Nate wrote the following on Monday, February 5, 2018:

...  Soccer is big. I don´t know, but I think they play all year. They play now anyway. I don't get to watch any games though. All the blocks of the city are painted with the team colors so people know what gang owns what territory of the city, cause the teams have lots of gang violence outside of the field.

I tend to sing quite a bit just as I walk and do anything... The food is mostly all good. Today I got to eat a whole bunch of meat, so that filled an empty place in my life for a little. There is just a lot of opportunity to eat food that isn't exactly good for my body, so I don't feel good all the time about that. It's all okay though. I'll just keep on going.

I haven't had a warm shower in a very long time cause the thing is broken.  Cold showers don't make me feel as clean, so I have to shower longer.  Did you know that I/missionaries have to wear full proselytizing stuff on p-days too?  I didn't know that before the mission, but it's true.  Our neighbors moved this week, so we go to unplug the power cable that was coming in our window for the last 4 weeks so they had light in their room.  I realized that the Olympics are coming and that hit me hard cause it's about my favorite thing ever.  At least it's the winter games.  I got to play basketball this week quite a bit, and teach the natives, cause they think I'm really good, so that makes me feel good.  Also I taught an English class all by myself to a few ward members.  It went over fine, but it was weird to teach backwards...  I speak and understand lots more all the time and I'm feeling pretty comfortable with all of it.

…I attacked the freezer 2 times this week-the first time with a boiling pot of water.  Freezer 1, Nate 0.  But I made my comeback with the steak knife and demolished the whole thing, so now there is lots of space.  I can’t always remember if we have certain words in English that aren’t in Spanish cause it's all just coming together for me.  Something funny I might have told you at one point is that people just call out to me in the street and say eeeh colo, or chow colo.  Colo is just short for Colorado, and that’s what they call red heads.  I just throw up the hang loose and carry on.  I was in primary the last two weeks of church and that is a great place.