Now to my week ha ha. I had so much going on this week....first after writing my email to you guys I got to go watch Tangled. That was great and in English which was even better. Thenwe got to go to this place called Rokys (Row-keys is the pronunciation) and idk if thats right. I cant spell good anymore ha h) and eat like half a chicken and fries but thats normal for almost everymeal well the chicken part.
So Tuesday we had our district and zone meetings. They were normal ha ha lots of talking of others and me trying to understand them. Spanish though...wow I would not have guessed that I wouldve been this far this fast with it. I guess when your immersed and have the spirit, you can learn stuff really fast ha ha. Oh Idk if I had told you guys about this part. Last Sunday I taught a lesson with Elder Pillajo, and one of the ladies said that she couldnt believe that there could be a prophet today. Earlier that day I had just read Alma 39:17. This has become my favorite scripture only for the question that it asks. I would like to invite you all to read this question expecially if you have any doubts about the church or anything about the Gospel. Its awesome!
I am actually somewhere where the internet works pretty well and I can send pics so Im sending them to Grandma and Grandpa and they will have to send them out.
Wednesday I got to meet with my group fromt he MTC again. Man it was really good to see them all. In the picture from left to right is Zarian, Me, Prestwich, Young, Nelson, and Cottle. We had a training meeting on using 10 points to start teaching and how to invite people to baptism, because lets be honest we're terrible at it. It was hilarious when I walked in and saw Elder Nelson. He showed me his planner on one side a picture of something spirtual, and on the other a picture of Dragonball Z a cartoon from our childhood. I started laughing because I pulled out my planner. On one side the picture of Jesus looking out at Jerusalem; the other, Dragonball Z ha ha. Elder Nelson was my first companion in the MTC if you all remember. I had Elder Young say "Wow, you two are meant to be companions." I think it would either A it would be really awesome or B it could be a disaster ha ha.
Thursday was my zones day for interviews. I will say I had more American food this week than I have like my whole mission ha ha. We had McDonalds for lunch Wednesday. Wow that Big Mac was sooo good. And we had Pizza Hut the next day in our interviews. We also worked on setting goals and the same things as Wednesday.
I love my Mission President. He is definitely called of God. So in this meeting we had a moment where we were sharing our favorite scriptures. I couldnt think of another scripture in D&C 6 about talking peace to your mind. but the crazy is the scripture Pres Turk shared, D&C 6:36. The scripture is on my mission plaque back home. Ya it was awesome.
So I still havent gotten my Christmas package....:( Idk where it is or anything but hopefully I will get it this week otherwise, I'm getting it after Christmas.
Love you Guys always!!!!!!
Sam
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
December 12, 2011
Dear Family and friends,
Okay, so this week is pretty good. Last week on "P-day" I bought a soccer ball so my exercise, when I can get myself out of bed is messing with the soccer ball. It is a lot of fun--haha. Anyway, I will try to answer some questions. I live in a house and it is just my companion and me. There's no carpet, so I actually have to use a towel to dry my feet. Every day is different. I have not gotten the package or pouch mail yet. I get mail only once a week. Lucky for me, I eat with the Zone Leaders and they're awesome! They give me my mail early like on Thursday or Friday instead of Tuesday of the next week in our zone and district meetings. My companion is the District Leader and our district consists of my companion, me, and four hermanas (sisters in Spanish). The zone is made up of our two zone leaders and another district of six elders.
In our house the roof is...I don't know exactly, but it rained like Friday I think and my bed got wet. It was really funny while walking to our pensionistas home to eat cause my companion had his sweater and a jacket and I only had my shirt. Everyone like runs and hides from the rain and like it's hated here. I love it...haha. Another thing--our house has a door that locks to our actual room the lock sucks, so we have run floss through the door to pull the lock open from the inside. It's pretty ____(insert your own word here of your liking) rigged. The power has been out all weekend which sucks. With no power the water is literally like 33 degrees--it's cold. I only washed my hair yesterday and quite honestly haven't showered today--it's terrible! I have gotten a new hobby though. I have started sealing letters to one of my friends in the mission with a wax seal. Yes, pressing and everything --it's hilarious. I would send one to you guys, but the problem is that idk (I don't know) if it can go through the mail...haha.
I had the bishop come to me and ask me how the youth are in our ward and how to keep them interested in mutual and stuff like that. I was taken aback by this and have been thinking about it. Grandpa, any ideas?
So, Nickolas (Sam's 12-year-old brother), you lucky duck! (Nickolas goes skiing with Grandpa Spencer along with the other grandkids that are 12 years and older). I want to see snow so bad and you get to ski three times a week!!!! Oh well, it's okay. In two years we'll be snowboarding!
My mission president has been in for just over a year and I will say that he definitely is called of God. I love him to death already. I have only had one normal interview and another over the phone and one with him at my request. This coming Thursday I have another one (I think those are about every six weeks--not sure).
I'm really excited for this Wednesday. I get to meet with all of the elders and sisters I came from the MTC with again for a meeting with the president for more training. I swear all you do in your mission is train and train. I'm not done with training till after the first three months here. Well, I have one down and two more to go. I will figure out the other stuff and write in a letter.
The problem with pouch mail is we can only send one letter a month by pouch--it's dumb! But, hey, I think my time is up so I will go and I'm just gonna write letters and send them all at once in like a pouch. We can only go to Serpost with our entire district and my district doesn't like to. It sucks so I think next week we will possibly go and I will send all my letters in once package.
I love you guys so much and can't wait for Skype on Christmas Day. I'm going to make two calls--one to my dad with his family and one to my mom.
I love you all,
Sam
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