June 15, 2009

dear familythis week went well. its a lot different being zone leader. when theres a problem we are the ones who have to fix it haha, we cant just pass the problem on to someone. no one came to church on sunday. its been a long time since i havent had someone in church so it made me a little mad. but i have only been in the area for 2 days. i have another companion from Logan Utah. hes a pretty cool kid, he loves fishing. like 90 percent of his pictures our of him and him fishing. so i am sure this transfer for a p day we are going to go fishing. he has a fishing pole and everything. his name is Elder Marshall. he has about 20 months in the mission and hes kind of getting tired of it. but last night we had a good night and worked our butts off. hes willing to work and everything but i got to be the one to push him haha. and yes i bought new shoes. they are so expensive here. i tried to get a deal but the guy wouldnt budge haha. but these shoes should at least last 8 months, so i think i will be good. we are in a branch here and only about 25 go to church. we put some good goals so we will have to see how it happens. the branch has a lot of potential so we could definately double the number of people assisting. so i am pretty excited to be in a branch that depends so much on the missionaries. we are everything to them haha. i am going to have to drop a cane on elder jardine for not giving you guys that package!! haha. i will e mail him. and no i cant imagine taking the act. i think i have forgotten all of my math skills haha. but i think from all the spanish my memory has gotten a lot better with learning. cuz now whenever i hear a word i usually memorize it if i just say the word once. so its pretty cool. and no we dont speak at the baptisms, the members do. my last day in arguello the family that got baptized got mad at me because a member showed them pictures of there baptism and the missionaries baptized them. so fabiana, the mom of the family cejas she got mad at me and said... so it looks like all the converts were baptized by the missionaries but brown wouldnt baptize us.... she was mad because i told her that we will have a member baptize her instead of me. because usually if the members baptize the converts stay active. but she dropped a little cane on me haha. and the bishop arranges everything and no we didnt have refreshments because it was fast sunday. and i think the cordoba temple will be done in about 2 to 3 years. we are in charge of 14 missionaries. and no we dont have a washing machine. we have to wash by hand. but i love everyone so much, pray for me this transfer. my comp is a zone leader and everything but he is getting really tired of the mission. so make sure you pray for me and him. hes a good missionary but he just needs to get excited. love everyone so much chau!!!!!!!!!!!!Elder Brown es lo mejor