...I felt like we should take a side road....

So... I'm starting change number 10 this week WOOO!!! And I'm still here in La Blanca with Elder Thomas, great guy and super funny. And loving every second that I have to be in this area.

Man, I just saw in one of the news papers down here that Osama Bin Laden has finally been found and killed, after 10 years, how crazy is that!!! Good stuff though, maybe the terrorist attacks will start to die down now. Anyways love you guys...my time is about out....I'll call you all soon.....WOOOOOOO!!!!

Questions:

What is it about these people that you love? Are they happy, grateful, spiritual...??? Tell me alittle bit about what you see that we could learn from them.

They are funny, and loving, and everything. Now that I don't have the problem with the language barrier I can talk, joke, and know them...They are just a very open people. I can just walk into a strangers house and start joking with them like we've been best buds forever...there's not really that ice to break... everyone is just very open and accepting down here.


Do you have the same companion? If not, who is your new one...where is he from??

No, before we had changes I talked to Presidente Maravilla and asked him for another change down here in La Blanca with Elder Thomas and he said that would be ok..but we'll see if he lets me stay here till December, lol, doubt it but who knows.


When is the last time you went to the temple? Will you get to go to the temple before you come home?

Man....its been forever....since the CCM down here when I first started my mission...that part is what I hate the most about moving from mission Xela is that now they are about to have a brand new temple and its just out of my boundries....but maybe I will get to see the temple dedication and the Prophet!!!!!


I am going to start you another box this week...is there something in particular you would like in there, or do you need anything? One of the Elders was asking for itch cream, neosporin, sharpie pens etc...do you need any of those things or just fun stuff. What little things would the kids like??

Same old stuff works for me, shells and cheese tootsie pops and random others. The kids love glow in the dark stuff and those little HLJ rings and balloons lol...so easily pleased, none this, I want an xbox lol.


Same questions...something spiritual to share, most interesting contact...how was church, how far do you walk..something cultural to share...

While on divisions with the zone leaders we were walking through the platano fields when I just felt like we should take one of the side roads that looked like it went to nowhere..so we did and when we walked for like 5 min. we found a little shack with a woman and an old grandma...so we contacted the house. Before we even said anything thing she was like..OH!...come and sit down Elders!...I was thinking that she was a less active member because no one just calls us Elders like that, lol,...anyways, we got to know her better and turns out that she had been investigating the church with one of her member friends a few years back but her friend moved away and she stopped coming...but we taught her a little about the restauracion and prophets and invited her to pray...I don't know what will come of this, hopefully she will find the need to be baptised but we'll see.

Then, yesterday, we were down in Pueblo Nuevo, one of our other small areas, and bumped into the branch president and invited him to go to a lesson with one of his references, good timing huh?, And he came with us, and when we came up to his house we found ol' Jorge...in the buff... washing himself in the water canal, lol lol lol, good times, anywho, he got all dried off and we taught him of the importance of being baptised and in the middle of the lesson we challenged him to be baptised for the 15 of this month and he accepted the invitation to prepare for this date. So hopefully, if all goes well and if he does the little assignments we leave for him he should be ready!!!


(Another bit of info from mom...) Oh ya...The Fast and Furious 5 came out this week...Cherie and I went to see it. Pretty good,...too many scantily clad women, but ok movie. Transformers...something or other is coming out. One with Harrison Ford and the old Bond dude...Aliens vs Cowboys...should be fun. Another Twilight in Nov or Dec...

(from Elder Marquis) Man those all sounds sooooo good, I love movies, can't wait to see everything when I get back. Might have a big ol' movie party. Lol, I'll be so into the movies and everyone else is going to be like, Marquis, this movie is 2 years old ugh....lol.


Love you guys
ELder Marquis