December 5, 2011 Spanglish and Disfutando the work

At the bakery in La Union Dec 2011

Alright fam! so we had cambios this week, and I'm headed for tumbes......not!!! haha That place is twice as hot as Arizona! haha Yeah, so they called and it looks like I'll be right here in La Union for one cambio mas with the same compañero!!! Things are lookin' up!! We got the papers for the marriage that we are working on and have it planned for Viernes!! Looks like were going to have 2 new baptismos this week!!!! Hermina wants to be baptized in a river like Christ, so looks like were going to do it like our amoroso poderoso señor!! That's the highlight of this week!!! Sadly, no baptisms this past week, but thats alright, we've been working with the father of another pastor evagelico church. I had a date programmed for him but he had culta (church) and didn't assist the sacremental meeting. We're going to try again this weeek!! Ohhh and one more person were going to work with is Jasmin, her mom and brother's son baptisado, pero ella no quiere hacerlo. were working on that and trying to gain the confianza of her and introduce her to amigas of the church. She has already had all the discussions and is a project of about 4 or 5 meses of work. We're hoping to baptize her this week too. Her mom is wonderful!! She makes antecucho (shishkabobs) and every time we pass by, she always wants us to sit down and talk....obviously we do, seeing that she is a recent convert and somewhat new to the church.

My Spanish has gotten a ton better. I'm ready to talk to people, shout and people and play!! The work is starting to become fun.......sometimes haha. Yeah-it's starting to get hot too!! So last night, me and my companion both prayed in English. He opened and I closed. It is weird to talk in English, indescribable the feeling. I was smiling the whole time I was praying as my mind was struggling to remember the words. haha I love it! We definitely talk way more different. When I get a chance to talk to an American its different! Ha ha, the words you use and how you express yourself! 

I can't send my memory card home for the whole two years......the president said that anything with metal most likley will not make it through the mail. I can't risk it, but I'm going to try to make some cds and send those, or I'll think of something. There's a website that they said we can use, called kodak, ya know the photos....I can upload those into a cloud server and then you guys should be able to view them. As of now, I have like 170 new photos!!!!! haha Yeah, ask Shark or Jeff about that. They are smart.  You guys have to set it up for me though.. thats the deal on that!!!! so if you wanna see pics do something!! Christmas is coming quick!! Wow! I love it!  For packages i might buys some little things and send them home if I can find some time! I'll work on that in the next couple months!!! yeah I got the package of thanksgiving. Thanks so much! We put the gallo (turkey) on the wall!! Yeah I know- bonito!! Anyway, thanks padres for all you do!!!  Thanks Dad for writing the letter to my comp!! We've grown close and are having exitó in our labours, disfrutando (enjoying) the work!!! love you guys!!!  love you all so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Elder Pinegar