Killed by a Peruvian ... Gotta Run! (6/4)

[from June 4, 2018] 

hey family,

so i don`t have changes, but my companion does. he`s going to ceiba. my new companion is gonna be Elder Bohorquez from Peru. A peruvian trained me and a peruvian will kill me.

[EDITOR'S NOTE: It is tradition to speak of missions as a metaphor of life. You are "born" at the start. Your trainer is your mission "dad" (or "mom" for sisters). There is a midlife crisis. And the end of your mission is "death". Your companion at the end of your mission "kills" you off and sends you to the afterlife. So please do not worry that Christian's final companion is actually going to do him harm.]

i know... the end is near. i`m starting my last change in the mission this week. pretty crazy to be one of the oldest guys in the mission. 

so I`m gonna finish here in saba. i think it`s getting stronger every day, yesterday we had a huge attendance at church. 

i am so sorry guys. there is an emergency with some other missionaries that i have to go figure out right now. i read your emails and i want to respond but i`ve gotta go right now...

bye... hopefully i can write more tomorrow!

-Elder Stoddard