Well, I'm sorry to report that the baptism did not go through this week... but happy to say it will be going through THIS week. This Sunday was Election Day. Here in Argentina, everyone has to vote or send in a good reason why they are not voting (like my companion). So we decided to push the date back to a more tranquil day. This Saturday we will be baptizing Jorge and he will receive the Holy Ghost on Sunday. It really has been amazing to see him progress the way he has.
Well, now that things have settled down... I’ll tell you all the complete truth. Last week when I said that people were getting sick... I really meant to say that EVERYONE was sick, including all 4 elders that live in our apartment. But we are all better now. Well, not perfect, but better. People keep on telling me I sound like Christian Bale as Batman. I started doing some of the lines and people were freaking out. Needless to say, my voice is a lot deeper right now and my wheezy laugh is back in full force.
Due to that sickness that everyone had, we needed to work twice as hard to meet our goals... and we did. It really is amazing how God takes care of you when you are doing what he wants. When you put the faith out there in full force... he always completes. We have been helping people progress and have been finding people... even in this cold winter land (which I love). Today it rained even... I LOVED IT!!!! It started last night with lightning and thunder. It is a lot warmer... but I can sacrifice that for a little taste of Washington goodness.
Great story... more like lesson I learned: We did divisions this week. Divisions are when two priesthood holders go out with us and we "divide" ourselves and double the work. We try to do it at least once a week... this week we did it TWICE!!!! Anyway, we went out with a return missionary named Mariano Mariani. One of my favorite people here on the mission. He is currently working as a pizza delivery man on his motorcycle. So, he brought his motorcycle to divisions. We got out late and had a million things to do. So he was just like, "Dude, let’s just go on the motorcycle. It will be way easier that way." I didn't really have time to consider everything and trusted in this return missionaries knowledge of the rules. It wasn't until we got back to the apartment and asked the Zone Leaders about it that I found it we can’t do that. ANYWAY, since then I have repented and will never do it again... but: IT WAS A BLAST! I have spent very little time on a motorcycle in my days, but it was amazingly fast and efficient. Personally I think every missionary COULD profit from one. (Now is the time where you pause and imagine Elder Steinkuhler riding on the back of a red motorcycle in the dead of winter... :D)
Another cool thing for Melanie... We found an inactive member who works as a barber. He was giving us a reference one day and when we passed by his shop he was sitting there practicing how to put in extensions. He taught me and... I´m now a pro. Too bad I have no reason to use it during the mission. He also cut my hair (which looks good) and with this extreme cold, I'm regretting cutting is so short. But all the same, I look styling.
I would like to thank Sister Ranck and Jamo for sending me that cookie recipe. We have done them a few times during the week and I’m sure I’ve gained 10 pounds. We also did a fudge pie thing... another 10 pounds. But people here have never had them and love them. Needless to say, I need to cut back on the sweats.
Today we got together as a Zone (we just split our zone, so we are only 10 elders). We played Mafia. For those of you who know how it is... imagine it in Spanish. WAY FUN! And we ate cookies (thanks again Ranck Family). One of the coolest parts is that we had two members come along as well. One is just now reactivating himself. All 4 elders in our pench have been working with him and he is progressing amazingly. He came and loved the game... we should be doing a Family Home Evening with his family tomorrow... playing Mafia. Cool, eh? We are also planning on doing an activity in a few weeks with the two branches around here. We want to do bobbing for apples... does anyone have any other cool USA activities like that?
As for everything else... it`ll have to wait for later. Until that day, stay safe and do well. I know I am.
All my love,
Tommy
PS I’m sorry there was nothing spiritual in this letter. I’ve realized the worth of spiritual stories. I try to only send them when I feel like someone needs one. But needless to say, they happen.
PPS For all of you who know me well and advised me in this before the mission... I will admit to you all: I really miss video games and movies. HAHAHA
Monday, June 29, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
"Look, when can I get baptized?"
Well, life has been crazy this week. I swear it has been 3 weeks at least since last I wrote. I can’t even start to tell you all how tired I am. I have so much to tell you all, let me start with Tuesday:
Here in the mission we do something called "contacts". It is supposedly the most inefficient way of teaching and finding. Well, we only have 15 members in our ward... so we don't have many options. So, we do LOTS of contacts. However, some days we are just teaching and don't have time for contacts. We ALWAYS try to do 5 a day. It is amazing how sometimes it is the 5th person that lets you come back after 4 rejections. ANYWAY... Tuesday was one of those days. We did contacts and on our last one... we found a man by the name of Jorge. Wednesday (the next day) we came back and took a baptismal date out with him for 1 ½ weeks later. Saturday we went by with the Branch President. Sunday he walked 50 blocks to come to church. And on THIS Sunday he will be baptized!
I would like to take the time out and say that this was all due to great leaders, great RMs, obedience and faith. Jorge has been pre-prepared by other missionaries and it was due to them and faith that we found him. We came in for our first appointment and he was sitting there with his Book of Mormon, Bible and a smile of his face. We started out with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and in the middle he stops us... basically explains everything in his own words and asks, "Look, when can I get baptized?". You have no idea how wonderful it is to hear those words. Now that I know we are going to have a baptism here I will tell you all a little bit about Villa Zula (my area).
Villa Zula has the reputation in the mission of being the most dead area. There are few members and no ward support. When I got to this area there were no records or investigators. It was like opening an area. I’ve worked as hard as I can (I think it is due to this area that I'm losing my hair). When Elder Villagra came I decided to tell him we had the best area in the mission. I boasted up every good point of our area. We started to work hard and the mission president here told us to "take the tops off our areas", as we put our faith in our leaders words... miracles have happened here. Villa Zula is now one of the leading areas in the Zone. We have exploded with success. In fact, so much that we don`t have time to handle it all. I cannot tell you how wonderful the Lord is to his missionaries. Blessings are at every hand. I want to tell you all that miracles exist today. Faith, obedience and hope are the keys to finding those miracles.
Another great thing has happened to us this week. Elder Aidukitis from the 70 came to speak with us. He told us all what we are doing bad and showed us how to do it better. We got to take a photo with him. It was an amazing talk that he gave to us. We did a few practices and he called on Elder Villagra and me to help him. In the practice he threw a Book of Mormon at me because I wouldn't accept it (as a joke). It was pretty scary to see a church leader throw a Book of Mormon at my face. He encouraged us though. He promised us we can double the work we are doing. He also promised us we can baptize EVERY WEEK of our missions.... regardless of where we are. It was that same day that Jorge asked us when he could be baptized. What a great week!
Well, things are cold down here. The majority of the people and missionaries are sick. A dear friend of mine kindly reminded me that if I want to stay healthy I should ask for prayers. So just letting you all know... there are sick missionaries down here who could use some prayers.
Other than that things are great! I got my birthday present from my Mommy. She included glow sticks and it turns out glow sticks don’t exist here. So my companion had a grand old time playing with them. He thought they were the coolest thing ever and asked if they had batteries. Then how to turn it off... it was a good night. I hope the pictures of that also make it through.
Well, I hope you enjoyed this week`s presentation of "A week in the Life of Elder Steinkuhler". Things are going great! We are all having a grand time down here.
Love you all,
Tommy
PS ¿Are there any questions? - (mother should get that quote)
Here in the mission we do something called "contacts". It is supposedly the most inefficient way of teaching and finding. Well, we only have 15 members in our ward... so we don't have many options. So, we do LOTS of contacts. However, some days we are just teaching and don't have time for contacts. We ALWAYS try to do 5 a day. It is amazing how sometimes it is the 5th person that lets you come back after 4 rejections. ANYWAY... Tuesday was one of those days. We did contacts and on our last one... we found a man by the name of Jorge. Wednesday (the next day) we came back and took a baptismal date out with him for 1 ½ weeks later. Saturday we went by with the Branch President. Sunday he walked 50 blocks to come to church. And on THIS Sunday he will be baptized!
I would like to take the time out and say that this was all due to great leaders, great RMs, obedience and faith. Jorge has been pre-prepared by other missionaries and it was due to them and faith that we found him. We came in for our first appointment and he was sitting there with his Book of Mormon, Bible and a smile of his face. We started out with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and in the middle he stops us... basically explains everything in his own words and asks, "Look, when can I get baptized?". You have no idea how wonderful it is to hear those words. Now that I know we are going to have a baptism here I will tell you all a little bit about Villa Zula (my area).
Villa Zula has the reputation in the mission of being the most dead area. There are few members and no ward support. When I got to this area there were no records or investigators. It was like opening an area. I’ve worked as hard as I can (I think it is due to this area that I'm losing my hair). When Elder Villagra came I decided to tell him we had the best area in the mission. I boasted up every good point of our area. We started to work hard and the mission president here told us to "take the tops off our areas", as we put our faith in our leaders words... miracles have happened here. Villa Zula is now one of the leading areas in the Zone. We have exploded with success. In fact, so much that we don`t have time to handle it all. I cannot tell you how wonderful the Lord is to his missionaries. Blessings are at every hand. I want to tell you all that miracles exist today. Faith, obedience and hope are the keys to finding those miracles.
Another great thing has happened to us this week. Elder Aidukitis from the 70 came to speak with us. He told us all what we are doing bad and showed us how to do it better. We got to take a photo with him. It was an amazing talk that he gave to us. We did a few practices and he called on Elder Villagra and me to help him. In the practice he threw a Book of Mormon at me because I wouldn't accept it (as a joke). It was pretty scary to see a church leader throw a Book of Mormon at my face. He encouraged us though. He promised us we can double the work we are doing. He also promised us we can baptize EVERY WEEK of our missions.... regardless of where we are. It was that same day that Jorge asked us when he could be baptized. What a great week!
Well, things are cold down here. The majority of the people and missionaries are sick. A dear friend of mine kindly reminded me that if I want to stay healthy I should ask for prayers. So just letting you all know... there are sick missionaries down here who could use some prayers.
Other than that things are great! I got my birthday present from my Mommy. She included glow sticks and it turns out glow sticks don’t exist here. So my companion had a grand old time playing with them. He thought they were the coolest thing ever and asked if they had batteries. Then how to turn it off... it was a good night. I hope the pictures of that also make it through.
Well, I hope you enjoyed this week`s presentation of "A week in the Life of Elder Steinkuhler". Things are going great! We are all having a grand time down here.
Love you all,
Tommy
PS ¿Are there any questions? - (mother should get that quote)
Monday, June 15, 2009
I ate more wax
Hey everyone, sorry this will be another short one. This week has been wonderfully full. We worked our tails off and have seen the rewards. Elder Villagra is an amazing elder. He has less time than I do… but is teaching me more than any other companion I’ve had.
Some cool things that have happened to me this week are:
We took out 3 baptismal dates this week. A young couple I’ve taught for some time. And a man who has been taught for about 2 years off and on... and need to get married. It was an amazingly hard week, but with lots of blessings. Having the Zone Leaders in the apartment is amazing. I love seeing their examples all the time. They have helped me become a better missionary. We also had Elder Trujillo in the apartment this week. He left this morning and I’m man enough to say... I’ll miss him. He was never my companion, but I feel as close to him as I do a brother. He has helped me a lot as well. Yup, now that I’m writing it I realize how much I suck on my own... I’m glad I’ve got people to help me on the mission.
This Wednesday was my birthday (don’t worry if you forgot, no biggy). We had a wonderfully hard working day. Elder Trujillo came with us in a companionship of three. With three missionaries we were able to break even the hardest of cold hearts. A wonderful return missionary here made me a cake. It looked like a $100 professional cake. So I asked where he got it and he was all like "oh, I baked it". WOW!!! Then that night the other 4 elders in the apartment made me a "cake" out of an alfejor. It is a tinny little chocolate cup-cake thing they sell around here. ANYWAY, they ended up getting all 21 candles on it. GOOD TIMES! I think I ate more wax than chocolate though.
Today we spent all morning cleaning and cleaning and cleaning. Elder Audukiaus (spelling?) from the seventy is coming this Wednesday. He will be inspecting the missionary apartments (or at least a few). So I cleaned up as much as I could today. It is also a holiday down here... so basically everything is closed and no one wants to hear from us. But the work goes on and God provides a way. We are seeing some real progress in this area right now. I cannot tell you all how excited I am to see this kind of progress going on. I’m sure that my current hair loss issue is due to the "strain of being a missionary" problem going on around the world. All well, I’ve always wanted to be bald anyway.
It is getting rather cold down here and dark rather early. Winter will start Sunday of this week. It is weird to think that everyone is about to go on summer break back at home... and here we are hoping for it to snow this year. All well... what can you do?
Well, Happy Father`s Day all you fathers... especially you Daddy and David... and Ryan and Jonathan and Aaron... and so many more. I’m glad you`re out there fighting the other good fight.
Well, I’m out of time. Hope everyone is doing wonderfully. I’ll try to send some letters soon. I know I’m terrible at that.
All my love,
Elder T Stein
Some cool things that have happened to me this week are:
We took out 3 baptismal dates this week. A young couple I’ve taught for some time. And a man who has been taught for about 2 years off and on... and need to get married. It was an amazingly hard week, but with lots of blessings. Having the Zone Leaders in the apartment is amazing. I love seeing their examples all the time. They have helped me become a better missionary. We also had Elder Trujillo in the apartment this week. He left this morning and I’m man enough to say... I’ll miss him. He was never my companion, but I feel as close to him as I do a brother. He has helped me a lot as well. Yup, now that I’m writing it I realize how much I suck on my own... I’m glad I’ve got people to help me on the mission.
This Wednesday was my birthday (don’t worry if you forgot, no biggy). We had a wonderfully hard working day. Elder Trujillo came with us in a companionship of three. With three missionaries we were able to break even the hardest of cold hearts. A wonderful return missionary here made me a cake. It looked like a $100 professional cake. So I asked where he got it and he was all like "oh, I baked it". WOW!!! Then that night the other 4 elders in the apartment made me a "cake" out of an alfejor. It is a tinny little chocolate cup-cake thing they sell around here. ANYWAY, they ended up getting all 21 candles on it. GOOD TIMES! I think I ate more wax than chocolate though.
Today we spent all morning cleaning and cleaning and cleaning. Elder Audukiaus (spelling?) from the seventy is coming this Wednesday. He will be inspecting the missionary apartments (or at least a few). So I cleaned up as much as I could today. It is also a holiday down here... so basically everything is closed and no one wants to hear from us. But the work goes on and God provides a way. We are seeing some real progress in this area right now. I cannot tell you all how excited I am to see this kind of progress going on. I’m sure that my current hair loss issue is due to the "strain of being a missionary" problem going on around the world. All well, I’ve always wanted to be bald anyway.
It is getting rather cold down here and dark rather early. Winter will start Sunday of this week. It is weird to think that everyone is about to go on summer break back at home... and here we are hoping for it to snow this year. All well... what can you do?
Well, Happy Father`s Day all you fathers... especially you Daddy and David... and Ryan and Jonathan and Aaron... and so many more. I’m glad you`re out there fighting the other good fight.
Well, I’m out of time. Hope everyone is doing wonderfully. I’ll try to send some letters soon. I know I’m terrible at that.
All my love,
Elder T Stein
Monday, June 8, 2009
Crazy changes are happening to me on all fronts.
Well, things have changed! Transfers were today... and things have really spun me for a loop. I am still in Villa Zula... but now I am with Elder Villagra... a Latin (more about this later).
Ill be honest, I will miss Elder Kushlan very much. But I already love Elder Villagra... we are going to be tearing this place up.
But wait... that is not all. BOTH elders from Berisso (the other elders in the apartment) are leaving as well (Elder Trujillo will train them in the area for a week). The Zone Leaders will be coming in into a "white wash". It is something crazy that happened here... but Ill grow to like it. I feel like I need to be even more of a straight arrow. BUT WAIT!!! THERE IS MORE?!?!?!
Every transfer the President of the mission goes out with ONE companionship for one day. There are about 100 some odd companionships of elders in the mission. So we all have about a one in one hundred chance of getting a full day inspection with the president. Well... yup, turns out 1/100 is a lot smaller for me. I had 16 chances at getting my name picked... and today it got picked. Naw... really I’m excited about it. It should be really cool. I just hope he doesn’t send me home or something.
SO, about this Elder Villagra. He and I have something HUGE in common. I started the mission in El Cruce. Three transfers later I left for Villa Zula... this place. When I left my ex-companion trained a new missionary... by the name of ELDER VILLAGRA! Who just happens to be from Cordoba... the same as the elder who trained me (elder Sagripanti). Well, now 3 transfers have passed again... and the same Elder Villagra shows up on my door step. He filled me all in about El Cruce and all the people he baptized. About 10 people had been baptized during his time there... and EVERY SINGLE ONE was someone I found and taught. None of you can know how much joy that has brought my soul. So much has happened, and I am happier than ever.
Not much has happened this last week. Sorry to make things really boring. But I’ve just been working a lot here. I feel more at home here than anywhere else. I’m just going to try and be the best missionary possible. I feel like the Lord is asking a lot of me right now... and I have it in me to give it. But that I won’t if I don’t work my tail off. I’m in the same apartment as the leaders here. I’m senior companion to a Latin. The President is coming to watch us. I’m in the most dead area of the mission (I bet you didn’t know that). Crazy changes are happening to me on all fronts. I’m happier than ever and also more focused than ever.
Thank you all for keeping me up to date on home life. You all keep me sane... and help me practice my English. I miss you all terribly. Ill fill you all in about all the details in about a year. Until then take care and don’t let the cold get to you.
Love you all,
Tommy
PS I got bite by a dog for the first time. Nothing happened... my leg was too big for it to even get its teeth around... oops. It was also a members dog... so I didn’t do anything.
BIRTHDAY!
For those of you emailing Tommy this week please remember to wish him a Happy Birthday!! Tommy turns 21 on Wednesday.
Monday, June 1, 2009
The bathroom is pretty sweet.
Okay... first to the questions:
Q: what kind of place do you live in? I assume it's an apartment...one room?...upstairs?...bunk beds?...what are the wash facilities?...and the cooking facilities?
A: We live in a 4 elder apartment that is behind the house of the owner (not member). It has 4 rooms. Every apartment, or pench as we say, has to have: Full Bathroom, Kitchen and Sleeping area. The mission is trying to get rid of all the 4 elder penches. So we are looking for a new one currently. But for the meantime we live in this one. It is outside our area, so we are looking for one inside our area. ANYWAY. It is a one level apartment. There is one set of bunk beds that the other elders have... but they don’t use them like bunk beds. The "washing facilities" would be a bathroom. Oh, and a large sink outside if we want to hand wash out clothes... but we don’t have time, so we bring them to a cleaner. The bathroom is pretty sweet. You can basically use the toilet while showering... pretty cool if you think about it.
The coolest part is that there is an area outside the door with plants and a little grass. Over the years elders have planted a lemon tree, pomegranate tree, onions and a few other things I don’t know the names of. They don’t give us a lot of food... but it is good food.
Q: Do you eat often at members? or not at all?
A: We do eat with members. We have a set appointment every Wednesday and Thursday to eat lunch. On Tuesdays we eat dinner with someone. On Sundays our ward mission leader gives us food at church to eat at home. Every once in awhile we eat with someone outsides of these appointments. But basically this. Our branch is pretty small... Basically all the active members give us food.
Q: You walk everywhere...so how do you figure travel time between appointments and clapping houses?
A: Well, we take a bus every morning and travel to our area. Then we walk. We measured it once... we normally walk about 1-2 miles in the morning and 9-10 in the night. It sounds like a lot... but isn’t too bad. You have to remember that we talk to about 20 people for every mile. Anyway... we normally go to an appointment in the morning. After that we travel to another appointment or plan and while traveling we clap houses. Basically whenever we are walking we clap houses. It helps pass the time and progresses the work. If we are in a hurry we just speed walk and skip the clapping. Our area isn’t that big, but big enough to make things difficult.
ANYWAY... this week:
We worked hard this week, but it has just been a bad week. We kind of got thrown off with the activity we did last Tuesday. Then we had interviews the next day. Then an activity the day after. It was just like boom boom boom. We`ve been working hard... and for that reason the week seems forever long. People say that when you work harder the time seems to speed up. I’ll be honest, that is a huge lie! Well, for me at least. The "harder" I work, the more things I have in my mind... the day never seems to end and the weeks feel like months. When you talk to 500 people a day and know half their names... when you are constantly thinking about addresses and people who need help today... it all seems so long. BUT that means we get 5 times the work in. I don’t want to sound like I’m complaining... I’m just telling you so you understand. It is kind of like that story in the scriptures when God gave "the good guys" a little more day light to finish the battle. Well, God slows down time so we can do what he wants (we don’t work as fast as him).
We have had the wonderful fortune of finding and teaching all sorts of people this week. We have a solid list of people we teach and lists of others. It is wonderful when we can strengthen people. When people move from the "other investigators" section to the "progressing investigators" section. We have a lot of people who are progressing and becoming THAT much closer to being baptized or coming back to church. Our baptismal dates are still going strong. The weather has not been the best, so that has slowed some things down. I swear, one little rain cloud and everyone is sick. All well... at least it passes with the bad weather. PS I love muddy roads. It makes walking a lot more interesting.
Well, sorry this is a shorter one. But things have been crazy. I’m doing wonderful though. We played soccer today and I feel great. Going out and running is fun. I’m staying active both spiritually and physically. My beloved friends here are progressing as well as the Elders around here. I’m becoming more obedient every day... all is well. I don’t know what else to say. Sorry no crazy cool stories again. Next week yeah!
Love you all,
Tommy
PS This is the last week of the transfers. It could be that next week I’ll be in a new area.
PPS SMILE!
Q: what kind of place do you live in? I assume it's an apartment...one room?...upstairs?...bunk beds?...what are the wash facilities?...and the cooking facilities?
A: We live in a 4 elder apartment that is behind the house of the owner (not member). It has 4 rooms. Every apartment, or pench as we say, has to have: Full Bathroom, Kitchen and Sleeping area. The mission is trying to get rid of all the 4 elder penches. So we are looking for a new one currently. But for the meantime we live in this one. It is outside our area, so we are looking for one inside our area. ANYWAY. It is a one level apartment. There is one set of bunk beds that the other elders have... but they don’t use them like bunk beds. The "washing facilities" would be a bathroom. Oh, and a large sink outside if we want to hand wash out clothes... but we don’t have time, so we bring them to a cleaner. The bathroom is pretty sweet. You can basically use the toilet while showering... pretty cool if you think about it.
The coolest part is that there is an area outside the door with plants and a little grass. Over the years elders have planted a lemon tree, pomegranate tree, onions and a few other things I don’t know the names of. They don’t give us a lot of food... but it is good food.
Q: Do you eat often at members? or not at all?
A: We do eat with members. We have a set appointment every Wednesday and Thursday to eat lunch. On Tuesdays we eat dinner with someone. On Sundays our ward mission leader gives us food at church to eat at home. Every once in awhile we eat with someone outsides of these appointments. But basically this. Our branch is pretty small... Basically all the active members give us food.
Q: You walk everywhere...so how do you figure travel time between appointments and clapping houses?
A: Well, we take a bus every morning and travel to our area. Then we walk. We measured it once... we normally walk about 1-2 miles in the morning and 9-10 in the night. It sounds like a lot... but isn’t too bad. You have to remember that we talk to about 20 people for every mile. Anyway... we normally go to an appointment in the morning. After that we travel to another appointment or plan and while traveling we clap houses. Basically whenever we are walking we clap houses. It helps pass the time and progresses the work. If we are in a hurry we just speed walk and skip the clapping. Our area isn’t that big, but big enough to make things difficult.
ANYWAY... this week:
We worked hard this week, but it has just been a bad week. We kind of got thrown off with the activity we did last Tuesday. Then we had interviews the next day. Then an activity the day after. It was just like boom boom boom. We`ve been working hard... and for that reason the week seems forever long. People say that when you work harder the time seems to speed up. I’ll be honest, that is a huge lie! Well, for me at least. The "harder" I work, the more things I have in my mind... the day never seems to end and the weeks feel like months. When you talk to 500 people a day and know half their names... when you are constantly thinking about addresses and people who need help today... it all seems so long. BUT that means we get 5 times the work in. I don’t want to sound like I’m complaining... I’m just telling you so you understand. It is kind of like that story in the scriptures when God gave "the good guys" a little more day light to finish the battle. Well, God slows down time so we can do what he wants (we don’t work as fast as him).
We have had the wonderful fortune of finding and teaching all sorts of people this week. We have a solid list of people we teach and lists of others. It is wonderful when we can strengthen people. When people move from the "other investigators" section to the "progressing investigators" section. We have a lot of people who are progressing and becoming THAT much closer to being baptized or coming back to church. Our baptismal dates are still going strong. The weather has not been the best, so that has slowed some things down. I swear, one little rain cloud and everyone is sick. All well... at least it passes with the bad weather. PS I love muddy roads. It makes walking a lot more interesting.
Well, sorry this is a shorter one. But things have been crazy. I’m doing wonderful though. We played soccer today and I feel great. Going out and running is fun. I’m staying active both spiritually and physically. My beloved friends here are progressing as well as the Elders around here. I’m becoming more obedient every day... all is well. I don’t know what else to say. Sorry no crazy cool stories again. Next week yeah!
Love you all,
Tommy
PS This is the last week of the transfers. It could be that next week I’ll be in a new area.
PPS SMILE!
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