so you're probably wondering why i didn't write yesterday, but don't worry i have an excuse. the electricity was out all yesterday and part of this morning, so i had no chance to email, and thats that. but now i'm happy i have the chance to talk with you, so here goes.
to start things off, we finally saw a session of general conference and it was fabulous. i've waited this whole time and it definitely paid off, cause the second i saw and heard the choir, the spirit was very strong and i truly hope the others in the congregation felt the same way. the messages were great that i heard and i really was so grateful to hear some real american english... i dont get too much of that here and so now i appreciate it much more haha. i'm really not sure why it took so long for conference to arrive, but out of all 6 sessions, i only saw the morning session of sunday. but still i'm blessed to see and hear that.
this passed week was interesting at times and good at times. to answer some of your questions, i still get called 'Obroni' and i think that'll be the same way for as long as i'm white and living here haha. especially this week too... cause as i was walking with my companion, we passed by a school of little children. as soon as they saw me, they all started chanting 'obroni, obroni' so that was definitely an experience to remember :) it rained a lot this week and so at times the weather was a little cooler, but the humidity is still a killer. at night is cools down a little, but i still have to have a fan on me all night or else i'll drown in my own sweat haha just kidding, but it's difficult to sleep when its that hot, believe me. oh by the way i saw dad in testaments when we watched it sunday night with a recent convert. so once again i see your face, father.
i hope my letter arrives to you guys there soon. i'm sure it'll come this week, and if not, then it's lost somewhere. but i'm looking forward to the packages coming here also, and hopefully in a good condition, safely. thanks a ton for those xmas gifts haha. i'm glad to hear you successfully hacked my safe as well, good job.
it's good to hear everyone's doing good and works continuing to keep you busy. keep it up but don't kill yourselves off by working too hard. i also got an email from gma lindsay finally and successfully, so let her know. in the letter that you should receive, i also wrote gma lindsay, so deliver that note to her, if you could, please and thank you.
i'm eating a certain stew everyday, that my companion makes. so, i'll have that along with fish or rice or some other native dishes here. we have bananas, papaya, plantain, oranges and a few other fruits that we eat, oh and especially pineapple... how could i forget that. so the food here is good and keeping me full all the time, which is good. for water, people sell pure water here, basically everywhere, so its safe and usually cold, which is the best.
good luck with the book and work, dad, i hope all goes well with that. i'm excited to see some of the art in the book.
tell everyone hi for me back home and i'm glad they remember me haha. i can't picture snow right now, let alone being cold. i'd give money to be cold... but anyway, the time will come when it'll happen.
i'll write more next week and tell you some more experiences that i've had here. we do have a baptism planned for the 28th of November, so we're sure that'll work out. but we're looking forward to that. so, i'll talk with you all next week and until then, God bless and i love you. cya soon.
- elder newbold
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