Dear Mom and Dad,
Hey, yeah, today is the day of changes. Elder Evenson left, to be a zone leader, and my new companion is here already. Elder Estrada is his name. Yeah, he’s a Latino. From Nicaragua. Man, it’s been weird. I don’t know what to say to him or how to say it or understand anything that he is saying. Doesn’t that just sound so much fun? But it’s ok. This will be a really, really, really good experience for me, because for these first couple of weeks I have to take charge and show him where everything is at and the investigators and everything, and so yeah, we´ll see. I don’t wanna say that I am totally gonna destroy everything that we have been trying to do it, but I’m probably gonna destroy everything. Ah well. Long as I get a little bit better. Thanks for keeping me in your prayers and everything. I need all that. Really, I have been stressing with the new comp thing, and I just hope that I can do it. More than anything, just be able to talk to this guy in a little bit of time, and be able to joke around. If not, it is going to feel like a really super long time. I hope not.
Anyway, enough of the sad talk. It sounds like you guys had a fun time at home. I wish I could´ve been there. It seems like we were always with some other people. It would´ve been nice to just have us do something sometime. When I get back, we´ll have to do that. But yeah, all of the news is great. The thing with Dad doesn’t sound too much fun. I am sure glad I haven’t been hurt too bad, yet. I have rolled my ankle 4 times or so, but it always feels better after like 20 minutes. Not too big of a deal. But I hope that you all keep having fun. Let the good times roll. I have had a fun time here. Sadly, I really don’t have too many stories yet. It’s just that this town is boring, and the lessons haven’t been super spiritual yet. At least that I can remember. I have it all down in my journal, so someday I will go back and read it and see everything that happened. I mean, I can remember some when people tell me about them, but other than that, no. Ha,ha, oh well.
Well, for me, yeah, this last week was not too good. We don’t have crap right now here, like, 2 families, and a lot of others that just won’t progress. I hope that this new guy has some ideas and stuff that will help us out a lot. But who knows. We had New Years, and it was fun. Me and Evenson went up on the roof, with a couple of chairs and his guitar, and some people were shooting fireworks and stuff. Another cool thing. On New Years Eve here, everyone makes a big doll thing.
Not like a creepy little doll, but just a big one. And at midnight, everyone lights it on fire. So there are just a whole lot of dolls in the street, burning. I got a video of it on my camera, so when I get home, we´ll have to watch it. Well, if I don’t get robbed. That would suck. But we were up there, cheering and shouting and stuff. It was really good. The next day, we were both sick, probably from all the crap we ate and did, but still, it was fun.
Well, that’s really cool about the thing with Sally and Sam. I remember seeing Sally like, two weeks before I quit Fresh Market. Weird, and yes, she was still the same. But she’s getting married now? How strange. And of course that would happen to Sam. He’s always doing dumb crap like that. I really don’t understand how he hasn’t been put in prison yet, with all his mouthin off and back-talkin. Someday, it´s gonna happen.
Well, that’s about it. I have been trying really hard to find the love for the people. I think that I care too much about how we´re gonna do it and how we´re gonna teach and what and blah blah blah. That’s all important, but I know that if I actually had this love for them, I would be a lot more successful. I am really working hard to get it. Also, trying hard not to count days. I have been doing that a ton,
recently. Just thinking about how much time I still have left, and what it’s gonna be like when I get back. I need to learn to think in the present. I’m gonna do it. I will. And, well, I just don’t have the confidence yet to do all of the stuff. To just talk to people, or to just sit there and know exactly where we´re gonna go and why and how and all that. I know that I can get better at it, but I hope that it comes with time and more experience. I bet it will.
Yeah, that’s all. Thanks for all of the prayers and love and support and everything. I have been able to feel it, and I think that it helps to make the time go faster, too. We´ll see. Well, I love all of you, and I hope that this week is one full of exciting stuff, and that you can all be happy. And about Madison, don’t worry. She´ll make more friends. Just keep praying for them, and I will too. I’ll talk to you next week.
Love,
Jace
Hey, yeah, today is the day of changes. Elder Evenson left, to be a zone leader, and my new companion is here already. Elder Estrada is his name. Yeah, he’s a Latino. From Nicaragua. Man, it’s been weird. I don’t know what to say to him or how to say it or understand anything that he is saying. Doesn’t that just sound so much fun? But it’s ok. This will be a really, really, really good experience for me, because for these first couple of weeks I have to take charge and show him where everything is at and the investigators and everything, and so yeah, we´ll see. I don’t wanna say that I am totally gonna destroy everything that we have been trying to do it, but I’m probably gonna destroy everything. Ah well. Long as I get a little bit better. Thanks for keeping me in your prayers and everything. I need all that. Really, I have been stressing with the new comp thing, and I just hope that I can do it. More than anything, just be able to talk to this guy in a little bit of time, and be able to joke around. If not, it is going to feel like a really super long time. I hope not.
Anyway, enough of the sad talk. It sounds like you guys had a fun time at home. I wish I could´ve been there. It seems like we were always with some other people. It would´ve been nice to just have us do something sometime. When I get back, we´ll have to do that. But yeah, all of the news is great. The thing with Dad doesn’t sound too much fun. I am sure glad I haven’t been hurt too bad, yet. I have rolled my ankle 4 times or so, but it always feels better after like 20 minutes. Not too big of a deal. But I hope that you all keep having fun. Let the good times roll. I have had a fun time here. Sadly, I really don’t have too many stories yet. It’s just that this town is boring, and the lessons haven’t been super spiritual yet. At least that I can remember. I have it all down in my journal, so someday I will go back and read it and see everything that happened. I mean, I can remember some when people tell me about them, but other than that, no. Ha,ha, oh well.
Well, for me, yeah, this last week was not too good. We don’t have crap right now here, like, 2 families, and a lot of others that just won’t progress. I hope that this new guy has some ideas and stuff that will help us out a lot. But who knows. We had New Years, and it was fun. Me and Evenson went up on the roof, with a couple of chairs and his guitar, and some people were shooting fireworks and stuff. Another cool thing. On New Years Eve here, everyone makes a big doll thing.
Not like a creepy little doll, but just a big one. And at midnight, everyone lights it on fire. So there are just a whole lot of dolls in the street, burning. I got a video of it on my camera, so when I get home, we´ll have to watch it. Well, if I don’t get robbed. That would suck. But we were up there, cheering and shouting and stuff. It was really good. The next day, we were both sick, probably from all the crap we ate and did, but still, it was fun.
Well, that’s really cool about the thing with Sally and Sam. I remember seeing Sally like, two weeks before I quit Fresh Market. Weird, and yes, she was still the same. But she’s getting married now? How strange. And of course that would happen to Sam. He’s always doing dumb crap like that. I really don’t understand how he hasn’t been put in prison yet, with all his mouthin off and back-talkin. Someday, it´s gonna happen.
Well, that’s about it. I have been trying really hard to find the love for the people. I think that I care too much about how we´re gonna do it and how we´re gonna teach and what and blah blah blah. That’s all important, but I know that if I actually had this love for them, I would be a lot more successful. I am really working hard to get it. Also, trying hard not to count days. I have been doing that a ton,
recently. Just thinking about how much time I still have left, and what it’s gonna be like when I get back. I need to learn to think in the present. I’m gonna do it. I will. And, well, I just don’t have the confidence yet to do all of the stuff. To just talk to people, or to just sit there and know exactly where we´re gonna go and why and how and all that. I know that I can get better at it, but I hope that it comes with time and more experience. I bet it will.
Yeah, that’s all. Thanks for all of the prayers and love and support and everything. I have been able to feel it, and I think that it helps to make the time go faster, too. We´ll see. Well, I love all of you, and I hope that this week is one full of exciting stuff, and that you can all be happy. And about Madison, don’t worry. She´ll make more friends. Just keep praying for them, and I will too. I’ll talk to you next week.
Love,
Jace