Tanto Tiempo

Dear Family,

It seems like it was only two days ago that I was talking to you all. Oh wait... it was two days ago. It was great talking to everyone. It was kind of hard to figure out who was talking. Kyle really got me. I wasn`t expecting that. Weston, you sound different. Cameron, you do too. Everyone else sounds about the same. Not much else happened that day. I had a nice, long personal study. I read some articles in the Ensigns that were sent to me. I read from the scriptures. I read Luke 2 in the morning. I didn`t do any studying with my comp. He didn`t really want to any of that on Christmas. Anyways, all in all, it was a memoreable Christmas.

Yesterday was alright. We finished church at 12.30 and then went home and changed. From there we went straight to lunch.. We spent three hours there. The family forgot we were coming. It took almost two hours for them to get something ready. Meanwhile, we sat in their oven of a house sweating to death. I was fightning to stay awake. I was so tired. Elder Longfellow didn`t really care. He doesn`t like working in the middle of the day because it`s so hot.The whole time we were there, this family had a DVD going with a lot of classic songs. That was so hard for me to not look. I did look a few times. It doesn`t help when your comp doesn`t even care. We finally left their house a little after four. Huge waste of time. I committed myself to follow the rules better. Even if my comps don`t want to, I`m going ot try my best to follow them. Luckily, changes are coming up soon.

This week, I`ll be spending half of my personal study time everyday making goals for the new year. I`m dividing them into different categories. I`m trying to make them as specific as possible. I`m really looking forward to the new year. This last year was good. I hope next year is even better.

So Solomon Ward has a new member of the bishopric? Cool beans. I forgot that the Langfords moved out. Are they living in the same house again? I could end up being in a branch presidency or bishopric before I end the misison. There are plenty of wards here where that might happen. That would be pretty fun. Tyler and I could be in the same club. We`ll see.

I have another question. Yesterday after sacrament meeting, my comp and I helped put away the sacrament stuff. One of the members of the bishopric was helping us. We threw away the bread. Then the member of the bishopric poured all of the leftover water into a cup. Then he told us we had to drink it of pour it on a plant. We thought he was joking so my comp started messing with him. He was serious though. We told him that`s how it`s done in the states. Anyways, does anyone know what to do wiht the bread and water? I`m just curious now. It`s nothing important.

So that`s it for now. My next pday is this Saturday. I don`t if I`ll be writing then because everything will be closed. (Everyone was closed on Christmas that why I`m writing today). If I don`t write then, I`ll write next Monday. Until then, Que la fuerza les acompañe.

Love,
Elder Ethan Jones