November 2, 2009

Hola!!
Well I´ve had my first change of companions, his name is Elder
Salinas. He is a great guy, and guess what he is Latino! Ha, no more english for
me. But I´m happy with that, m spanish has gotten so much better already. He
only has two changes left, so he will most likely die(not literally) here in El
Sauce. He also is a little older than normal, 25. I know there is a lot I can
learn from him and I think we can really help this ward.

Played soccer again today for the first time in a while, it was really nice. Myweek flew by, it´s crazy how fast time has been going by, I´m on my 6th month
already..whoa. We set our clocks forward an hour the weekend after Gen. Conf. So
we lost an hour of sleep, it stunk. Everything here is reveresed. It only has
been getting hotter here, I think I might die. Except today, it´s cold. Chile
tends to be pretty random just like MN. They only recently started celebrating
Halloween here, like 7 years. But Sat night there were TONS of little kids in
the streets. Idk, I wouldn´t take my kids out here lol.

And yes, Elders can be sent pretty much anywhere in the mission.

It seems to be his style to only drop bits of information about what he is doing & his interactions with the people there. So I am always asking for further clarification. This is more about him teaching the class on Sunday by himself:

I did teach it all alone, in spanish! It went well. We teach
the class now because they teacher left our ward because of, well, boy
complications ha. So now we teach becuase there is nobody else.

Jeff received the package we sent with the music cd's Marie made for him. With his current mission pres- Pres Jones- he is able to listen to the music from the lord of the rings & star wars. That could change mext year when the mission presicency changes. But for now he is enjoying it.

I wish it was fall here, I like fall. Summer is going to be brutal.
I have to wear sunblock because there is less ozone here and the sun is more
damaging.And I got the package on Thursday! Thanks so much for doing that,
it was awesome. I am enjoying the cds a lot. Thanks Marie, and
thanks for the candy. Especially the Butterfingers.

Sending packages internationally is apparently risky & very expensive. There seems to be a price break if it is under 4 #'s & it doesn't require the long detailed customs form. The hard part is keeping the box under 4 #'s.

Ok, well thanks again for the package and for all the support! And thanks for Steve´s adress. Gotta go now, love you and am praying for you!Love,Elder DeLong