November 23, 2009

Dear familywe got transfers on saturday so now i am in my new area. i am back in cordoba!!! so i am way excited. i kind of wanted to go back to my first area and be a district leader. but i guess the lords got other plans haha. i am way excited though. my companion is elder zuñiga, he is from chile. i actually lived with him 4 and a half months ago. its pretty funny because i was his zone leader, and now hes my companion and we will be zone leaders together. i am way excited to be in cordoba, there is just a special spirit about it, and i know its because the temple is coming here. we have a burger king in our area!! so i am way excited about that. so its a double bonus. the temple, and burger king. haha just kidding. it was pretty hard saying good bye to members and investigators that were in my last area. it was my home for 6 months, and now i am kind of home sick from that area. but oh well. thats the only thing i dont like about the mission. is saying goodbye. i was joking with my members and told them that i was never going to make friends in my next area cuz then i will have to say goodbye if i make friends haha. its the hardest part about the mission. but anyway, everything besides that is amazing. and i promise that i will endure to the end and we are going to have a lot of success in this area, i am pretty sure it will be my last area. my birthday went really well. some members cooked me the cake that you send me mom, and it was delicious!! we found a lot of success on my birthday so that was pretty fun. but i was a little sad on my birthday because it just means that i am 3 months away from leaving the mission. i dont think they have started doing the tithing settlement. they usually do it like in the middle of december here. i think its pretty easy to get it done here. i should be getting home february 17th. so you can say that to bishop rasmussen. DONT MAKE ME REPEAT THE DATE haha. it scares me. and i dont blame you for not having to much interest in the soccer game. its fun to play, but i cant stand watching it haha. and thats all the people do here. is play soccer and wach soccer. and thanks for the advice Dad. its funny cuz i gave one of the elders in my zone advice that was similar to that one. i told him to be obedient because we love the lord. then i told him that i have never ever regreted it for being obedient in my mission. and its the truth. i have never regretted it because its what we are supposed to do and the Lord rewards us for it. i cant believe spencer is already home! thats so crazy. oh and this thanksgiving we have councel as zone leaders with the president and the hermana. so hopefully we get a turkey or something haha. but i will have to tell you next week. we will see. thanks for all that you are doing for me, and i know you are praying for me in every one of your prayers. i love everyone so much and have a great day.Megani love the pictures of oriana. i cant believe how big she has gotten so fast. and her 2 front teeth are way funny. the ties are hilarious but i am not even allowed to where 2 of them haha. and the one thats black with flowers on it is questionable. haha. but i love them, and i will wear them when i get home. way to go on the 900 dollar bonus thats way cool. but i love ya a ton megan, and have a good day! thanks for the e mail.Nikkihelllllooooo. i think that was the second time that you put i need more allowance in you subject line. haha. i am glad that lance won the competition. i am not going to lie, i have a gained a little weight on my mission haha. but monday me and my comp won a competition too. it was to see what missionary could find the most new investigators in 2 hours. and we won. we found 2 familes, so we found 6 new investigators. to cound a new investigator you have to enter in their house, teach them, and leave them with a commitment and have a return appointment for the next day. so it was pretty funny. i love you very muchly chau!!Kelseyfirst of all. of course you take a second class of spanish or you are going to olvidar everything that you learned in your first class. and what are you talking about you dont have any fun classes. spanish is way divertido!!!! you better take it!! and second of all, you better not be trying to hook me up with Kenzie your roommate. i would just feel weird. you talk about her so much i feel like she is in the family haha just kidding. but i love you have a good day. chau!!