Jan 12, 2009

Tracie here - this one may need some explanation: I have made contact with Elder Spencer's mom through the missionary moms email group that I belong too - so she and I have been exchanging emails, and I told her about Joshua's blog and Picasa web album - now you'll know what he's talking about ....


Hola,

So another week, another month on my mission. Only one more month, and I’ll be halfway through! That's so exciting. But man, its just a freaking oven down here, and it just keeps getting hotter and hotter! But things are going pretty good down here, so yeah. Anyways, we’re super excited, because this week we’re going to have the baptism and marriage of Ever and Sambrina, and yeah, that's how we met Sambrina, cause she’s the girlfriend of much time of Ever. And Ever was inactive and yeah. So we’re getting all of that fixed and planned right now, and then next week we’re stoked to baptize Eddy, and that should be some saweet fotos because he wants to do it in the river.

But things are going pretty good. I’m not gonna lie though, its kind of creepy to know that families are talking to one another. I found out from my comp at first that all of his sisters were looking at my pictures and reading my blog... so that was weird. But of course I knew it had to have been you to contact first haha. But whatevs, I’ll just wipe the sweat off my forehead and keep moving on. Cause that's like all we do all day long. Did I mention it was hot down here yet? Man, I am like brown, not even kidding. I might still look white compared to the other people, but you are most definitely going to see a negro getting off of the plane in a year and not even realize its me. Oh, I also shaved my head today.. .sorry, no pictures yet. But my hair definitely shows that its thinning so I’m starting to think that it was a bad idea. And I’m praying that those pants fit, because mine are getting either too tight or really beat up. But we got Eddy all dressed up and he went out with us for the day after church... I don’t think he’s ready to be baptized yet... NOT! Dude, this kid is a stud for sure, definitely going on a mission. Its like all he talks about when he’s with us. The funniest thing in the world though was yesterday when we taught him the law of chastity. Anyways, so we explain what it is and he’s all like,
‘What?! You mean I can’t...! That's crazy!.... okay okay, I can do that, its alright. Nothing at all?! Okay okay, whatever, I’m down with that. My girlfriend might want to, but no, nope, I’ll just be like no way girl. .... .... But I don’t want to get married young!!! Sigh okay, okay, I’m good.’
Hahaha, it was the funniest conversation ever, just to listen to him kind of talking to himself. But he’s so cool that when he found out it was like, alright, now that I know, not going to be a problem.

But yeah, that's about it, nothing else really new around here. We’re just working hard the best way we know how. Love ya lots.

Elder Dennis

PS Send some of that cold my way...