First off, I just got to say that it was amazing to be able to talk with all of you this yesterday and im excited to talk to you all again in 5 months! (Dont worry the time will pass by quickly). Im super excited that Karalee is pregnant too! And i think that its crazy that all of your due dates are in June!.
So since you all know pretty much what happened this last week ill do a little recap and then talk about today.
So last week I had our Christmas Conference where we went to an Army Base (CIGS) and all of the mission except Rio Branco and Porto Velho was there. It was awesome! They have a zoo and I saw some pretty cool animals that the amazon has. The highlight was catching the boa constrictor with my bare hands and ill send you a picture when i get it (it was about 5+ feet and rather large in the middle).
I had a division with Elder Shepherd again while they were doing baptismal interviews in our area and another area and then was able to have another division with a zone leader who was doing baptismal interviews in Elder Shepherds area. It was amazing and super fun.
Christmas Eve here is pretty cool and they have been dinners to bring in Christmas. Its pretty much just parties all over. Me and my companion had it at the Bishops house and it was cool.
Christmas wasnt the same with out all of you but it just made me even more grateful for the next Christmas that im going to have with you all. I loved the Puppets singing We wish you a Merry Christmas. It didnt quite feel like Christmas for me since I didnt have very many people singing Christmas Carols to me in English and so I loved it.
I just loved talking to you all in general. I dont know if you realize how much I miss each and every one of you and I pray that youre safe often.
So today I went to Centro to get my shoes repaired because the shoe repair guy in my area fixed my shoes but it didnt stick so I got them redone and I dont think they put the airplane tire on it but I think itll still be good. So to describe Centro, imagine San Fransisco, China town and a flea market and that pretty much describes it. I bought some things that I needed such as a camera case and a letter opener (from the indian market there) and then some other things like granola because its much cheaper there and they have more variety, after shave because i ran out and deodorant because i ran out of it and thought that you might have sent me some for Christmas so ive been holding off on buying it (ive been using the rest of mine and also the Gold Bond powder because it says that it works for that and it does!), and i thought that they might have american stick deordorant there but they didnt so I bought some spray. I saw the river briefly but didnt get the chance to look at the area where it runs side by side, the blue water and the dark water. Just something to look forward to in the future...
But yea that was my day, next week im sending off a package with my unused suit, shoes and some other stuff and im also going to include something cool that I bought at the indian market today and so look out for it! (no its not a blowgun im waiting to buy one of those at the end of my mission as well as one of the native tribal bows that they have).
Have an awesome time in Monteray this week (or today im not sure when your going there), fishing is awesome!
I love you all and please keep me in your prayers and continue to write me letters because I want to use my new letter opener,
Love,
Eric
p.s. Im posting a video of a rain storm here as well as some baptismal pictures on picasa and i think i posted another video that I took Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Love you!
So since you all know pretty much what happened this last week ill do a little recap and then talk about today.
So last week I had our Christmas Conference where we went to an Army Base (CIGS) and all of the mission except Rio Branco and Porto Velho was there. It was awesome! They have a zoo and I saw some pretty cool animals that the amazon has. The highlight was catching the boa constrictor with my bare hands and ill send you a picture when i get it (it was about 5+ feet and rather large in the middle).
I had a division with Elder Shepherd again while they were doing baptismal interviews in our area and another area and then was able to have another division with a zone leader who was doing baptismal interviews in Elder Shepherds area. It was amazing and super fun.
Christmas Eve here is pretty cool and they have been dinners to bring in Christmas. Its pretty much just parties all over. Me and my companion had it at the Bishops house and it was cool.
Christmas wasnt the same with out all of you but it just made me even more grateful for the next Christmas that im going to have with you all. I loved the Puppets singing We wish you a Merry Christmas. It didnt quite feel like Christmas for me since I didnt have very many people singing Christmas Carols to me in English and so I loved it.
I just loved talking to you all in general. I dont know if you realize how much I miss each and every one of you and I pray that youre safe often.
So today I went to Centro to get my shoes repaired because the shoe repair guy in my area fixed my shoes but it didnt stick so I got them redone and I dont think they put the airplane tire on it but I think itll still be good. So to describe Centro, imagine San Fransisco, China town and a flea market and that pretty much describes it. I bought some things that I needed such as a camera case and a letter opener (from the indian market there) and then some other things like granola because its much cheaper there and they have more variety, after shave because i ran out and deodorant because i ran out of it and thought that you might have sent me some for Christmas so ive been holding off on buying it (ive been using the rest of mine and also the Gold Bond powder because it says that it works for that and it does!), and i thought that they might have american stick deordorant there but they didnt so I bought some spray. I saw the river briefly but didnt get the chance to look at the area where it runs side by side, the blue water and the dark water. Just something to look forward to in the future...
But yea that was my day, next week im sending off a package with my unused suit, shoes and some other stuff and im also going to include something cool that I bought at the indian market today and so look out for it! (no its not a blowgun im waiting to buy one of those at the end of my mission as well as one of the native tribal bows that they have).
Have an awesome time in Monteray this week (or today im not sure when your going there), fishing is awesome!
I love you all and please keep me in your prayers and continue to write me letters because I want to use my new letter opener,
Love,
Eric
p.s. Im posting a video of a rain storm here as well as some baptismal pictures on picasa and i think i posted another video that I took Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Love you!
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