November 8, 2010

I got your pouch letter. Like a week and half ago. Sorry I didn't tell you. And sorry but uploading pictures takes forever. I´m gonna send home a card at Christmas. It's gonna be a Christmas present. Sorry to ruin the surprise. Haha. And I got the Halloween card. My comp was like what in the world is that. We have changes on Wednesday this week. I'm not exactly sure how it works so I´ll get back to you next week on it. And isn't Toy Story 3 a great movie. I love that movie. I think it was the last one I saw actually. And I've been missing the fam a lot this week. I don't know why.

Anyways, this week was boring. Not a lot going on. But there are some things to report.

The weather. Its been cold for a few days now actually. Its kind of weird. I think its mostly because its been really windy for some reason. They drink hot chocolate here (different from ours) and its actually been useful. Sometimes they serve it and your dying from the heat. Not so much this week. It hasn't been terrible. Like I´m not freezing or anything. But its definitely been colder. All the natives are dying though.

So the other day knocking doors, we found this guy. Not anything special. Not really interested in the church. So why am I telling you about him. His name. Pedro Pablo. My first thought. Petey Pablo. Next thought. "NORTH CAROLINA come on and raise up, take your shirt off and wave it round your head like a helicopter!" Man, that was fun. Kind of made me miss home though.

And the other day there was like a marathon through the city. It was kind of fun to watch, and they were yelling at us to join in. Well, some runners were. Others were dying. Haha. I have no idea what it was for. But I was impressed because I saw a few people running the race with crutches. Because of different reasons. But they were going for it on crutches. And this long hill too. I was really impressed.

"¿Qué vamos hacer esta noche Cerebro? La misma cosa que hacemos cada noche Pinky. Intentamos a dominar el mundo!" <--- Yeah, that's Pinky and the Brain in Spanish. I've been asked about it a few times. And Ren and Stimpy. Memories right there.

And by far my two favorite questions here so far. "Are your eyes really that color?" and "Are you married or single?". They think I wear colored contacts. And that the gringos are married.

Okay, so real news. We have a family of 3 up for baptism this weekend. Except only 2 have gone to church twice like they need to so that they can be baptized. So I won't be disappointed if they wait another week and all 3 are baptized together. So we might have a baptism this week. Might not. We´ll see.

I love you and miss everyone. A ton. I'm glad time flies.

Love,
Elder Gilreath