Feb 2, 2009

Hey there,

So, things are still just cruising along down here. Its really hot today, but it always seems hotter on P-Day, I’m not sure why that is. Oh, but I thought I told you, I got Grandmas Christmas package like 3 weeks ago… I could have sworn I mentioned that in a letter. But I still can’t find my charger, but unfortunately its not the same one as the one before, it’s a new G type battery that the Sony W-150 model has. Now I’m trying to charge up batteries for my old camera but that’s not working either! Because I really, really want to take pictures with people, because on Wednesday I have to go back into Asuncion to be a zone leader for the zone Asuncion Norte… so much for shirking responsibility, I thought I was doing pretty good considering I wasn’t a district leader yet. I’ll be with a latin, Elder Perez, from Colombia if I remember what they told me correctly, in an area called Saballos Cue (spelled something like that, I’m not exactly positive). So I’m like super nervous, and don’t have any idea what to expect, considering I haven’t had a whole lot of training with leadership positions yet, and I haven’t even hit the year mark yet, so that’s kind of rare as well, but you know, you just gotta go and do what ya gotta do. It should be fun to be back in Asuncion, where you get to see tons of other missionaries every week, and they have pan felipe and manteca de mani. Its been killing me to live without that stuff.

But I’m sorry to hear that you two have been pretty sick, I hope that by now you’re feeling a little bit better, especially the little Cole man, he has to keep hitting those slopes so he’s all fresh for me when I get back. :) But what is Robyn doing with a boy friend? She is way too young for that… isn’t she? Tell her no more thinking about boys, she has to get ready for a mission! And as for the asking Dad for a blessing, I’m totally the same as you, I didn’t even think about it the whole time my comp was feeling sick, and it wasn’t until he was starting to feel better that I was talking to Elder Tinco, the district leader about it, and he was like, did you give him a blessing and I was like whoops, dropped the ball on that one haha.

But yesterday was pretty awesome, I confirmed and ordained Eddy, so that was really awesome, but I’m really sad that I have to leave now. But I gave him his line of authority, for now, which includes me haha, so that was really interesting to see my name on the list along with dad’s and grandpa’s. But I think that about covers everything that really happened this week… I don’t have any photos because my camera doesn’t work soooo yeah. And still no sign of your package, but I’ll be to the office on Wednesday, so it might be there waiting for me, cause its getting close, I can feel it. Take it easy and hope you feel better.

Love,

Elder Dennis