cuz he's never been. pretty much. it drives me crazy. why would we drive 20 minutes away for something we can get within 5 minutes?

   just cuz it's cheaper.  but i'd rather have good food for a little more money. he's really self conscious about the money he spends. he'll buy a bunch of crap from walmart then freak out about going out to eat. saying we only have about 5 dollars a day. i know i should be careful about wasting money. but i don't! i don't buy a ton of stuff.     uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

   he gets those frozen dinners and other cheap and unhealthy things. where i get fruits and oatmeals.  i don't care if i pay a little more as long as i can eat healthy.    and i'm sure you'd want me to watch my money, but also eat healthy. so i think it's ok. :)

   and i don't know this area well cuz we only go to the same few people on the list of over a hundred. and oh man this is what gets me, when he sits around doing nothing productive at home then when i get tired of waiting for him, i ask if we can go do something then when we're in the car, he just sits there and stares at the list! so we spend like what feels like half the day doing absolutley nothing!  i'd think that him being the "senior companion" he'd be more... diligent or... productive. but nope. it's pretty much up to me. 

    i'll read the rest of my mails then continue.

   the weather has been quite nice this last week. the first 3 days it was dark and cloudy and very humid. then the last few days was clear and sunny and colder. like it was 80 ish the begining. then it dropped to 70 one day.

i can't think of much else i could say.

 just complaining more.

 we don't do much for there to be any good news. 

  but most likely i'll be out of here next week. hopefully.

well, time to go shoppin and stuff. i'm thinking about getting new shoes. but i want to look more for mine first. but thers' this lady we help who might hurt me if i don't show up with normal shoes this week. haha she's nice though.

  

 and i'll look for a side bag as well.   i thought they didn't look good until i saw an actual business man with one. it looked good.  so ya. if i can find a good one at tjmaxx. i think...   i have my ideas, but idk if they'll be nicely priced.  and maybe missionary approved.   cuz i'd like an olive green canvas bag. like an old army one.

   one more week....