hi mom!
today is no caps day because i don't have time to capitalize letters. or use paragraphs. today elder perry is coming to visit our mission and so our email time was cut short so we can get things done before we leave. but i am still excited. i am fine cutting my email time to hear some elder perry, you know what i mean.
well last week was kinda lame cause we had a mazillion appointments set up and most of them fell away. so, we had opportunities to teach a lot of new people and none of them really worked out. however, we met this new haitian guy named oxtave and he is sweet. he doesn't speak much english so we are teaching him at another haitian members home so she can translate for him. it's gonna be good. we also had stake conference this weekend and the saturday night meeting was great. it was not a very formal meeting - there were roleplays by the missionaries, videos, and a fair amount of laughing done - and I liked the way it turned out. ever since the "hastening the work of salvation" project came into play, things have changed a lot. the missionaries participate a lot more in stake meetings than they used to, at least here in nj. what are your stake conference meetings like? i saw a lot of old companions at stake conference and i saw a lot of my friends from trenton! including jos and courage and marchelle. they are all doing really well. jos has had a lot of opposition from her dad (he is a catholic) so she hasn't been able to come to church as much but she still comes whenever she can. haha - she's been kicked out of her house twice already for it. but i think things are getting better for her. so that's good. i saw a lot of families from the princeton 2nd ward too. most of them were surprised that i could still remember their name. help colby out with remembering peoples' names because it has made a pretty big impact on my mission. no joke. when we meet people on the street and then see them again in a week or a month and i call them by name, they know that we think and care about them and more often than not we end up talking and teaching them. and the same goes with members... when we see them outside of church and i remember their name, they trust us and invite us over more often. i am serious! so anyway........
cool art! i hope your classes are going pretty well. which is your hardest class you are taking right now?
most of my roommates come back within a transfer or the next. so the next 9 weeks. clark comes home 6 weeks after me I think and reese 12 weeks after that.
nate looks like he is putting on some serious muscle that's awesome. i can't gain any mass (fat or muscle) if i try. so i don't try anymore.
so sorry! i forgot my camera so i won't be able to send pictures today but i probably will be able to tomorrow, or sometime this week. i have some good ones. i got a fantastic letter from ellie snow this week. she is in the young women's group. i will probably write back but in case it isn't for a while you make sure you give her a big thank you. it was a sweet letter. and say hi to all my ward buddies for me. it looks like you have had a few move-ins in the last little while. and they changed our missionaries from elders to sisters... :( no good. just kidding haha.
well take care now grandma mclain. i love you all! let me know if i can do anything for you. i am still looking for a souvenir shop around these parts. i haven't found one. occasionally i find stuff on the ground like spoons and glass bottles and lighters. and that's about it. until next week.
love,
uncle tab
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