Tendonitis from making cotton candy? Is tendonitis like carpal tunnel? (I have no idea how to spell that)... the thing that violin players can get later in life..?
Grandpa said to "send Wyatt 100 dollars"?? haha that's fantastic!!
I just read the letter you sent, from Mr. McLennan when I was in Kindergarten, hahahaha I hadn't read that before ever. I'll be honest, I laughed pretty hard right there haha...
You know what, I am 21 months into the mission, I think every one of the friends that I had have forgotten about me... Oh well :)
We've had a couple of rough weeks here, trying to find new investigadors and help even our converts get baptized. We're doing alright but it's just a battle, the good battle :) We had to tell Claudia, in a careful nice way while being direct, that she didn't have the right to judge the members for their faults, and that it was foolish to let that get in the way of the real reason why she needs to go to church, and why she needs to take her kids to church so that THEY CAN GET CONFIRMED... And the cool part is, that she understood, I could see it in her eyes and I felt that it was told to her fairly well, she didn't get mad and close up. If we had gone blazing guns trying to boss her around, we would have been toast. Just like in any other opportunity when I had tried to boss my own brothers around...
the bad part is, is that she still didn't come to church and we're going to have to keep helping her so that those children can get baptized. I have a feeling that it's going to be alright. This is really interesting, I have learned more how to love people and know how it feels when people that you love don't make good decisions. It just makes you want to say, what were you thinking?? and makes you want to do what you can so that they can make the right choice. The whole mission, I have been feeling and seeing that, but it's even more now.
I have a request... I would love a big box of Swiss Miss hot chocolate. Because I can heat water really fast here, and have something nice for when it's cold. And I think you can send that like you were able to send the Reese's Puffs, wrapping it up and just sending it. I would love that :) The hot chocolate here, I have to make with milk... And I can get water easier :)
I can't believe it... Walker's package that you sent him gets there faster than mine gets here... I even think Madrid Spain is a little bit further!
I'm sending you a photo of the last leadership conference that we had about two weeks ago.
There are a few places that I need to go to next Monday where I will be taking photos, a couple of murals and we're going to the ocean next week. Taking the bus to the Boca...
I think I already told you this but Elder Perkins, one of my comps from Santa Rosa is in my zone now. We are the 2 district leaders in the zone now, and it is great to be with him again :)
This Friday we have interviews with President along with our District meeting. And I think Pres is going to be sitting in my district meeting.. Pressure's on...
Love you mom :!!!!!!