December 9th Letter

December 9, 2013

There’s nothing in this world I like more than reading your letters! I can’t wait to get the packages just hope they get sent to the mission office, it’s a little tricky business here. so great to hear about our ward can’t wait to come back and have some fun in it. thank you for the thoughts i won’t be spending rally any money for a while my companion doesn’t want to go out, yeah so give me two weeks just in time for Christmas and I’ll get a taco :) i love an miss you guys so much, it’s so hard sometimes, and yet others i feel like your right there. but this week went great.

first off fixing my pants went good unpicked the back of the brown and fixed the waistband just got to sew it back up, I’m having heart burn or gag reflux problems not sure which ha-ha think it’s all the rice, I’m going to look for some tums. Utah sounds great i loved our Christmas tree and the one outside. Love you guys i miss you so much.

But chip chip and cheerio the letter for this week, so Monday sent you all Christmas cards! And working on the package still got to go to Lima to send it or it’s about 50 bucks here, not sure which I’m going to do yet will see.

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well the week started off with a great work visit with our district leader, he’s been out for 2 years and has no idea what Facebook is ha-ha i gave him the 411 on dating using Facebook and twitter it blew his mind, and when i told him i missed my family and friends he said don’t worry 6 months and they forget about you.. Don’t ever forget about me :) k :) great! Anyway Wednesday it rained for the 9th day in a row, i fixed my ingrown toenail, it’s surprising how much we walk every day but my shoes are holding up after 5 months. We found a family cartmen, she’s a smaing and her husband a little hard but has potential. We visited them it was raining so hard on their tin roof i couldn’t hear a word they were saying she cried a lot and i shared my testimony but that was about it. We really are going to have to work with this family. we left and went up to Lomas, we were walking along and i was relating to my companion the plot line of WHITE CHRISMTAS and i just got to singing a dog came bolting out of house straight for me and jumped mouth wide, it all went so slow i panicked and then 1inch from my stomach he was yanked back by his tail, by something or someone, but when looked at by nothing, nothing was there i can’t explain only grateful for it. Then we ran into a pack of Lomas dogs, they roam in packs here and we know every territory pretty well but 2ell the started harassing us hit a couple with my umbrella, its the most amazing umbrella ever, and well we pretty much got chased out of town ha-ha. the point Spanish dogs don’t like Christmas show tunes, or Bing Crosby, anyway Thursday i taught a family in our ward how to make French toast, which they refer to as rench roast (pronunciation of American stuff is hilarious) anyway the family professed it was the best breakfast they had ever had:) Friday we clean our house and Saturday was pretty uneventful, we crossed path with one of our investigators thee exact time she lost her dog and was sad and crying, interesting how god puts us in peoples paths. Anyway Sunday we only had 1 person come to church, I got some more letters! And i gave a blessing to an alcoholic. I put my hands on his head and the spirit just poured out over him the promises uttered by the spirit through his faith and the gift of tongues was amazing. 

Then they announced the Christmas devotional we invited our investigators and when we went my companion was like well let’s leave before it started, turned out he uninvited them and made a dinner appointment with a member instead, just cause he didn’t want to go. i was mad needless to stay, and on our way we met the stake president’s wife, i showed her pictures of my family and friends and he begun, well I’ll leave the specifics out but the insults flew. i was furious,  our stake president’s wife had a cake in our hand she was taking to the trash, i asked her if i could have it, she said it was no good but sure, i picked it up and shoved my companions face in it! Ha-ha it was so funny it was a great moment. anyway transfers our in a week, if you can’t say anything nice don’t say anything at all, it just sufficed me to say his favorite words our feo (your ugly) and cochinoo (quechwa for sow or a girl pig) ha-ha yeah anyway. The Christmas spirit is strong with me, love you all and going to be missing you. I’ll have a white Christmas, only if it’s the fact ill bee eating rice :)

Chow with love Elder Grow

Dad,

yeah dad, I’ve learned a lot my companion well he’s a jerk and I’ve learned just to deal with him and love him, transfers are this week, and I’d be lying if i didn’t say i wasn’t looking forward to it. It’s been really tough the work this week no baptisms and little success, but were working on it. He’s kind of trunky considering he’s going to leave. what i wouldn’t give for the snow its rained here for 9 days no stopping morning and night ha-ha anyway love you dad read a lot about families here and how to help them, thank you for always honoring your priesthood and raising me right, two years can’t come fast enough, and yet at the same time it’s going by pretty fast now. Love you dad

Your son

Elder Grow