Hey, so everything is still pretty great here. I'd definitely agree with you - I am fairly spoiled with everything that I have in my apartment. And our Sound system consists of a CD player with 6 CD changer and 5 large surround sound speakers. Total price was $15 - most of it was received from members. And we listen to it a lot, mostly just Josh Groban, and musicals. We also have some EFY CDs and some other random CDs with appropriate music.
The Jacket I have should be fine for know, especially since I have a car to drive around in as well. So far, it's never gotten cold enough for me to need anything else. And this jacket is pretty much water proof too since it’s wool.
Let’s see, what did we do this week? We've had a couple of lessons, but most of our lessons have been with part member families, and less actives. That’s a big focus in this area, because the Spanish people live so far apart from each other, and we only have a limited amount of miles per month for driving. The people of New York are pretty crazy drivers, and the roads are super narrow. It’s crazy, but the speed limits are all fairly slow. The fastest speed limit I’ve seen is 55 mph. Of course, everyone goes at least 65 in that area.
The language has also taken quite a twist too. In the MTC I was able to understand more than I could say, but here it's the exact opposite; a lot harder. It's great having a companion who's pretty much a native speaker. Although Elder Maldonando was born in Brazil, his Spanish is better than his Portuguese, and he speaks Portuguese with a Spanish accent. It's been ok though, because he's able to help me a lot more when I don’t know words, or need help having principles explained to me.
We're gonna be meeting a part member family this coming Sunday, and the husband is the non member. Our goal is to baptize him before Elder Maldonando goes home, which means getting a date within the next couple of weeks. We haven’t met with him since I got here though because his family from Ecuador was here, and they hate the church. They're evangelical.
I haven’t written any letters back to Sarah or Daniel yet because I haven’t really had a lot of time, so just so they know not to be expecting anything really soon. But I’ll try to get some letters off soon - before next Wednesday for sure.
We've been trying to re-contact 10 people from the area book a day, and it's kinda funny, because it seems like no matter what time we go no one is ever home. Also, here after it gets dark the people don’t like to answer their doors. So that certainly doesn’t make it any easier. We plan most of our appointments from 4:00 on so that we have the earlier time to find people, and we try get a lot of referrals from the members, because those are the ones that are most likely to stay active after the missionaries leave. A lot of that though falls on the shoulders of the members.
Also, just as a final side note. When you have the missionaries over, they Love to get leftovers. It's a little harder if they don’t have a car, but it's still possible. It helps a lot with the limited funds we have.
I love all of you, and I look forward to hearing from you next week.
Love, Elder Dilling
P.S. Continue to be an example to everyone, and invite them to come unto Christ. (i.e. attend church and stuff)
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