10/19/09

So how is it going? I know I’m writing on a Monday because today is p-day because Wednesday is zone conference. But next week it will be Wednesday as normal. So how is the family? Its cool here I am now in Santa Fe North it’s a relatively large city like supposedly it’s about 600,000 people. So it’s pretty cool. It has Wal-mart and McDonalds what else do you need? Our area is smaller than Federal which is nice and here it’s a Ward with anywhere from 70 to 100 people on Sundays. My comp is Latin and my Spanish has started to take off and it’s only going to get better now. So when I come home I will be fluent. They have some cool members and it’s nice they do a lot of activities and also here nobody washes our clothes so I have to wash all my clothes by hand. But it’s all good. Who needs a washer and dryer anyways? We live about 30 blocks from the District Leader and his comp and we hang out p-days. There is definitely a lot more people here. The other day we taught this guy and his son and the son is like 35 and the dad was old and we had just finished and a friend of theirs showed up and he was a drug dealer he showed us his marijuana and he was also drunk it was a little uncomfortable. But we got a good contact from another friend who lost his wife and has 3 kids and it’s a different guy and he was really cool he wants to learn more about the gospel. Also here we have lunch appointments which are really nice. We only have to cook lunch p-days. This area is really cool also because you can find anything because you’re in the city. The trip here was long and lonely I had to travel alone but it’s allowed by the president because there was nobody in my area coming here also and they don’t have money to pay for a bunch of extra bus trips. But it was good. Tuesday night we went to Concordia and spent the night then I left at 6:45 in the morning to Parana and from their changed buses to Santa Fe. I got to go thru the tunnel under the river to Santa Fe. It was pretty cool but by the time you came out the other side it smelled like gas fumes bad. It was fun though and it was nice to have some alone time to reflect and to ponder and meditate the mission so far and to relax the mind. Also I'm in the highest baptizing part of the mission this zone baptizes the most. This area should be fun. So how is the weather? Here it’s starting to get hot also this is the hottest part of the mission. How are the ducks doing? They winning and what are they ranked. Just think I almost have 8 months in the mission. In 65-66 days I get to call home that will be nice to talk to you all. Well I guess I will let you go and tell mom and dad hi and tell them I will write next week but make sure and send your emails in time so I can read them by noon my time in Argentina. Well tell all that I love them and I love you and will write you all next week.

Elder Herold