Hola Familia,
Hey! Can I just tell you THANK YOU SO MUCH! Haha I saw the bag and thought to myself, “Haha! NO WAY!” I heard it was big, but that bag is BIG! Thank you so much for everything, I really appreciate it. I know that you had to have put a lot of time into it, and you have no idea how awesome it is. I think you went way overboard, but hey, no worries! My companion insisted on carrying it on the bus and the way home, i´m surprised he´s still standing. Haha Poor Brother Redd, tell him thanks a million! We´ll be eating very well here for a nice long time! Also tell Uncle Nathan and his family thanks a ton for the tie, notes and the chocolate covered cinnamon bears! They know me way too well, that´s my favorite! I love the tie so much!
So it sounds like you had an interesting experience in Las Vegas! I can not stop laughing thinking about Dad and Tanner in the pool trying to have a nice relaxing time with a bunch of HUGE women all around in bikinis. They probably could have crushed you two! It´s a good thing you left. Haha
Christopher, I was really bummed to hear about what happened at the tournament! Did you drink enough water? Are you taking creatine? Be careful with that! Something that i´ve learned on my mission is that EVERYTHING happens for a reason. We need to recognize the hand of the Lord in our lives, even though it may be extremely hard. I´ve had some of those days where I´ve just wanted to sit down and cry and ask why? But there´s always a reason for why things happen. Remember that! It´s hard to accept, but possible! You don´t want to sign an acceptance letter too soon, maybe a better offer is on the way? Haha jk. Have fun in Bear Lake, be careful!
So I just have a few funny stories to tell you this week… I forgot how lively and funny things were in the capital! I´m going to start with one of the funniest… SO last Monday after internet and lunch my companion and I were going to our appointments, but they were falling, a guy came out to give us the Book of Mormon back telling us he didn´t want us to come back, and a whole lot of other stuff was happening. My companion got frustrated and said, “This day couldn´t get any worse!”
Well, we were contacting trying to find people to teach, and we went down this path to some houses out on the mountainside. As we walked we just kept passing dog after dog after dog, and they started following us and running around getting a little excited. We went down this path to a house and my companion started contacting the guy who lived in the house. I was following behind trying to scare a dog away who was right on our heels barking and growling and stuff. I went to pretend to throw a rock at it and it came running at me! Haha I jumped down a few stairs, the dog ran right past me and bit my companion in the leg! He´s not the most patient person ever, and I was just waiting for him to go off and start throwing some dogs. He did really well though, and with bloody pants and a red face finished the contact. We went and called the nurse and now everything is good. Haha I am still laughing about this one.
I forgot how funny the Bolo´s are here in the capital! As we were walking down the street the other day, a bolo stood up, spread his arms apart and YELLED, “WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE!!!” in English. I´m sorry but I could not stop laughing.
Yesterday we made a cake for one of our investigators because it was her birthday. We took it to the family and they were happy and all, but they went and stuck a CD in the cd player. My companion and I were a little worried because we can´t listen to music… When they put in the Barney soundtrack in Spanish. Haha Let´s just say that was a quick appointment.
Well, It´s been an awesome few weeks, with a lot of hard work. I feel so tired when I get home at night, but it´s a good tired, because it means we´ve given it our all and we´ve worked hard. We´ve had some awesome situations where we´ve seen the hand of the Lord guiding us, and helping us through the work. He is protecting us and we are constantly receiving reminders of that. I love this work with everything I have. Even though it´s so hard sometimes, I love it! I´m still trying to come to know Christ better, and I know that through being obedient, i´ll be able to keep coming closer and closer to him. You too!
I love you all so much, and miss you like crazy. Thanks for everything!
Elder Melville
P.S. I love the CD´s, thank you so much! Good Job Mom! I´m impressed. I knew you could use the computer, this mission thing is just what you needed!
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