Deán Funes - One Week and Pictures!

Ben and Elder Maw hiked this mountain on his last day in Merlo. He said it took him two hours.

Here's what Wikipedia has to say about Deán Funes, the city Ben just transferred to:

Deán Funes is a city in the province of Córdoba, Argentina. It has 20,164 inhabitants per the 2001 census [INDEC], and is the head town of the Ischilín Department. It is the largest city in the northwest of the province. It lies by National Route 60, 118 km from the provincial capital Córdoba.
The settlement was founded as Villa de Deán Funes on 9 March 1875, when the Ferrocarril Central Norte from Córdoba reached the area. It received its name honouring Gregorio Funes, a writer and deacon of the Archdiocese of Córdoba who was a deputy to the Junta Grande after the May Revolution of 1810. It received a strong wave of immigration, chiefly made up of Spaniards, Italians, people from Arab countries, and Yugoslavians. The town was officially declared a city on 29 October 1929.
The city hosts the Northern Córdoba Tradition Festival annually on the first half of January.

Ben's new companion: Elder Davis

Elder Davis is from Holladay, Utah. He played defense in Soccer. He loves hunting and is the middle child of 7 children. Ben said he is a great missionary and leader. Ben is really excited about the transfer.

As we said, Ben transferred last week to Deán Funes. It's population is 24000. Ben said the people are really nice and listen to the Elders. He said they way they speak is very distinct: "Not an Italian Spanish accent, but more of a distinct change in tone when speaking." For those of you who know a little Spanish, he said the rr is pronounce shh. He loves it.

He lives in a larger pension than the last place. The pension is like their apartment. It used to be a church as opposed to living on top of the church building. He said it is nice condition and looks more like a house. Even though he says it's nice condition, Ben has found mouse poop in his bed and says they have huge spiders... I'm still waiting for the pictures of those! They live with another set of missionaries: Elder Basualdo and Elder Jeppson. Elder Basualdo is Spanish speaking and has been helping Ben with practicing his Spanish.

This building is just a cool building there:

Ben is so excited about his transfer. He loves his new companion and the prospects of the new city. He said their goal is to baptise a family this transfer. They have zone conference in Cordoba tomorrow.

Well I'll leave some of it for him to tell you when you write him! Task to the readers of this blog: Stop for 10 minutes and write Ben a letter! He would love to hear from you!

I'll leave you with some final words from Ben's letter, it is sooo Ben! :)

Saludos to the barrio..... Elder Corbett