Thanks so much for the news from home - it's really nice to like still feel connected. Btw I did get the pictures (of cousin Andrew heading to the Provo MTC), we're all good with that.

This week it's really starting to feel like we're getting into a routine. Wake up, study, breakfast, study, class, lunch, study, class, dinner, study, TALL (which is like a computer-aided language learing program), plan, bed. 

Sundays are different, and Wednesdays are a little different because we also have service. It's all pretty good. 

One thing that's interesting is that our like "investigators" are both also our teachers, so they like know how to best help us, I guess. One of them, Hermana Young, is actually acting as herself, which is interesting -- I guess it's like practicing giving lessons to members. Working with my companions has been getting a lot better, although there are still some frustrations. Esta bien though.

Our district is not only US, but mostly. One companion is going to El Salvador, and two hermanas are going to Honduras. Other than that, two are going to Minneapolis, three to Gilbert, AZ, one Hermana to Chicago, and me to Denver. There are two other elders in another district that are going to Denver North, but I haven't really met them that much.

As far as I know, there is no CCM Choir, which is sad :(. We do sing hymns a bunch, though, which is pretty great.

Spanish is getting easier, especially, as you say, "church spanish". I'm learing a lot more about how to talk about the gospel: e.g. did you know that in spanish, "agency" is "albedrio"?

I hear you all went to Voodoo donuts, which I am extremely sad to have missed. I've been recommending that place to every elder (three so far) who I've met who's going to Oregon (grammar?).

I was going to attach some pictures, and I have a whole like paragraph written out explaining them, but then turns out I left the camera at the house, so I guess I will try to find time to send them today during a different like session or something, or maybe I'll get them to you guys next week. Sorry.

One thing that I don't really need the picture to describe to you was these things called tie trades. In our house, we occasionally trade ties, with the other guys in the house. I don't participate that much, but it's a pretty intense market type thing. Last night though, one elder invited like tons of other elders from other houses to come have a big tie-trading party. There were something like 40 elders in our living room, it was insane. I got a tie (that I will try and send you a picture of sometime). It's pretty nice.

Everything's been going pretty swell, and it feels like it's just been going faster and faster.

Only four weeks until I get to the field (Denver)! Been playing a lot of volleyball, turns out it's pretty fun, who knew?

 

Love,

Peter