Mom,
Hey, my
stomach is doing really crappy, the food or something is absolutely killing me
and it isn’t getting better. I
might have you send my prescription meds to me just in case. We don’t get fed by the members every
night, thank goodness because they get offended if we don’t take seconds and
our first serving is so huge that I struggle to eat that... My stomach is
really bloated which makes me really nervous, so I got some Miralax today to
see if it will help and I have been watching my food a ton because I don’t want
issues.
Overall
things are going great here besides the stomach. P-days generally go something
like this: we wake up, work out/ eat then study, then after study we do
laundry, then clean the apartment, then get the car washed, then do e-mails (my
favorite part). Then we go
to a church in White River and play games which is way fun. Today I am way bloated and feeling
like garbage so I am going to take it easy and write.
I have not
gotten your snail mail yet, it is probably going to get here today. The only other people I have received
mail from are the New
Mexico
We only
speak Spanish outside of the residence and sometimes inside but rarely. Yep our
visa waiter is still with us and I like him, it makes not feel so alone with my
terrible Spanish.... Yea I am glad I do not have to wait for a visa!! It is
hard some days to stay positive and love everyone but I am getting better at it
as the days go on.
Grimm got
transferred to another night? That
is weird, but how are you liking it, is it really good??
I do not
drive, my trainer is the driver, but I will be eventually, which is good
because he drives like a maniac!! That is weird with the musical thing, but she
should definitely do it, I think she would really enjoy it if she did. (Our stake is putting on the musical “The
Music Man” and I told him I was trying to get Brooklyn to get involved
in the production)
That is good
your dinner went well with the DeYoungs. I
am excited to hear some of the wedding plans (hint hint). . It rains probably 4 times a week which
is nice. I quite like it
and it is very green here. It
has warmed up a lot for us, it was like 88 the other day and humid as all get
out, but it is quite rainy today... it is green here and they say the fall is
beautiful so I can’t wait for that. Overall
things here are going good. We
have found some solid Investigators and I can’t believe I have been in the
field for 2 weeks now, it seems really really weird. I have not sent the SD
card because I forgot that I have like no time to write during the
week after I write in my journal, but I have been getting quicker so it should
be coming sometime this week and that way I can write back snail mail when you
write me some.
I
eat cereal and soup or kind of whatever is around, it changes on day to day...
We are all from Utah Utah Provo
I have done
a little bit of Spanish study as Ren suggested, one of the hard things is with
my stomach I get hardly any sleep lately which makes the day very hard, but “he
never said it would be easy he only said it would be worth it”.... (The suggestion from Ren is to
study with the Book of Mormon in both languages open side by side)
How is my
plaque looking? That is exciting that school is almost over. It will be
fun to be out of school for a while, especially with the weather and
summertime. I just got a few minute extension so I will keep going... How
is everything at home?? The same old stuff kind of? Here the days can get
really repetitive and start to blend into one... I am really enjoying it here
though!! Despite those few things I have already mentioned. Are you looking forward to summer
break and the wedding?? Tonight and tomorrow we are blitzing our section, which
is where the Zone Leaders come with us and work our zone so we can get
twice as much done. That will be interesting. My Spanish is improving a little I am
just way hard on myself with it, and it drives me insane not being able to understand
or talk when I want to. I hope I start feeling better soon or I do not
know what I will do....
I am excited
to receive your snail mail today... and with the mother’s day call I don’t
really know when I can call. They
haven’t told me anything and when I ask, my trainer gets a little frustrated
with me. When I find out I
will try and let you know, but be ready anytime of the day. My guess is it would be later in the
day like 4 for you, but I have no idea, it may be early, I wish I knew...
Sorry, so just have all of the phones on and I will call one of them, probably
your cell first, but at an unknown time so sorry if something goes awry. I will try and work it out so
things will go ok and I can talk with all of you at the same time. But I have
no clue.
Well I have
to go here soon so I love you all and stay safe, I miss you and pray for you
daily!!
With
everything I have and all my love, your son Elder Paxman
Dad,
I really enjoyed that short story it was really good, I
really really enjoy those... I am doing ok... my stomach has been giving me
some major issues.... I thought it might be beans but we haven’t been eating
hardly any, so I think I might have mom send me my pills from home just to be
safe... Other than that things are going great!!
My trainer and I butt heads a little because of some
difference in opinion on how to find people... But I just go with what he
wants... We get fed a ton of Mexican food and they feel bad if you don’t
take seconds. They give you a huge plate
to start, so I have to figure out a nice way to let them know that I can’t eat
that much, because it is killin me. It
is really good food though. My companion helps me with the language somewhat
but it is hard because he has to teach two of us, since we are still a trio
till he gets his visa. We speak it outside the apartment only and sometimes in,
but it is difficult when we are doing studies because we need to understand
each other. Yea I am hoping it will get better soon because it makes things so
difficult...
Our residence is in a semi-ok area, if you go about a
mile in any direction more it gets pretty bad especially east. Tell Aaron that
I say Hi and hope he is doing well, also if he wants to write or e-mail he is
welcome to! Work sounds like a doosie, the fires were probably really cool to
go work, even the bus one.
Well here we are getting ready for our first baptism on
the 14th and just continuing to teach and learn with each day. That’s awesome
you ran a 5k. I don’t think I could do
that, I am not very good at running. It will be way fun when you and me can do
some serious hiking. We have found some
really cool new people that I think are not far from baptism, once we teach
them a few times. They seemed very
interested which made me so excited.
I am so excited to call on mother’s day. They do not let us do skype here, so it will
be just a call. I have no idea when... I
have asked around a little bit, but my trainer gets kind of impatient...
It is actually nice with all the rain here, it has rained
a ton here... So that makes things interesting. I like it though.
We have a few very concentrated areas of Hispanics and
one is like a huge trailer park. That is were we found 2 great new
investigators... I have to get you and the fam my SD card. Well Dad I have to go.... I can’t wait to hear
from you on mother’s day and next p-day.
There are some really cool monuments here that we will have to go to
when we come back in 2 years or so.
With all my love, your son, Elder Paxman
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