your stinking letter

Dear Family,

It’s been an interesting week and let’s just says that i'm tired. Really tired. …….. tired. But that’s what happens when you are disobedient in going to bed, but obedient in waking up. . . something that will be changing this week. Because I don’t like being tired. Well this tired. As for our trip last week, it was awesome, but it reminded me too much of life on the outside. so that was a bummer when Tuesday hit. But hey, i'm not going to complain too loud because I just turned 16.

This week we had a few adventures. my comp fell ill with the runs, and we kept having to return to the apartment because he won't use the bathrooms of members for anything more than number 1. which I always thought was ridiculous, but then again with some of the bathrooms down here i'm not surprised. like my personal fav was a nice hole in the ground, and it was too dark to see anything else. (in some of the areas there still isn’t such thing as plumbing) and finally my comp got so bad that he didn’t want to leave and that really frustrates me because I understand why, but I hate not being able to work. but luckily we were able to call in reinforcements andy and ivan. andy was sick too, so he had time to sit with my comp. and ivan went with me to the appointments, and we had a good afternoon working our tootsies off.

We have an investigator that we are working with marko Antonio and his wife rosa. They have a real crappy situation; he's addicted to gambling, and she has had to suffer for 9 years him coming home with nothing for the children. It’s a real tough situation, and we have been doing everything to help them. It’s a real tragedy to see how wickedly Satan can destroy a family.

Other than that I am tranquil, as the Latin’s say, I have this tendency to get really frustrated with the elders because they don’t act like I think they should and a lot of times like they shouldn’t. but this week we had interviews with pres. And it was a great relief for me as I spoke with him and his wife to realize that they really feel like I am doing a good job and that they understand the crap that happens and more than anything they just told me that I need to be careful that I don’t lower my standards, but that I really evaluate what is important and what isn’t.  And that’s what I am trying to do. I am trying to think of what is the goal behind what we are doing. for example I get frustrated when we don’t have good studies, but the purpose of the study is to build the companionship. so if I am destroying It by being angry or frustrated that's not helping anyone. Things like that and just having realistic expectations

But just so yall know I really hope my next comp gets up before 7 30 and likes running and isn’t from Ecuador

Elder Preece

May the force be with you.

Un abrazo fuerte