mis~sion~ar~y (n) a young man who leaves his family for a short time so that others can be with theirs forever

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Oct 6, 2010

Dear Mom and Dad,

Only one week left to go. Actually, more like 6 days, because we leave early Tuesday morning, at like 6:30, so that’s good. I’m feeling good. About the converter, I think I’m just gonna go for one of the settings, and hopefully it doesn’t fry my thing. It shouldn’t, I wouldn’t think, and if it does, then that will just really suck, and Ill have to try to find one in Ecuador. Nothin else I can do, yeah?

Yeah, with the luggage, it has 55 pounds for each one, and only 17 for the carry on. The backpack would could as the carry on, so I’m gonna have to put it in the little suitcase. I can maybe just leave a whole bunch of books and stuff, and if super necessary, some toiletry items, like toothpaste or shaving cream, and any other small stuff. But I think I can do it. Not a big deal. We cant go over the weight limit,
because I think the plane we are taking is relatively small, so it´ll crash if anyone goes over. Which would be a cool story, except for the part where I would die.

The food is the same as always. I actually for like 5 days straight was having diarreah, but I talked to Hermana Whetten, the Mission Presidents wife, and she gave me some stuff. Shes super nice, and always tells us we need to have fun and do things to not make us crazy, like order a pizza to the grocery store we go to after the temple. I really like it here, a lot more than I did in Provo, honestly. And the time goes by way faster here. Its crazy. It felt like just yesterday was conference. I kinda like that, though. My feet are ok, mostly. I have one spot on my left foot that I think will blister a lot. Its where it was hurting so bad in Vegas. I can

maybe just wear more socks, and I think that will help take care of
it. If not, I can just tough it out, not a big deal.

Sorry, I don’t know the address where I will be staying. I had it on the paper, but I lost it. I’m sorry. Ill send an email when I find out where I am staying. Oh, and I have no idea when that is. Not next week, probably, cuz I don’t know when pday is yet or anything, and we don’t have any time here before we go to do it. I would guess that the first pday in the field I can go to a library or something and do it.