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

Monday, January 16, 2012

January 16, 2012

Dear Family,
First off, before I forget, the little things. No, my camera is not fixed. It costs like 150 bucks to change the lens, and it would be a lot better to just buy a new one. Hurts like heck to do it, but hey, you gotta. Second, the package hasn't came. I'm basically positive it got lost. I dunno. I still hope a lot, but its starting to fade. Not much else I can say. Umm, thats all.

Alright. I’m good. This week went well. We baptized the daughter of the lady we baptized last week. It was good. This week, we´ll be baptizing the wife of Diego, my other convert here. It’s awesome. Then, two weeks later, hopefully, we can baptize their neighbors. There’s a lot to do. Just can’t get disfocused (is that a word? dont think so) Yeah. There were changes last night, and my comp left. I’m now here with a Peruvian, whose got about 4 months in the mish. I swear, I get all of the newbs here. Or maybe its just because there was a period where almost no one came, like, 6 months, and now I’m seeing all of the youngins. That’s probably it. Still. His name is Elder Alcarraz. We´ll see. I’ve heard bad dirt on him, but what the heck. I’ll rip out all a that dirt and fill it with. . . well, something good, pues.

Apart from that, nothing new has happened. This is my 5th to last change. I don’t want to even know that, but I do. Time is rapidly going down, and it’s starting to scare me. That finish line just keeps coming closer and closer. I still have a lot of time left, too. That’s the biggest thing. I dunno. I just don’t wanna leave yet. I still feel so new. Like I have the world to learn. I can easily say now that I have progressed so much as a missionary and as a person, but still. It’s really weird to think about. But, that’s life. Just keep on keepin on, no? Take it one at a time. It’s good stuff out here. I’ve been learning a lot, and I have been happy, too. Enough of that. Well, I love you guys and miss you all. I know that this next week is gonna be awesome. Invite someone new to church. How awesome would those missionaries think you guys are. I don’t even know how many people they get to baptize there. Weird to think about. Yeah.

Con cariƱo,
Elder Jace Reber