Week 4 in Mexico

Puerto Vallarta

Anna, that is crazy that you should be getting your call soon. Let me know as soon as you get it. Jess, don’t be scared for tryouts, you pretty much could play varsity right now. Just do all the little things so that you stand out. If he needs an extra person be the first one to step up. Ya, I know I need to say something to my comp about him going to bed on time because I think that it is holding us back from success that we could be having. It is hard to find a way to tell him, but I need to do it. Cause when we are not being obedient then the Lord won’t trust us with His children. Well Mom, it’s so hard to exercise everyday cause it seems like I get up at the crack of dawn. I know I need to do it, I am going to try to be better at it this week. Ya, I got an email from Austin but I didn’t write him cause we are not supposed to. I’ll just write the thing now to the fellas. Ya, Ali sent me a letter but I have no idea how to send a letter and don’t really have time to shoot that down the tube. Well ya, the heat is fine I guess. It is sooooo hot, but right now in these months it is cooling off a little bit. Usually we don’t eat dinner, we just work through it and I come home and have some cereal or something. We go to Costco like every other week and I bought a big box of corn flakes today, I am so excited. Ya, the language is coming a little more I think. I am going to tell all of the gringos to only talk to me in Spanish, we will see if that happens. But ya, it’s always a little frustrating but I know I am going to struggle, that is part of the mission. It’s still hard to understand what they are saying because they talk too fast and pronounce stuff so much differently. Their vowels make the words sound so much different. But it’s all good, there is a season for everything like it says in Ecclesiastics 3, and this is a season right now to learn as it says and basically look like an idiot, but I’m good with that. Wow Winston, worst name ever.... that kid was so weird but kinda funny, that brought back some good memories. Ya Meg, i liked Monson’s too. I totally forgot what it was about but ya, I liked it. My comp is alright, he seems like he is kinda mad all the time but he is kinda an emo kid. Elder Dorphlin said that he is always like that. But Elder Dorphlin is a really good guy. He came up to me and just said if you need anything or are having problems with anything just let him know. That really comforts me and it’s good to know that I have someone I can go to, and speak English with. Ha .... Dad that’s cool you are going to learn how to ski. I wish I would have. Maybe I will take it up when I get back with you and you can teach me the ways. When Austin took me he just messed around with me. Ha ha, that kid. What, Sean is already home? That is sooooo weird. Oh ya, definitely money on Rick Jenson. I am reading and writing so i don’t know if I will be able to write Anna this week but next week I will write her. But ya, this week went by really fast. I am going to finish the BOM in English first and then after try to start it in Spanish. The scriptures are super hard to understand in another language. But I am in Helaman right now and I am loving it. I love in, I think it is Helaman 10 and the first, when it talks about him pondering first and then not until after he pondered he received an answer. There are so many things we can apply. Well, I have to speak this coming week to pump up the ward. I am speaking with Elder Dorphlin, so I will let you know how that goes. i will probably leave a lot of time for Elder D. Well, we went to another part of Vallarta today and it was the exact same spot where we went to meet the friend of David or Frank, I can’t remember. In that little square. And we ate at that little place up stairs out on the patio. That was weird to remember. I just remembered all of the cousins being there. I ate some sort of chicken that the other Elders say the new kids usually get sick or throw up from it the first time, but I handled it and it wasn’t that bad. I will see what I can do about the pictures next week. We don’t have that many new investigators right now and the ones that we do have are not really progressing. It’s tough work. But we got 70 contacts this week and I am pretty sure that that is the most for this mission for the week. So that was good. But there are so many things we can improve on. My comp doesn’t know much about PMG. He has not read much of it so I am always trying to give him more ideas from it because that is how we should be teaching and finding and etc. Well, I love you so very much and pray for you everyday. I hope all is well at home. It has hit me even more this week how very real an eternal family can be, and am trying to do all I can on my part so we can have that after this life. Now that everyone is crying I am sure, donde esta el baño........................peace.