Showing posts with label New Area. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Area. Show all posts

Monday, November 9, 2009

Formosa Capital


Excerpt from November 9th email:

"This nice hot and summery day finds me in Formosa Capital with my new companion, Hermana Hernandez. . .I had a nice long trip on Wednesday from Posadas to Resistencia and then Resistencia to Formosa, and I am still tired from the trip. Hopefully I will find ten minutes today to catch up on some lost sleep. My companion is great, she is from Concepción Chile and we arrived in Argentina together. I didn't really have a chance to get to know her then, since my communication skills were very limited, so we are making up for that now that we speak the same language. Formosa is the hottest part of the mission...but these past few days have been pretty cool and rainy. The only problem with rain is MUD. This is a city full of unpaved and ridiculously muddy streets...with the last name SCHMUTZ I fit right in. The people in Formosa are great, very loving and kind and humble. It is kind of like the midwest of Argentina. All the people have a very distinct accent and are just kind of "Drop Dead Gorgeous"-ish. Let's just say I already LOVE it!"

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Safely in Argentina

A short note from Hermana Schmutz on her 1st day in Argentina:

Hermana Schmutz & Cataldo

"My mission president and his wife are awesome, they are both very friendly but also very serious about mission work. It's hot here, and super humid. Just how I wanted it to be! My Spanish is no where near where it needs to be and I understand very little, but today when I was talking with my mission president he told me I do a very good job...so I'm feeling okay. I don't know my trainer yet but I do know she is North American...I promise to write more later. I love you all and it's hard to be this far away. But, Argentina is awesome and I already LOVE the people so so much! I am excited to serve them for the next while...Lots of amor y besos!
Hermana Schmutz"