Puerto Vallarta
So Oly seems to be doing pretty good. That’s sweet. I wish I could be there watching them sometimes.
Dang, that sucks for Austin to be sick, because if I remember right they just stick you in a room with all the other sick people and you can pretty much do nothing. But that’s good he is better, I bet that was scary. I can totally picture Austin playing volleyball with all the Samoans. Haha. What is his email? I think elders can email each other. And Sam’s too.....
Wow, that sounds like Sam got it kind of hard. But you got to just learn to soak up every minute of it, even the bad parts. That is what Elder Holland said when he came to the MTC.
I can’t believe I have been out almost five months!!!! Almost a quarter of my mission is gone and I feel like I have just started. I feel like I should be farther along in the language at this point. But it will come little by little and I just need to have patience and faith because really I can’t do this by myself. There is no way I could learn this language without my Heavenly Father helping me along the way.
I don’t know the number you are going to call yet but you are going to call me. I think we are going to our ward to do it on the 25th. We get 30 minutes tops. I am pumped to talk to all of you. We are still figuring out the time that you can call, but I will talk to Dorflin this week and get all that info.
Wow, dude is heading out, I didn’t really picture that but good for him.
We found some really cool investigators this last week and one of them in gospel principles class, that I taught, came up to us before and said ‘hey, so when can I get baptized?’!!! She was someone that at the start was very accepting but told us she would never get baptized. I never thought I would hear that. Then we split classes and she went with the relief society. And someone, not so smart, basically told her straight up that if you don’t stay in our church you are of the devil or something like that. So then we went that night to her house and she told us that and we fixed the problem. We brought the zone leaders with us and I learned a lot from the way that they teach. She said that there is good in every religion and we shouldn’t be divided. And Elder Dorf said that there is a difference between what is good and what is correct, and that kind of struck her. It was cool. So now she said she is going to pray to see if she really wanted to get baptized or not.
Anyway ya, it is kind of weird that there is not snow around Christmas time but its all good, I like the heat. No, I have not been really very sick yet, knock on wood, just the usual. A little soft served chocolate ice cream now and then if you know what I mean.... Well now that everyone has thrown up.... ya, I love the food down here, it is way good. I think I am still waiting for the day to have something crazy, everything I have eaten so far has been pretty normal.
Oh, it sounds like Kaels secret offense is working out great.
Oh ya, we had zone conference this last week and I didn’t get my package that you sent with the jersey. I don’t know if it’s still in the office or what. But i didn’t get it, just to let you know.
Oh ya, we totally made the paper this week. On Wednesday we went caroling and brooming the streets with our santa hats and red ties, with our whole zone. There was a writer there for the newspaper and he took pics of us and put a whole page in the paper about us and our church and the BOM. I bought 2 papers to keep. I hope you can see it online because i don’t want to send it all the way home. Go on simprelibres.com and it came out this last Thursday. Anyway I am in two of the pics. One in the background on the left and the other one where people are brooming, I am in that one too.
But I am so excited to talk to y’all in a couple of weeks. I can’t believe that this year is almost over!!!! I love you so much and thanks for all the support and prayers. I hope all is going well. Keep me updated on Oly b-ball and what’s up with Meg. When is her date to get hitched? I love you so much. Peace out from Vallarta.
