91 - Merry Christmas Skype!

 

 

Well mom. It was really fun talking to you guys. I enjoyed it. But don't worry! Just 90 something days left!

The rest of the weekend was kind of boring because no one was really here for the holiday. We just visited members and tried to bring the people with baptismal dates to church. Only 1 got to go... but its better than 0! But this week we have a lot planned, we really are trying to work with more members. But they are tough with their work and all that. But this next week we have planned to help out some of the leaders of the ward too. They help us.

CH emailed me and asked me about his gift... I still didn't tell him! haha

Well honestly not much has happened since we talked. But thanks dad. It really means a lot to me that you are proud of me. And I am glad that you can see the difference in me.  Thank you for everything you have done. I love you! Have a good week. Say hi to Brooke for me!

90 - A Pretty Good Week

Mom. First off yes. I did get the package. And thanks for the chapstick! You know me so well. But no. I haven't opened anything except the cookie stuff. And I told my comp he can't either. haha

This week was pretty good. We found a new investigator and put a baptismal date with her. We found a few less active members too. So now we have 3 baptismal dates. 2 are 16 yr old guys. The third is girlfriend of a member. Then we have this family I told about last week. We are planning on going this week to visit again. But other than that things are good. I'm planning on Skyping the 25th in the morning. We are going to T's house to do it. 

We had the ward Christmas party this week. They had ham and it was good, so I was happy. Other than that not much has happened. We are still going out here!

That is kind of crazy that they flipped the truck. But it's good they were okay. I am glad things are going well there. Almost Christmas! And I don't even know what I'm going to say in the Skype. I'll see you in like 3 months. So ya! But I'm glad things are going well.

But I love you! I'll see you Christmas day!

89 - Christmas at the Orphanage

 

No. I haven't heard about the package. But I need you to cut this out and send it to granny and gramps from the Good fam. It's impossible to send mail from this country... Tell them that I said I love them both very much. And I hope they are doing good. And I'm always praying for them. And I really want to see them when I get back. And that I'm extremely grateful for everything they have done for me.

And now onto the week. So we went out with a member named T. Super cool kid. We will probably go to his house to Skype. And yes, it will be Skype number 4.

But we had some good lessons here and there. We found a kid named E. He is super cool, very chatty. But he accepted a baptismal date for the 16th of January. So we are happy!  But not much else from this week.
 

Until today. About a week and a half ago we met a guy named G. He's a chef and really nice. So we went to his house Friday and decided to help them cut down trees today. So we showed up at 8:30. They seemed kind of surprised that we came.  So they gave us breakfast then we went to work. Then lunch. Then finished. We got home at 3  but during this whole time we answered his questions and taught a little. Let's just say we cut down 3 trees. But we taught every single missionary lesson. 1 to 4 in that time. Everything down to chastity and word of wisdom. And I honestly feel like they are chosen and prepared. And we are going back to teach on Thursday. So that was really cool! But that's my week. 

Love you! 

88 - Christmas Party

Hey mom! Well this week was good. We had some really good lessons. And we had the mission Christmas party. It was my last one in the mission, so that was a little weird for me! But funny story. I saw my old comp Elder M. at the party, and he pointed out this sick BMW M4! Just ask Marcus about it. And it was an amazing color! And on the whole car thing, I’ve seen a ton of nice BMW’s out here! But there will be photos of the party on the blog. I forgot my camera.

But me and my comp get along well, and I like my area. We have a few investigators but we still want to meet more people to teach. As of right now we have 3 baptismal dates and we are trying to find more. The members out here don’t really give us references so that kinda makes it harder. But other than that it’s good. We actually contacted a guy last weekend who was really cool. We asked him about his family. He has 1 daughter who is in medical school. And he seemed really interested in the church. He said his brother was a member but never gone with him. And we are planning on going back his week.

But my area is huge!!! Second biggest in our mission. But I like it. It’s super chill. The people are nice, they are willing to talk, and it’s normally kind of quiet here. So it goes well with me. And I’m pretty sure I’m going to finish my mission here. And there are supposedly a ton of waterfalls and stuff in my area! So we might come here for a bit too when you guys come!

And I hope you guys get in the Christmas spirit! I hope you guys enjoy the last Christmas without me! But I’m glad things are going good! I love you! I’ll see ya later!

87 - New Area!

 

Well things are going good. I got changed to Chorrera. My area is kind of like the farm land area and actually touches both oceans of Panama... my area is insanely huge. So it's kinda hard in that way. But I love it.. and the people are nice here and there are less cars. There is actually fresh air! So that's good. I kind of like it here... I like the change. Yes I would have liked staying there in San Mig,  but this area is cool. But I got here Thursday because they did everything late.

My new comp is from Guatemala. First thing we went to a ward party. As of right now we have 2 people that are just waiting for their parents to say yes to get baptized, so that's cool! But today was good, we woke up and went to play soccer. Then we went to pricemart (costco) and I got a huge thing of soap for clothes for 8 bucks! I love bulk prices!!!!! It's so amazing!!!

But this is a good place to be. It is a little bit stronger of a sun, but it does have more breeze.. and since I got here it hasn't rained once. It rained on me every single day in San Mig!!! 

 

But when do you think my package will get here? I need to let the office elders know so they can let me know when it gets there.

I love you mom. And I do miss you, and I do miss Christmas at home. But this is my last one! So I think I will be okay. 

And btw. Thanksgiving was good! Like 4 families gave us food and it was all good! But I really did miss the ham, I love ham! Especially the week after, making ham and roll sandwiches... that is so good!!!! 

 

And another thing. When I showed up here I realized that people do trust in me.. a lot! It's kind of cool and I enjoy it! But I love you. Tell Brooke I said hi. And let Marcus know I need updates on the lady friend he has! Sorry that it's not much. There just isn't much to say this week. But I love you!