September 15, 2014

Hola,

It sounds like your week is pretty crazy with school and sports going on. It is really cool how Kenzie gets to play for JV the whole time. I am sure she is learning a lot. I can't believe she actually drives to school. Dad and I will probably have to fixed a wrecked car when I get back since she is driving. Just kidding, sort of. That is realy cool how BYU football is doing so well. I feel bad for Chuckie because he was doing so well last year until his injury. I wish Kyle would have known that girl before my mission. It would have been nice to know what to expect. At least now you have someone to tell you about my mission.

Hmna. Gloria was really scared about going under the water, so maybe it is just because they don't have bathtubs. The first attempt was the closest to getting her baptized. I almost had her completely under when she started to thrash and grabbed my tie and about choked me to death. She has been really busy this week and it has been hard to meet with her, so I don't know when we will try to baptize her again.

Juan Carlos was doing good but appearently yesterday he had another seizure. His mom said that he fell and cut his head again. We had stake conference this week and he didn't go. It was probably good that he didn't because there were a lot of people there.

Conference was really good, at least the parts I could understand. President and Sister Erickson spoke and I could understand them really well because they don't have accents. Actually they are the ones who have accents, but in my mind they don't. My mind was exhausted the final half hour after trying to understand what was going on. My mind is exhausted every night from trying to understand everything.

On Tuesday I did work visits in Retablo with another Elder Ruiz. This one is from Ecuador. He is hilarious. It was really fun to work with him because he made everything really fun and entertaining. It was good to be able to teach with someone else and see how someone else teaches, too. Also, it was nice to get away from my Elder Ruiz. I needed a break.

One Elder asked how I was doing with him the way you ask a question when you have experience with someone and know it is difficult. He then said something that makes perfect sense. Elder Ruiz doesn't always think before he says something. Therefore, he insults a lot of people and many of the things he says are insulting. I am definately learning patience right now.

I went on member splits again this week. They help me out a lot because I have to take charge and get a little break from Elder Ruiz. My spanish, when it comes to talking about the Gospel, is pretty good. If they talk about something else, I am usually completely lost.

For P-day today, we are only writing and then are getting right back to work. We are doing that because tomorrow we are leaving the mission and going to the centro de Lima as a zone. We are going to go to a Museum and then go shopping for souvenirs. I don't think I will buy much because I still have a lot of time in the mission and don't want to have to lug a lot of stuff around with me that entire time.