Not even in Peru and already got a parasite 🤣🤣🤣 (in my eye)

 What a week. This week has definitely had some ups and downs. 

The first night here was the worst night of my life. I missed my family, the sheets the mtc gives you smell like BO (I started using my own within a few hours), the beds are creaky, one of the elders in my dorm has diabetes so he has an alarm that goes off super loud and flashes every hour to wake everyone up to make sure he's OK. It sucks. I don't usually cry when I'm sad but I definitely cried the first night lol. Another thing that has sucked is I've been dealing with an eye ulceration this week. Apparently it's a parasite that eats into your cornea. Seems pretty serious. So I'll probably have to get that checked out every day lol. It hurts pretty bad. I had to take a shuttle and go to another doctor off campus. That sucked. The light sensitivity is crazy. It hurts so bad. Wow. I started to get migraines from the light and moving my eyes around so I just kinda layed inside for a while. Hopefully I don't go blind lol.

I've been selling my soul for this language. I'm very discouraged. It feels like for every 1 thing I learn there are 10 new things I need to learn.

This week did definitely have some wins though. The day after I got here I got an email that I needed to bring my yellow fever vaccine card to the office. That scared me. But when I got there they took it from me and told me congrats, and that my Visa had come. So I will be heading straight to Peru in a couple weeks. No reasignment. Im so freaking pumped. I won't lie, I was kinda excited about the idea of possibly serving in my own country for a while. This is in fact the greatest country on earth. God Bless America. But I'm stoked to go straight to Peru. They said my visa coming in under 3 months is the fastest they've seen for Peru since covid. Pretty cool. It seems like every day I meet 20 people going to Peru. Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy more than anywhere else. I'd say I've probably met more people going to Peru than the united states. Crazy.  There is definitely something special happening down there, and I can't wait to be apart of it. 

Every time I run in to Mr. Clay or Randy it is an absolute let up. I love my boys. Shoutout to Mr. Clay as he heads out for Singapore this week. 

I absolutely love my comp. At first I was worried, but he's an absolute thug. I seriously love him so much. He's from Brazil, so his Portuguese helps with Spanish. He's helped me a ton. I seriously love him so much. He's one of the nicest guys I've ever met. He loves to just lay outside and look at the mountains, so we do that a lot during our breaks. I've regained my appreciation for our incredible mountains. I can't wait to serve in the magnificent Andes.

All is well. Reach out to me! 

Con amor 

Élder Pohlman

Here's some cool photographs (hopefully they come through I suck at email.) 

1. My eye lol

2. Dressed up nice for Ken battle 

3. Rip Lil homie 

4. Elder Kenneth (he has 7 girlfriend)

5. The district (we lit)

6. Stretchy pants 

7. Some guy (good at minecraft)