July 26, 2012

July 26, 2012

 

Dear Family,

How is everyone doing?? Before I forget, next Wednesday my district will be hosting so tell Justin to look out for me so I can host him!!!!!! I'm praying that I will see him and his family.

Everything is good here, time is going really fast. So that’s good. My Spanish is continuing to improve, the hardest part is to not get discouraged. This past week I've been waking up early to study Spanish, it seems to help so I might keep doing it.

Today the temple was finally opened so we were able to go and I really missed going. I love going to the temple and feeling the Spirit and getting that extra boost!  

Today I got a haircut and sent a package off to Charley.  I felt prompted to do it so it should be good. It feels like I haven't heard from you all in awhile, besides Michael, I got his letter today.

That’s too bad RSL isn't in first place ha-ha, they better start winning. For Christmas I was thinking I would like an RSL jersey :)

It’s weird, you know the district movies? A lot of the missionaries in it are now teachers here, so it’s weird to see them in real life, they seem like celebrities ha-ha. Also today as I walked out of lunch I saw that blonde kid who plays Joseph Smith and also that one LDS movie about the guy who gets his ear pierced and then changes?? IDK, well anyway he's a missionary now. Pretty cool I guess.

But yeah I heard about the shooting, that was terrible. So if they have signs that say no guns, people who have their concealed permit still can't bring them? Hmmm that’s scary, especially after that. The world is dangerous, and you always need to be prepared for anything.

How is everyone doing? Everyone really busy getting ready for the Porter reunion? That'll be fun, tell everyone I say hi and love them all.

This week we just learned how to use subjunctive. Have you gotten any of those Spanish and English helps ready for me? Will I be getting a package with stuff before I leave? Also with the boxes that I've gotten, do you want those back or should I throw them away?

Everything here is good, just studying and teaching. Nothing I can think of.  How's Amanda, Annslie, and Stephen? I heard Matt's graduation was fun and so was Sea World. Did you take pictures?

How's work going Pops? Everything still going good? Are you still running from our house to downtown? I enjoyed our times when we went running together training for soccer. That was always fun for me.

I got Oaklie's picture ha she is getting better at staying in the lines! That’s good. Are Oaklie, Porter, or Annlsie any taller than when I saw them last? Ha-ha I miss them.

Thinking how close the field is, brings a smile and an excitement to me. I really am so excited!!! AHHHHH!! Just three more short weeks here then next thing you know, I'll be calling you all from the airport, then I'll be in DC. I hope I'm fluent by Christmas, but we'll see. What is that like 5 or 6 months from now? Is that reasonable??

I really love the devotionals and firesides here, they're so powerful and uplifting. The other week we had this older gentleman who I'm pretty sure is an unreal genius. He said he has read like 10,000 pages in the past month or so, and he just had everything memorized even though he was old ha.

Ask mom if I need a pillow ha-ha I'm not sure, I can't remember if you're going to send mine to DC or if I get a new one? Let me know of things I need to be aware of as I travel and etc..

Today after the session, we ate breakfast there and wow it’s good, I had an omelet, hashbrowns and bacon, and it’s really cheap too.

Well I hope everyone is healthy and happy.

I love you all soo much.

Esta iglesia es verdadera, y el libro es azul ;)

Love you all,

Elder LIfferth