Re: Shake, rattle and roll

Wed, May 19, 2010

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Hey hey hey! he heh heh, I actually didn't even FEEL the earthquake when it happened! I actually had no idea that it happened until the next day, so yeah... I think that because it was so far away that it didn't really reach all the way out here. but yes, I'm kinda glad it didn't make it all the say out here, but still. that's like... the...fifth? major earthquake in the last little bit, right? wow, man. it's getting crazy out here in the world. I just hope that everything stays nice and safe over in the northwestern part of the world. :3 that would be nice, you know?

so. on to the new area. Santurce. it's definitely different out here. I like it, but I'm still not sure if I like it more than Caguas. ;) but, my new comp is Elder Ralston. (like I already said. :) ) He's from Virginia, and he's a pretty funny guy. very nice and chill, but he's a hard worker, which I'm really glad for. I'm been waiting for a super hard worker. and even better? He's not a conversation hog! :D YAY! I actually get to TEACH! sweet. he's only got one more transfer than I do, which is actually the same as it was with Elder Bailey. but he's a good teacher. he's served in a few other areas, including Barbados (which is kinda hard on the Spanish seeing as you don't really speak it out there) but things are going super good. :) very nice guy, funny, hard worker... yeah. I'll get some pics sometime soon so I can get those sent out. and speaking of things getting sent out. ok. so, since Santurce... well, it isn't exactly the SAFEST place around. that and we're both not really exactly sure of the address of the apartment... soooooooo, I'm thinking it might probably be BEST for people to send stuff to the mission office. at least for now till I can test it. but, just to throw it out there in case people STILL don't have it, it's:

Elder Brandon Bryan
Puerto Rico San Juan East mission
500 Calle Marginal Norte
Bayamón, PR 00959

sweet. we actually have the moving Elders in our district and so sometimes they stop by the office for errands once or twice a week, so they would be able to pick up stuff and then give it to us at district meeting ever Tuesday.

but yeah. Santurce is a nice walking area. yay! :D ha ha ha, but really though, I don't really mind it any more. it was just the first few days when it was like, öh wow... TONS of walking all the time" but it's all good now. you know. :3 and my tan. ooooouy, it's gettign good. I can't wait to just show it off, you know. ha ah ha, I'm just gonna like end up with a permanently tanned face and arms and the rest will never match. kinda like zip off pants, you know? wear ém as shorts and then wash ém one time, ONE TIME, and they NEVER look the same ever again. no matter how many times you wash the bottoms or leave ém out in the sun. ha ha ha!
great. I'm excited. xD but yeah, it... it SEEMS like it's bigger, but that's almost just cause it's a walking area, so I really have no idea how it compares to Caguas. BUT, one thing that is a bit harder is that it seems there's a lot more... "hard" people. those people that are just super... "duro" as it's said in Spanish. AH! difficult. defícil. that's the word I'm looking for. :D ha ha ha. yeah... I've been noticing that I'm forget a lot more of my English recently... like, I KNOW the Spanish word, but the English word just eludes me! horrible.

dang. so Dianne STILL needs one more family for the program... DANG man, thats crazy. is this the longest they've had to wait before, or have they had to wait till the last minute? however, that's good that you got Donny his passport...gosh... Donny's getting SO OLD! WHAT IS THIS?! jeeze.

Jessica Lliddle... Jessica Liddle... wow. that name sounds SUPER familiar... :-/ that name I've heard before, but I can't put a face to it... where does it say that it she's a follower? does she have like a profile or something like that that you would be able to check out? maybe on my FaceFook? I dunno... gah, why can't I remember? I'm forgetting everything! :'(

AH, finally! my plaque has come. only a year late. *sigh* oh wells, I guess. at least it's here. BUT, yes. for sure I think you should send them the piercings foto! that would be hilarious! you should send me one of those, too. I need one for my foto album. along with one of my senior pics. AND a family foto! :P kinda convenient that they still managed to mess up what mission I'm at and have it STILL work out. cool beans. :D

ok. so for the card from Annie to you. I BELIEVE that I saw it... AH! yes. I remember now! I helped her translate it! xD ha ha ha! speaking of cards... did you get the card that I sent you? she actually gave me a letter that I'm in the process of translating :) it's a four page letter... and unfortunately, it's a bit harder to find free time when you don't have a car to take you places... but we're going to be getting bus fare next month, so that's gonna take the strain off of running around all the time. however, I'm working on the letter and after I get that all finished up, she also had a few gifts that she gave me to send. so you should be getting that hopefully soon... :-/ it all just depends on how long it takes me to get it all taken care of. :) but she was VERY grateful for everything. she really is the best though, you know. she has definitely become a friend for life. the only problem about her emailing me, is that I would be able to reply to anything that she said. BUUUUUT, she can send me stuff all she wants, that's no problem at all. I've even asked president about that. people can send me stuff to their hearts content, I just can't reply unless they're family. :)

but yeah, president Dewsnup actually sent us out the info on the new mission pres, too! ha ah ha. I've actually talked with him before. he's a super chill guy. very very nice and funny, so I'm excited to see how everything goes. i have a feeling there's going to be some changes that don't include the mission combination, but we'll see. we'll see.

MAN! EVERYONE is getting into car crashes now! gosh, I guess it's not a good thing that I don't have a car this transfer, ha hah a! keeping me out of trouble. maybe it's the new fad... I might have to follow this to see how it pulls out. I might just have to jump on the band wagon. :P

but yeah, I suppose that's it for now. not a SUPER whole lot of news this week. it's mostly the get accustomed to things week as well as the whole meeting everyone. so yeah. I'll be sure to get more news soon. Plus I'll be getting stuff sent out by the latest next week to get everything organized and picked up.

but yeah... I think that's everything for now... well, I LOVE YOU! I love you more than people love getting into car crashes. :P xD ha ha ha!

no fotos this week cause I'm still trying to get this computer figured out... it's a little different than normal.