Letter #9

hey everyone

so yes its going to get cold here especially if i go to toluca. right now its still pretty warm and my face is burning. sunscreen here is 200 pesos

i dont know if im losing weight... idk probably. but i love eating and cant stop but i have no time.

sorry about not answering your questions... i dont have a lot of time but i promise i will be better at answering them.

but i need a new journal. a hard back that is durable. elder juergens had some good ones that were blue that just said journal on the front and if you can find one or two like that it would be perfect.

the language... im feeling it explode. i gave a talk on sunday for 10 minutes and i couldnt think of anything to talk about so i just got up there and spoke. it was the easiest 10 minutes of my life. i talked a tiny bit about persevering to the end. but mostly of the words of living profets and the liahona and how it can bless their homes. we had awesome investigators with baptismal dates but they all fell and no one would come out of their houses. and we waited there for and hour and got to church a little late.

so i love marbles!!! its so fun. i would play with the kids while my comp was doing baptismal interviews. also the trompo... its the coolest thing in the world. its a top and you can do tricks with it. i can throw it in the air and catch it and it spins in my hand. or i just throw it on the ground and scoop it into my hand.

we got our areas changed around a little bit so we got more area... because we were working harder and one lady said we could go by and get tacos any day of the week. she just told us yesterday so we havent gone yet but also she is feeding us on monday.

this is the greatest mission in the world. we get the most baptisms per month. this month we are going for 500. crazy!!! i love the president he is rediculously strict on obedience and its amazing the blessings. im working my but off everyday. we got over 200 contacts last week. we just need more people to come to church and to get baptised.

so elder slade is my new comp. from arizona. sounds exactly like cameron clark and reminds me of glenn. he is super different from elder juergens but its not bad. he is still obedient and works hard but its just not the same. he interrupts me a lot when im doing contacts and when we are teaching lessons but i yelled at him and he is getting better. he was so used to talking all the time because his last comp was dead and left just this last change. so he was so used to it. but i love teaching and teaching with enthusiasm. but no one wants to change there religion its super sad. we are like " do you want to follow jesus christ and be baptised like him?" and they say yes but my church doesnt allow me to... THEY DONT GET IT!!! so elder slade is from a farm and he talks about his truck and cattle. and cow wrestlin

this whole week he didnt have any food so he ate mine and peanut butter is so expensive!!!

mom you would be so proud of me! im getting more organized and im picking up after myself.

i am changing a whole bunch. i want to come home but never leave my mission. it is a great experience that NO YOUNG MAN SHOULD MISS.

im glad to be here. i have learned more then i could have ever hoped for. and i still have 20 1/2 months. next week is mexican independence day so we get the whole day off and we get to watch 2 movies(so ive heard) but we will see.

tell glenn i love him!!! thats so awesome! im so proud of him and im excited to see what he will become. but tell him he is speaking drunk spanish :p

tell everyone hi for me and i love them. i dont get mail very often bc even when it gets to the mission home every week it still takes 3 or more to get out here.

i love you everyone. the gospel of jesus christ has been restored..