Hello!
It is nice to here from you as well. Thanks for the letters and the package, those swedish fish will last me a good while. I have been saving my last piece of toblerone, so that is good as well.
Im glad to here that you're sending me more ties, cause i have been acting like im pretty cool, but my ties aren't. (ties are the basic currency among missionaries here, they are power) So needless to say i am regretting my decision to strive for absolute plainness in all that i have.
I ran into Elder White on Wednesday, and chatted with him for a little bit, but other missionaries also recognized him from byu, so i cant quite share my "i don't know anyone here" attitude with him. but it was nice seeing a familiar face. I also saw Elder Hollingsworth at the same time, so that too was swell.
I've a matter of saddening gravity for my mother...I will not be calling home on mothers day.It is no choice of mine, but it is the truth. I figure they just can't let 2,000 missionaries call on the same day. i dont know though. Im sorry!
In response to my lovely sister's letter, family picture, and bookmark-Thanks a whole bunch, my district leader gets the mail, and was excited for me when he saw the blue card with the hearts on it. I was excited too. ummm...I feel like i have told the majority of those things! perhaps it was in one of the illegible letters that i wrote though....
so...I have two companions. One is from here in Utah, and the other is from Tennesee. The class that i study with, as well as live on the same floor as, is comprised of 9 elders. Of the 9, 5 are heading to Leon, including my two companions, and the others are heading to elsewhere in Mexico. We study spanish, and practice teaching, from 7am to 9pm. Once a week we go to this activity as a companionship where we meet "investigators" and get to know them for 10 minutes, in espanol, plan a lesson and teach it for 30 minutes in english. Not this week, but the next we will be teaching entirely in spanish...We'll see how that goes. We have activities similar to that throughout the week, so that we can test and improve our abilities.
Something that is really great, is the devotionals we get to attend twice a week. Just last Tuesday L. Tom Perry spoke to us. Its pretty sweet to sing "called to serve" with a couple thousand other missionaries as well. I've only a few more minutes! Thanks for all that you do/ have done for me! I enjoyed williams scriptural contribution and ivys book mark!
Muchos Gracias,
Love, Elder Albano
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