Feb 9, 2009

Hey there family (And friends),

First things first:

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to You,
Happy birthday dear Cooole,
Happy Birthday to YOU!

Wow, the big number 7! Congrats little guy, only one more year, and you’ll be seeing yours truly! :)

So, I’m back in Asuncion… and its really weird. It’s a LOT hotter, mostly because its just humid. I’m in the area Zeballos Cue, which is really tiny but there’s a ton of people, and its actually a really good area. We had a baptism this week, so that was fun. But being a zone leader is way different, I was such a fish out of water for the first couple days, but now I’m starting to grow legs and I’m getting the hang of things. But my comp is a stud, and like, the level of teaching is so much higher that it feels like I just showed up and am being trained all over again. Well technically I AM being trained, but whatever. So the zone: The zone is 5 districts, 4 groups of 2 companionships and then all of the people that work in the office are in our zone too, but they’re not really… cause they don’t have to rendir… you have to translate that word, I’m not sure what you call it in English… like, give us their numbers, but they’re still considered in our zone or something. Anyways, so I’m not going to include them in these numbers. So there’s 12 Elders and 4 Sisters, and then us. All of the numbers we have to get each week are the same, and we’re the examples, so basically we HAVE to get them or else bad stuff starts to happen in the zone. There’s a good quote from Pres. Wade about that, like, the level of diligence and obedience of the zone leaders is the highest the level of diligence and obedience can be in the zone (mission).

The house is pretty nice, it has air conditioning again, so I was stoked for that, plus its like pretty big and just the two of us in there. I don’t have any pictures yet because although I got my other camera working again, I forgot to bring the adapter to attach it to the computer today, so sorry haha. Thanks for ordering that other charger though, you’re the best mom ever! But still no package, but we go into the office every Tuesday to drop off all of the letters and pick up everything for the zone, and then we eat at McDonald’s… its amazing! So tomorrow maybe it’ll be there. I left Eddy a shirt and a tie, but all of my shirts are holding up really well, it’s only the pants. Trust me, I’m praying so hard that these pants fit me, because I really need some pants that aren’t tight on my waist.

As for the ‘traditions,’ yeah, we have the same ones, but not a lot do them. Like I didn’t do anything for my 6 months, but I have a pretty badly stained shirt I’m thinking about burning on Friday. We’ll see what happens. But yeah, one year…. It’s crazy that its already here. Its like I’m so close to being done, but then on the other hand its like oh wait, I still have a whole other year left. But yeah, things are going pretty good, the zone is fun, I like the Elders and the members that we’re working with, and the house is nice, oh, and we’re getting new mattresses on Wednesday, and they’re supposed to be like, real mattresses, not these cheap Paraguayan ones that we’re sleeping on right now. So that’s exciting. But I hope you’re doing good, and that dad is able to recover from his little pull. Love ya lots,

Elder Dennis