Oct 5, 2009

Alright folks, how’s it going?

I’m excited right now, because we had a great week of work last week, and General Conference was awesome, getting to hear the powerful testimonies of some of the most amazing leaders of the Church. I got jipped during the Priesthood session though, because I showed up late and missed the first talk, and it wasn’t in English, so I had to listen to it in Spanish. Now there’s nothing wrong with that, because I understand just fine, but man, it just does not have the same feeling as getting to hear it come straight from the mouth of the person speaking, its just some translator who is trying to keep up and get the grammar right, and it just looses all spiritual power. I heard the first talk was amazing though, about a father and son, and I’m really sad I missed it. I don’t have my notes with me right now, but there was one talk that I just loved that talked about teaching… it was by an unknown-to-me Seventy, and I forget his name at the moment. Well, they were all gold, if you know what I mean.

Okay, pancakes with that syrup mix that you sent me is AMAZING! We ate pancakes on Saturday and Sunday, and then today at a ZL Council with President Wade, Sister Wade cooked us all up pancakes as well… but I gotta admit it, her sauce just wasn’t as good as mine. If you throw some bananas in there, mmmmm! So this week we’re planning on cooking up some more French toast or something… I like this actually cooking thing, I’ve been doing a lot more of it lately.

Well, that one kid’s name is actually Manuel… we were kind of confused about that until we did up the Baptismal Register and asked him about it… so that was kind of embarrassing. But yeah, he’s still doing well. Enrique is a total stud, we’re gonna get him to bless the Sacrament this coming week. And Eddy is getting ready, he already has his papers that he’s filling out for the mission, and come January, he’ll be able to take off on a brand new journey. Everyone I talk to out there just mentions how awesome he is, so I’m excited. I haven’t gotten to talk to him in awhile, but I might try to get a hold of him here pretty soon.

Well, yesterday marked eight months as a zone leader… and next week I hit twenty months in the mission. Some would say I’m getting old, but I swear my receding hair line begs to differ… er… oh man, I guess I AM getting old! Not Cool! But yeah, there’s almost guaranteed a ton of changes this coming transfer, because there’s like twenty new kids who are going to be showing up, and the mission is going to have to open up like ten new areas. So everything is just gonna get all flipped around. But hey, you guys mentioned some kid who’ll be getting down here to Paraguay in November… what’s his name? We already have the papers with the names of all the newbies who will be showing up. Oh, and guess what my grandkid’s name is... Sorensen… Yup, that’s right. I still haven’t met him yet though.

But I’m glad the family is still working hard in the mission work, is Mark the one who was in the Navy? If not, I don’t know who it is… I have been out of the house for a year and 7 and a half months now, that’s quite a long time. But the fact that the Jessee’s are home is soooo trunky. I was with them in the MTC! That’s so not cool. Tell them I say hi and that I’m still working hard… most of the time. Nah, just kidding, I’m so flippin tired but the last 5 minutes of the game are the most important. Plus I’m a captain, and I gotta get out there and go crazy right now to fire up the team.

But some trunky talk… maybe you should start the papers for BYU as well… because I’ve been thinking a lot lately, and its so cheap, has great programs and reputation, but I don’t think I’ll get in right away, but just to see. UVU is looking to be the little community school back up if I can’t get into BYU or the U. I was thinking a lot about Arizona, but I feel like I should go to Utah all-in-all. I don’t know, I’m still so confused, but the Lord is helping me decide line upon line, precept upon precept.

Love ya lots,

Elder Dennis

PS How are my teams doing?