Dear Mom and Dad,
Wow, this week has been super crazy. Very difficult, very, very, very difficult to start with, but now, everything is great. I got going with him, and for the first day, nobody had much to say. He just never talked. Really, he didn’t. We went to some investigators, and I expected him to just jump in, introducing himself to people and whatnot. But he didn’t. He didn’t say crap. And I was terrified that I wasn’t gonna be able to talk to my investigators. And holy crap, he is not a good teacher. He knows the doctrine, but he does not teach with the spirit. He tries to use such big words and eloquent speaking and all of that, and it is just really boring and also kinda of embarrassing. Sucky. But yeah, it was really bad until Thursday. One morning, Wednesday, I went up and washed garments for about an hour. And we didn’t say even one word to each other. Seriously. Not even one little tiny itty bitty word. How awkward was that? Super. That’s how. And he really wouldn’t talk at all to the investigators. We were in the house of one investigator, and one of those awkward silences came up for about ten seconds. Ew, it was so awful. Thursday night, though, we started to lighten up. He started talking a little bit more, but not
to the investigators, only to me. But I realized, hey, I can do this. I have been leading all week, starting the lessons, and conversing with all of the people, more or less. So yeah, it was ok. Except. . . well, we haven’t done much. There’s a word here, lampara, which is someone who puts on that they are working really hard, when in reality, they aren’t doing crap. That was my comp. And this week, that was me. We wasted a whole lot of time, and I blame myself. Never again, though. I will not do it. I was not feeling happy with myself after it, and I just felt super unaccomplished. So it won’t happen again. We basically really neglected so much important stuff. So there was that. But, the thing is, he’s not my comp anymore! We´re sitting there last night, and he gets a call. He gets done and says, "Well, there’s changes. Bye." He got transferred to the Concordia, which is in our zone, and I was getting one of the missionaries there. His name is Elder Albino. In his second change, he was made trainer of two missionaries and district leader. He is really super good, and I am happy to have him here. It’s hard on Elder Reeve, who was in the Concordia, because he only has one change in the whole mission, and
it’s gonna be really hard. I was more sad for him than anything. But I know with this guy that we will do a lot. He really, really, really likes to work, so we´ll be gettin some stuff done. I think it´ll really show me what to do, and I’ll actually pay attention this time. So I’’m excited. Maybe the time will really just start to take off and fly by. I guess we´ll just have to wait and see, yeah? Well, yeah, that’s about that. That’s hard to hear about Kevin. I never really knew him that well. I know how hard it must be for his family and for Grandma and everyone. But I know that they´ll pull through. I’ll pray.
About the packages, I got one from Dana, a book, and one from the Primary. I got a different one from Dana a little while ago with yours, so maybe it just got here a little bit earlier. I dunno. But about what to put in them, whatever. I don’t really need any toys I don’t think. The kids are fine. A couple of t-shirts would be really
cool, but yeah, apart from that, I think I’m good. Thanks though.
Umm, I think I’m gonna take all the pictures off my card and put them on a cd. Apparently, I’m gonna get robbed. That’s what Estrada told me. I might just get a cd that you can continually put movies on, and then just every week put the new pictures on it. That would be really super cool. And then when its full, I can try to figure out a way to send it home. Maybe. It’s a possibility, I think.
Well, I can’t really think of anything else that I need, but just keep me in your thoughts and prayers and everything. Thanks for everything that you guys do for me, and I know that I am blessed. Don’t worry about fallin apart yet; I think you still got 50 years each. Anyways. I love you and miss you all, and hope that you have a good week. Wish me luck this week, and I’ll try not to do anything stupid.
Love,
Jace
Wow, this week has been super crazy. Very difficult, very, very, very difficult to start with, but now, everything is great. I got going with him, and for the first day, nobody had much to say. He just never talked. Really, he didn’t. We went to some investigators, and I expected him to just jump in, introducing himself to people and whatnot. But he didn’t. He didn’t say crap. And I was terrified that I wasn’t gonna be able to talk to my investigators. And holy crap, he is not a good teacher. He knows the doctrine, but he does not teach with the spirit. He tries to use such big words and eloquent speaking and all of that, and it is just really boring and also kinda of embarrassing. Sucky. But yeah, it was really bad until Thursday. One morning, Wednesday, I went up and washed garments for about an hour. And we didn’t say even one word to each other. Seriously. Not even one little tiny itty bitty word. How awkward was that? Super. That’s how. And he really wouldn’t talk at all to the investigators. We were in the house of one investigator, and one of those awkward silences came up for about ten seconds. Ew, it was so awful. Thursday night, though, we started to lighten up. He started talking a little bit more, but not
to the investigators, only to me. But I realized, hey, I can do this. I have been leading all week, starting the lessons, and conversing with all of the people, more or less. So yeah, it was ok. Except. . . well, we haven’t done much. There’s a word here, lampara, which is someone who puts on that they are working really hard, when in reality, they aren’t doing crap. That was my comp. And this week, that was me. We wasted a whole lot of time, and I blame myself. Never again, though. I will not do it. I was not feeling happy with myself after it, and I just felt super unaccomplished. So it won’t happen again. We basically really neglected so much important stuff. So there was that. But, the thing is, he’s not my comp anymore! We´re sitting there last night, and he gets a call. He gets done and says, "Well, there’s changes. Bye." He got transferred to the Concordia, which is in our zone, and I was getting one of the missionaries there. His name is Elder Albino. In his second change, he was made trainer of two missionaries and district leader. He is really super good, and I am happy to have him here. It’s hard on Elder Reeve, who was in the Concordia, because he only has one change in the whole mission, and
it’s gonna be really hard. I was more sad for him than anything. But I know with this guy that we will do a lot. He really, really, really likes to work, so we´ll be gettin some stuff done. I think it´ll really show me what to do, and I’ll actually pay attention this time. So I’’m excited. Maybe the time will really just start to take off and fly by. I guess we´ll just have to wait and see, yeah? Well, yeah, that’s about that. That’s hard to hear about Kevin. I never really knew him that well. I know how hard it must be for his family and for Grandma and everyone. But I know that they´ll pull through. I’ll pray.
About the packages, I got one from Dana, a book, and one from the Primary. I got a different one from Dana a little while ago with yours, so maybe it just got here a little bit earlier. I dunno. But about what to put in them, whatever. I don’t really need any toys I don’t think. The kids are fine. A couple of t-shirts would be really
cool, but yeah, apart from that, I think I’m good. Thanks though.
Umm, I think I’m gonna take all the pictures off my card and put them on a cd. Apparently, I’m gonna get robbed. That’s what Estrada told me. I might just get a cd that you can continually put movies on, and then just every week put the new pictures on it. That would be really super cool. And then when its full, I can try to figure out a way to send it home. Maybe. It’s a possibility, I think.
Well, I can’t really think of anything else that I need, but just keep me in your thoughts and prayers and everything. Thanks for everything that you guys do for me, and I know that I am blessed. Don’t worry about fallin apart yet; I think you still got 50 years each. Anyways. I love you and miss you all, and hope that you have a good week. Wish me luck this week, and I’ll try not to do anything stupid.
Love,
Jace