09/16/09

So how was the trip to bend? Things are going really good here. Last week we had divisions with the Assistants to the President and it was really good we got a lot of contacts and new investigators and programs. I went with Elder Ortiz from Columbia and it was really cool. So you know how I told you how Augustine’s dad didn’t want her to get baptized well I went with Elder Ortiz to that family and took a baptism registry and he signed the sheet and she is getting baptized the 3rd of October I was so excited the work with that family finally paid off. Then the next day we had zone conference so we got a ride with the assistants and it was a good conference. You always learn a lot of good stuff like this one was about having the Spirit and focusing on your investigators. We also had district meeting which went good and afterward my comp and I went to carre which is a big shopping center and they have American stuff so we bought some really good food my comp is a really good cook. Also in the pinch we have had a lot of speakers so we hooked it all up and every room has two speakers the kitchen the two bed rooms and the bathroom and we have two subwoofers it sounds amazing. But anyway I am doing really good. You know when I got here I was 98 kilos I am now 77kilos I have lost 21kilos now. Which means when I was in the mission home when I got here I was 213 pounds and now I'm 170 pounds I have lost 43 pounds. I had to make a new notch in my belt. I have lost right around 6-7 inches so I have lost a ton its crazy to think about but when I come home you guys are not going to recognize me. Well I guess I will let you go for now and will write you next week also I will send pics next week. Tell everyone I love them.

Elder Herold