Jon hates beets

Mon 10/26/2009 12:28 PM

Hey familia hows life going for yall back in texas.
I´ll start by answering some of the things that were in the letter.
1st on the money front, its been two weeks now and we are having trouble getting my church card activated, and we have basically used all of elder foreros money, last week I had to spend 36 out of my debit card just so we could buy food. I will get reimbursed by the church when it is all said and done, but until then me and forero are working out butts off to try and get my card working.
I also plan to not use my card really until I have to go home that way if every couple of months you put in some money, there will be some to spend of gifts for you guys.

Dad havent got any of your letters yet, but Ill wait for them. when you write your next one put a date in the actual letter because one thing that I remember is dear elder does not date the letters.
on the car front. It was always my intention to mount the new bushings when I got home. If you do it I dont care, but like you said it is a huge job and all on your back. so its up to you. try not to get to stressed out with your job. its like the work here, ultra stressful and completly dead at the end of the day, but just work you butt off and before you know it the problems will be over.

Mom its good to know you guys are cleaning the gameroom and such,its weird to think how different it will be in a year and a half, but thats part of being a missionary, getting to go home to a different place. You guys can imagine what its like in ecuador, think of neiborghoods where all the houses are made out of cinderblocks and cement, everyone watches soccer all the time and everyone is brown and speaking spanish, other than that, and the lifestyles, and the clothes, and the food. its pretty much just like the US oh and nobody has money, but other than those things I think its pretty close. Me and forero are getting along really good, hes real neat and tidy so we have our disagreances on how to live but we get along and are becoming a great team. now the question is just how long will we be together. spanish is going great, its hard to remember but everyday I am learning more and am able to communicate better with the people here. I havent been really sick yet, just some stomach-intestinal problems so Im doing really good, I know that one of these days my body is going to betray me and Im going to wish I felt better but until that day Im fine.

Now on the portion where I tell you stories about whats happing in my neck of the woods.

First off, I HATE BEETS, I dont know why they are just disgusting to me, so of course I get sent to an area where we eat beets like 3 times a week. its great I see them and just think, Oh no not again.
this week we were eating lunch and we were having a soup that was with penuts and fish. I got the head and back of the fish( eye included) so when I got to the eye part of the fish. I just had to man up and eat it. so yeah I ate a fish eye, it wasnt that bad, just kind of crunchy and really really fishey. so those are my two food stories for the day.
You guys remember my trainer elder peterson. well we heard this saturday that he got home and 3 weeks later got married to his girlfriend. its really crazy, we knew that they wanted to get married but we didnt think that they actually would do it so fast. its really crazy I think Ill write him a letter and ask for a pic of his baby before the end of my mission. we had zone conference on saturday and I was able to talk with elder halls for a while, he is freaking training a new elder, training. its so crazy how fast the time goes. i dont know if I told you but me and forero actually both started the mission on the same day, the only difference is that he has 6 monthes more than I do..
So we werewalking down the road the other day and we saw a motercycle with 6 people on it and we thought it was the craziset thing we had ever saw, until the next day when we saw 5 people on a bicycle. so the people really know how to carpool here. Also just a side note, we dont know why but weve seen like 6 different transvestites in our area. so there are alot. well I need to write president. elder forero takes like 2 hours to write so we will be here a while, also what do you guys think about the blog idea let me know.

I love yall lots
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