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 23, 2012

January 23, 2010

Dear Family,
Well, another week has passed, and still out here in this place, Carcelen Bajo, the mission, just trying to keep going and not get trunky. Things here are ok, my companion is fine, there aren’t many problems, kinda boring, but hey, that’s life, and having absolutely no one in the program. Everything fell through yesterday, and now it looks like we´ll be contacting all day, every day from here on out. Fetch. I’m gonna die.

Let’s see. We had the baptism of Diego's wife on Saturday. Super cool. Glad that I was able to be here for that, and to see her happy, too. We have a Family Home Evening on Wednesday, and I’m gonna attempt pancakes. Found a recipe online for fast ones, and I wanna see how it works. Hopefully, well, decent, at the very least. That’s about it. Visited her, and then just had to go back home the whole week. I’m having a really ,really hard time trying to contact. I need some help, but hopefully tomorrow we can see a lot of cool miracles and fun stuff that can happen.

My package came with the shoes in it. I’m basically positive the first one got lost. I’ll give it till the end of the change, and if it hasn’t come, yeah. Some little Mexican boy is probably selling the candy in Tijuana for 3 pesos a bag. Maybe not. I’m gonna put the shoes on tomorrow. Freak, I’m so glad for the socks, too. Much needed. Even more than them friggin shoes. Thanks for sending them.

What else? Time running down, still so much to do. I’m in Carcelen Bajo, in the north of Quito. It might just say Carcelen on the map, and that’s all, or maybe just somewhere like Cotocollao or maybe Condado. Any of those places are pretty close by me.

I think that’s all. This week will be hard, but I’ve gotta keep going. My comp is dedicated, and wants to do it, but, well, I gotta help. Pray for me a lot, so that I can be excited. I might break a record on contacts this week. We´ll see. If not, well, maybe I’ll get changed in 5 weeks. Can’t think about that, though. God’s a smart guy. He´ll put me where I need to be. Ok. I love you guys a lot. Miss ya. Have a good week. The church is true.

Love,
Elder Jace Reber