yeah don`t worry about the time thing on mother`s day. it was my last call so it was no big deal. i did talk to them about the internet and they said they just pay 20 a month for unlimited, so that was fine too. they`re a good family. as far as school goes, i`m not sure when i can get on to do it. i don`t know if i should just waste half a pday to do it or do it in the morning or something, but i`ll see if i can`t start it this week. and my card says it expires 7/13, my debit card, if it were my atm card it wouldn`t be a big deal, and i mean i guess i can just sack out money if it does expire and i can`t replace it, but i don`t know how big of a hassle it is to get a new one after it expires. it seems like just mailing the one when it comes is the best thing to do. i was also gonna see if you could somehow find another one of those bite-out quarters, cause i lost the one emily sent me awhile ago, but it`s such a great trick that i want another haha. so you wouldn`t have to send another package, but maybe just an envelope with the card and the quarter? that would be much appreciated :)
as far as the weather goes, it finally has started to rain down here. funny enough, i think it only rained like once in my last area, but it`s rained every day here now. i don`t know if it`s raining in the whole country, but it seems like the rain has finally come. i`ve seen little clips about the news and they showed somewhere in the city how some parts actually got a little flooded. it was more cause the people here just throw their garbage right on the street, so the water collects it and takes it away and then it just makes a big huge pile of garbage where the water should run out. they showed a shot of what seemed like a million plastic bottles just blocking the hole where the water goes. it`s kinda gross, it`s kind of a dirty country, garbage wise anyway, but what can ya do?
well, so i did get changed. i am now near this place called tocumen, and it`s like right by the airport, so like every 5 minutes big huge international planes go by, and it`s super loud. we`re close enough that you can like actually see and read what company the plane comes from and everything haha, it`s crazy. my companion is elder menchù from guatemala, from a place called totonicapan or something like that, i don`t know if that`s familiar to dad, i think it`s by quetzaltenango, the map you sent me forever ago has guatemala on the back and my comp showed me where. he`s actually a super chill guy. he`s super short, and actually really crazy, but we get along well. he`s still a little young, i think this is his 4th change or something, but he`s a work horse. this is his first area, and he already has like 20 baptisms, and in the last 3 months has had like 14 or something. this zone is actually one of the best baptizing zones. cool little story, i thought i was staying in my last area right? and it being a kind of dead area, or not a lot of baptisms anyway, on mother`s day actually i fasted that i would be able to have success and have a baptism, and so who knows what the future has, but i think my fast has been answered. we set 4 fechas already, and i really think we could have a ton of baptisms. my very first day here we went to meet a few people, and we stopped by a member`s house, and after talking for a bit he said that when the year started he put a personal baptism goal. he said he wanted like 7 or 8 in the year, but already has like 11! so he`s just like super pumped and always wants to help us and talks to everyone about the church and gives us references and leaves with us and everything! he`s super cool! but even the rest of the branch is pretty suportive too. they`re always helping us out, and like i already feel good with the members. i`ve never been in an area like this, and it`s tough, cause we really have to work hard, but i`m excited. i was a little bit upset i had changes, cause i feel like i`m just getting bounced around and don`t have a purpose, but it turned out being a good change and i think we`ll do good. i`m pumped :)
we`ve been seeing a lot of less actives too, and just like reading the scriptures with them and stuff, and i really enjoy that too. i love just reading with people. it helps me learn the scriptures and learn new things, and so it`s nice. that`s kinda what we want to do this change. basically only work with members and less actives, and try not to contact a lot, just trying to reactivate the less actives to help the attendance at church and then getting references from them, and then being good friends with the members so they give us references. it seems like it`s worked lately here so we don`t want to change a lot.
well, i think that more or less sums it up. i`m super tired cause we`re working super hard, but it`s good. i like my comp, the area has no hills so i`m excited about that too haha, so things are going well. thanks for finding a few things out for me, and thanks for all you do. i hope you have an awesome week!
much love,
elder paskett
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