We didn't get an email this afternoon, but we received a phone call from Alec early evening from the Dallas/Ft. Worth airport in Texas. We were so excited to know he was on his way to Argentina! Luckily both Neil and I were at home, and it was so good to hear his voice. We were very blessed to have been able to speak with Alec for about 45 minutes. He said that he received a call late the night before (October 6) to tell him to get packed and that he was leaving early the next morning (today). He got to McAllen and then flew from McAllen to Dallas where he had a couple of hours until his plane left about 8 pm to Buenos Aires Argentina. He said there were a lot of other missionaries at the airport that came from other missions on temporary assignments that would be on the same flight. He said he was very nervous but also excited. He also got to talk with Andrew, Sean, and Jared. He couldn't believe he was talking to Sean because his voice had changed so much. We talked mostly about family and news. He had heard about the government shut down and wanted to know what that was all about.
Since he was not able to send an email, he told me over the phone a few things that he wrote down of his last week in Brownsville (which I wasn't able to catch everything he said), but here is the jest of it:
On Pday - got more ties. They went to the Downtown house where they played Nerf wars and capture
the flag.
Tuesday, they had district meeting and then went to a restaurant called
Rutledge and had hamburgers, chips, and soda. They had district companion study about prayer.
Wednesday, they went to Chiles with the Castillos and had chocolate
lava cake.
Thursday, they had a two-hour lesson with Miguel, who was a policeman
in Mexico. He talked about how he use to torture people and some of the bad things he’d done.
Friday morning, he went to Harlingen (30 minutes north of Brownsville)
to get more fingerprints. Later went to
Marquez home (branch primary president) for dinner.
Saturday for General Conference – he went to Sis. Izziguirre’s house and ate chicken and beans. They are the best . . . super
good chili! After next session, they ate with ? and had homemade fried
chicken, rice and salad.
Sunday, Jaine sent them with food:
Two 12-packs of soda, box of 24 crescent rolls, box of Texas cinnamon
rolls, two bags of chips, two gallon ice cream, a container of chicken salad.
