Missionary culture and all that jazz

This post comes all the way from Warwick, Rhode Island, via courtesy of Elder Pierson. It is just a portion of his letter. If you're interested in reading the whole thing (which reads like a really long text, btw) let me know and I will forward you the rest. (Kids these days . . . do they learn anything in school?)

"I was on an Exchange on Saturday and was in Providence again. I was with a spanish Elder though so all of the lessons we taught were in spanish and everywhere we went we were in a spanish area.(daba de daba daa . . . with a blue little window and everything was blue and himself . . .idk if you'll get that joke) I sat in on the lessons and couldn't speak at all. I would just sit there and try and smile and stay awake hahaha. It was fun though. Being in such a different culture was so cool. That's what is awesome about this mission - it's not just one culture. It definitely is a melting pot and i meet a whole variety of people."

(Does the music help you picture him sitting in that living room . . . listening . . .not understanding a word, singing this gentile song in his missionary head? But, still happy to be a missionary in an area rich with history and culture and all that jazz?)