Bon tardi! (Good afternoon)
I officially made it to Bonaire; it was about a 2 hour
flight from Guyana to Curacao and then about 25 minutes (if not less) to make
it to Bonaire. It was fun though, because I just had surgery on my toe, I have
to wear flip flops to let it be able to move so I walked around the airport in
dress clothes and flip flops. I also got to take a lot of awesome pictures on
my way out of Guyana! As I was leaving, a storm was coming so there was just a
giant sheet of clouds above Guyana and we were flying above them. It was so
beautiful, I took lots of pictures!
I Skyped my family Christmas Day and it took some time to
get it going because of the technical difficulties. The neighbors were playing
some Hindu music really loud so that made things difficult as well! Luckily, by
the time it was my time to Skype, there weren't any problems and the neighbors
seemed to have stopped playing music. We also visited this one member family
with our branch president and because their front yard was flooded, we brought
some long boots with us so we could walk through!
Bonaire is really cool, really pretty and there are tourists
everywhere! Everything here is really weird in comparison to where I just
came from; the standard currency is US dollars, we drive on the right side of
the road, there are cruise ships coming in daily and white people are everywhere....where
am I? Unfortunately, a lot of the Dutch people here don't like religion or us.
My first day though, we went out for some ice cream with Sister Noij and her
little girls. They're so adorable! As I ate my ice cream we were talking with
them all and it was just so nice to speak Dutch again, I didn't realize how
much I missed it!
I'm excited to be working here, my district is really
awesome and I'm ready to see what's in store for me! Wish me luck!!
Lobi,
Elder Hardy
Title Translation: "Bonaire?" "No, still an island."
"Bonaire?" "No, Curacao." "Bonaire?" "Bon
tardi!" "What?"
attached: Clouds, clouds, cool island thing and the Noij
family, their friend and the Elders
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