How
are you? You guys sound like you guys are doing so well! I´m jealous you guys
went to black Friday, that was always so much fun. Great memories! Thank you
for the last package, I appreciate it so much! I´m so happy to hear about
Walk´s football games, I´m so mad I couldn´t be there! But tell him if he´s
having trouble on top look for the Arbon tilt and if it´s not there, let him
up! I´m glad Mae´s doing good, is she still afraid of her teacher? I can´t wait
until Johnni starts track, I can´t wait to see her marks. I´m so grateful to
have the family I do. It truly is the perfect family for me and I love you guys
so much.
This
week was awesome! We were suppose to leave at 4 in the morning on Tuesday
but there was a huge strike in Argentina so there was no flights. We had
to stay another day in the CCM. But instead we left at 12 on Wednesday on a
ferry. It was so fun! The first night we got there, met the president, and
stayed at the hotel by the temple. The next day we woke up at 6 and had a push
up contest, it´s a tradition for all the new missionaries coming into the
field. But after that we went to the clinic and got our blood drawn, teeth
checked, and a physical. After that we came back to President´s house and met
our new comps. My trainer’s name is Elder Manning, he´s from Las Vegas. Great
guy. He´s been out a year and four months, went to a year at BYU before his
mission, and played football and ran track in high school. But after we met our
new comps we took a 6 hour bus ride to our area, it´s in the department of
Salto and we´re in Colonia 18 de Julio. Our area is huge. We actually get to
ride bikes because our area is so big. My butt is killing me because I´m not
used to riding a bike 8 hours a day. But our house is so ghetto! Love it
though. Toilet doesn´t flush all the way, have a washing machine (you have to
fill it up with water though), no cupboards for the plates and stuff like that,
floor is concrete, bugs are everywhere, every night we have to fill up our
water tank. I love it though! It´ll be a great experience. The first day we
went and ate with one of the members. They fed us rice with some hamburger
meat, potatoes, and sweet potatoes in it. I had a hard time eating it though
because there were so many flies, but it was actually pretty good. But they sat
there and watched us while we ate. I felt so bad, they are so giving here. Here
we only have branch of about 20 to 30 people. It used to be bigger but the old
bishop stole money from the church and it offended a lot of people. The people
here are all dirt poor, they work in the places called chacras (farms), a lot
of them don´t even know how to read. But they are so loving and giving. We went
and visited a less active member because their daughter was having a birthday
party and they gave us all their food and they have nothing now. They are so
humble. But right not there´s not a lot of new investigators. We did have a baptism last Saturday though, his name is Jhon, 22 years old. Great guy. But there´s not a whole lot of baptisms like I thought there would be. I guess the people here and just so relaxed. They just don´t care about much, that´s their culture. But it´s so poor here, I know it´s going to truly teach me humility. I love it here, it´s truly a blessing to be here.
I
want you to know I love you! I´m so grateful to have you in my life. I really
do miss you. I hope all is well and I love you. Could you also send me a couple
pictures of our family? The members like to look at pictures of your family so
I want to tape them in my scriptures. Also, one of the Latinos stole my
microfiber towel, they needed it more than I did, so could you send me a
new one?
Your
son,
Elder
Arbon
