May 11. 09

This weeks letter is quite short but I think because we just talked to Clinton for Mother's Day he wasn't really sure what to say. During our talk on Mother's Day he sounded really good and super happy. He said that the town he is in~ Federal is about 2 miles wide by 2 miles long. He has a member from the Branch that does his laundry for him and his companion. He also said that the members are really nice and really willing to give and help the missionaries. They do almost all their own cooking and don't have many meals with the members since there are so few, just about 30 members and 10 investigators. He did say that he doesn't want packages because you have to declare the amount of $$$ in the package then he has to pay half that amount when it comes to him. His email is now different and this is what he will be using the rest of his mission. Herold.c.n@myldsmail.net He sounds really good and happy so that is great comfort to us that he is doing well. He is getting attacked by the mosquito's at night so he is working on getting a net. He also said that they have about a 5 gallon bucket that hangs in there shower that they have to boil water for every morning for their showers. It is a very poor area that he is in and most people don't have much. They live with many people in their small concrete houses. It has been very humbling for him and he has felt very humbled by the people that have been so generous to him and his companion even though these people have nothing. He talked about how they have so many small different cars that we don't have in the States. He also has seen 5 people on ONE moped!!! And 4 people on ONE pedal bike!! They are working with one family that is almost ready to go to the Temple to be sealed and the trip will cost them about 1000 peso's~something that will take them a very long time to attain but they have faith that they will be blessed with the promises of eternal family they will receive when they travel to Buenos Aires. That's enough from me enjoy Clinton's short but interesting letter!!


Hello everybody~

How are you? I'm having a ton of fun here in Federal. We had 7 investigators in church and 19 other lessons taught. The people are nice and I've been working hard. My feet have been sore but their getting better. Last night when I got home I was charging my camera battery and the adapter hangs out of the plug a little ways and it came loose and I didn't know and I went to adjust it and I got electrocuted with 240-260 volts because they run the higher voltage here and it took a second to realize I was getting shocked and a second to move my hand I got shocked for like 3 seconds and it kind of hurt. Well everything is good so I'll talk to everyone next week.