Week Tres

Ok so things here aren't very different week to week. It turns out the schedule is actually exactly the same. This last week however was still awesome. First of all I continued my move fireworks streak this week by getting to babysit one of the sick elders in our district for an afternoon and taking a 2 hour nap. It would appear I cannot be tamed. The devotional this week was super tight. It was another emieritus 70 and he talked about tons of different stuff. I think he said his topic was words he did some lingual things and such but at one point he quoted somebody and what he said was this. "Any excuse NO MATTER HOW VAILD, will weaken the character of a person" so quit making excuses ya turkeys! haha I am just kidding but it really hit me. I set a new goal for all of eternity to never make an excuse for anything ever. Odds are I may fall short of this goal but I am anticipating positive results none the less. I met an elder from manitoba this week. That's the end of that story. haha I also managed to get ahold of a full size unopend jar of canadian (kraft) peanuty butter. Somebody left it hiding in a room fior some elders and they didnt use it and now it's mine. Its only exprired by a couple weeks and I dont really know what I will do with it but it reminds me of home. I was super excited to hear collin hit a triple. I was thinking about you. Clara's letter was sooo cute. (the one in the package) dear jorgen hear are some treats for him, i went swimming, I had a party, I do love jesus, love clara. It was a hit all over my floor. I sent you an SD card and a dear elder coupon HEED so hopefully it gets there with everything in order and you can all see some pictures soon. I see tons of people I know still. Nick (from spokane) came in on wednesday and it was soooo nice to see him. Jarod comes in in a week. I see clarky J all over the place life is rather delightful that way. The eat as much as you can plan is not really working very well....,. I just think I am too smart deep down inside myself to do such a horrible thing.

It happened ... they took our hermanas from us. Here is a list of things that happend as a result. Nobody wears their shoes anymore and flactulance. It is mas o menos unfortunate. Theres three of the seven spanish words I have learned in a single sentence. (impressive I know). The lanuguage actually isnt too bad. I can sort of communicate things without reading off a paper. I try to write sentences down less and less as I teach so that I rely more on learning to actually speak the language. our treacher also recommended learning spanish and not trying to learn to translate from english so I am also working on that. Alsion didn't write me this week. I heard there were some work issues but cumon is the fate of commercial air travel really more important than me. Dont answer that question I think I have a pretty good guess at what the answer is. How important are APU's anyways I have a feeling they wouldnt be necessary if everybody owend a pair of night vision goggles and a clip on fan. (all they do is power lights and air right?)

Anyways I guess I can share some things I have learned this week. some of them, granted, are things I knew or sort of knew and had reaffirmed. My heavenly father hears my prayers. He is closer than I think we really can understand. I had some pretty specific and sincere prayers answered this week. Even when they were about trivial and unimportant things. I think heavenly father has a pretty hard job. He loves us so fully and completely and desires sooo much to pour out blessings beyond our understanding upon us and we are down here running around shooting ourselves in the foot all day. And despite that he is still incredibly mercifull patient and loving. My finite mind is unable to comprehend character that flawless. Lesson two I learned. Don't pray for things unless you are 100% commited to acting on whatever answer you get. That is such a hard concept. Its called faith. If you want an answer to your problems but you dont want His answer you'll probably end up with no anwer. Last thought: The gospel is so true it's kind of rediculous. That's the easy part here is the hard part - the implications of that. There will come a time (this is a quote but from whom I know not) when everyone will know the truth. And they will also know that you knew the truth. So open your mouth and have no regrets. But here is the catch I am as much agains shoving religion down peoples throats as the next guy but you dont have to be obnoxious about it just be brave enough so that others know where you stand and who you are. Never shy away from an opportunity to let others know who you are and what you know. I made wear the savior's name on my nametag for the next two years but I hope to ALWAYS carry his name in my heart. I hope you all feel the same way.

I love you all more than I could ever hope to express in an email

Elder D