April 18, 2011

Hi mom!

Elder in Spanish is the same as in English, but you pronounce it with a Spanish accent (of course).

We had Stake Conference yesterday and Saturday.  I played the piano for the two sessions on Saturday, and a sister in the stake played on Sunday.  Also, there was a musical number on Sunday - two sisters from another ward sang "Learn of Me," from Janice Kapp Perry (in Spanish, of course).  It was awesome!  I wasn´t sure if I was listening to a CD, or actual people.  It´s not very often that I find people here that have an ear to stay in tune (that sounds terrible, I know, but it´s true...).

Oh, and President Spannaus came to the Stake Conference, with his wife and two daughters, and spoke (his wife spoke, too).  His wife spoke on ideas for missionary work among the members, and he spoke on the gospel from Adam down to Noah, with the end result that no one can live with God again without baptism. 

Not much to write this week.  I´m glad that everything is going well there.  We forgot to fast last Sunday, too, so we´re fasting today.  I´m hungry.  We´ll eat at about 4:00 (it´s 1:40). 

That will sure look good - a painted kitchen.

I´m still in my first area, Iguala, a city about an hour drive from Cuernavaca.  And it´s still hot-hot-hot!  And getting hotter.  I´ve never sweated from my arms before (not that I´ve realized). 

Hey, I saw rain!!!  And lightning!!!  I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  It usually only rains at night, so it´s still deathly hot in the daytime, but still, I love the storms!  I haven´t seen rain since the MTC, and when it rained a few nights ago, my companion didn´t wake me up (grr.... I slept right through it).  But it rained last night, and I love the lightning!  When a storm comes for the first time after I get back home, I´m going to find a patch of nice grass outside, lay down, and just enjoy it.  I don´t care if I catch a cold by doing it.

The church is true - keep strong in the gospel!  It´s the only path the has all of the truths that we need to return to live with God again.

Elder Bartlome