My Spanish is Improving

Dear Mom and Dad,

Yes, I got the information about Dr. Rex in the mail.  In fact I wasn’t sure what to do about that stuff because I got a call today reminding me about the doctor’s visit with the other doctor on the 19th of August, so I wasn’t sure what was going on. I am glad you clarified that, sadly health has been less than good.  I was sick Saturday night and all of Sunday, and I am just feeling so-so today.  I hate being stuck in the apartment.  It seems that I get sick about every week and a half or two. Which really stinks, sometimes it only lasts a day other times longer, it stinks.  Me and my companions were not sure about the Doc appointments, about going to both, if I go a while without being sick we would just like to wait till September, and not see the other doctor in August.   I might be changing companions in a week anyway because it is a transfer, I will be done with training then too, thank pete. With the food I have been doing really good, my stomach now just goes off whenever it feels like it. My companions were joking about me getting into one of the really good doctors, they were like, "hey maybe you were sent here on your mission so you could just meet this specialist and become healthy!!" We laughed about that for a while.  

The couch looks way nice. The work is going good.  We have found several solid contacts where we have follow up appointments with them over the next few days, so we will see if they are going to be good investigators.  They just announced that over the next 6 to 9 months they are going to incorporate technology into our mission, giving us Ipads and such!!!  I don’t know the exact details but they are trying to reduce if not get rid of tracting all together!!! I did get to meet the new President, he was very nice and his wife as well, she is a crier so it makes me feel a little better. I have had several chats with her about my being sick and all, so I really like both of them.  

We always attend the same Branch because there is only one Spanish branch in the Indianapolis area. It is nice, pretty much like church at home just in all Spanish. Which, my Spanish is improving, with being sick I have gotten into the habit of watching all of our movies and what not in Spanish, to at least do something while sick. Yes, the movie I suggested is my favorite restoration dvd out there, even though it is a little over an hour. It might be the one they show at the visitor’s center on Temple Square, I do not know. Other than that things are going great here we are really trying to focus down our pool of Investigators, to sift the wheat from the tares, which is hard because I hate dropping people but some of them I have only met once or twice since I have been out here.  I don’t know if Sister Cleveland wants to talk to you or not, I would suppose so, especially about all the Doctor stuff, so If you can email or call her so you can give her the rundown, I have already explained a little. 

The 4th was normal except we had to be in at 6 because of drunkards and fun stuff like that. Let me know of any of the medical things that I need to fill out and such.  I love you all very much and keep you in my prayers. 

Love, Elder Paxman 

Dear Bailee, 

I liked the quotes, those two are really good. Things here have been much the same, we tracted into some solid investigators so I am hoping we can keep teaching them. One is a man named Luis, he speaks English and Spanish and he is a HEAVY smoker and drinker.  He wants to stop. I am willing to give him a run for his money on this stuff. So we have our first lesson with him tonight, which will be very interesting.

That sounds fun with the wedding plans, I wish I could have some of those deserts they sound really good. You are going to have a nice apartment, if not a home, by the time I get home.   39 days eh!! (Till the wedding) Man I feel old and the fact that the mission is cruising and will go even faster when I can be darn healthy. I turn 4 months in a few days and it is really weird because I still feel oober green and in one week I will find out what new is going to happen.  Whether they make me train (which I hope not) or be senior companion or what not, but I am no longer a trainee. One missionary I have grown close too is my Zone Leader Elder Cannon.  He leaves in 6 weeks back home to South Jordan. It is weird when I got here he still had like 3 transfers now he barely has one. It feels strange.

I am glad things are going well at home, mom said I will be getting the tie here soon to wear on the 16th and 23rd or something like that. You will have to remind me, I have too much stuff going on in my head.  Well I hope everything continues to go good at home. Yellowstone sounds way fun, I miss nature seeing as I am stuck in the city and in the ghettos of the city too.  

I did get to see the World Wide training and it was awesome!! In fact in the next 6 to 9 months they are going to start incorporating techno stuff here our mission.  The President the announcement in fact we have an area seventy coming sometime in August to talk about it and some other stuff, so it is going to be very interesting. Well you are all in my prayers and I can’t wait to see pictures of everything, I still have to write some people, so sorry this is a little short. Love you all a ton, and it definitely is "all good!!"  

Love, Your bro, Elder Paxman 

The quotes Bailee included in her letter that he liked: 

"A life spent making mistakes is so much better than a life spent doing nothing"

-Unknown 

"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the small voice at the end of the day saying: I will try again tomorrow."

-Unknown