12.9.09

I think I'm going to get one in Piura because the weight situations with our flight there. It should be around 80 soles or less, but i don´t know because i haven´t seen anything electronic for sale here yet haha. I got an email from jeff law and he said that John Mayer came out with a new CD, you´ll have to check it out. So i got like 12 or 13 emails on thanksgiving and replied back to all of them but i don´t think anybody got them because i haven´t gotten an email back from anybody, even mack. So i guess if anybody asks about tell ‘em I’m sorry about that because i don’t know what’s going with the whole email thing.

Where did you send the christmas package to? The MTC here, mission home or somewhere else? Today on the way back from the temple I used about 30 or 40 dollars on my card just incase your wondering.

My new companion is Elder André Barney, he’s from Thatcher Arizona and he´s my favorite so far. He’s 1/4 mexican but you would never know haha. Everybody that reads his name tag laughs at him and starts singing the theme song to Barney. I think its pretty popular down here because today at lunch all the latinos broke out into the theme song. I like being with him because his spanish is really good and we´re around the same level. My last comp was to serious and this one is pretty laid back which i love.

Thats crazy about TCU and B-State, hopefully this will be the straw that broke the camel´s back. You´ll have to tell me when Jeff and Tyler get there calls, where and when they go. When does Nate Peck leave? Bummed i couldn´t make the funeral but it is what it is. I´m glad things went well. How's Grandpa doing?

Things are going better here but still could improve if you know what i mean. My spanish is going alright, its been frustrating because i feel like i´ve peaked and can´t learn anymore right now. I´m starting to get real frustrated when we teach because i feel like I'm the same as i was 4 week ago. I only have 2 weeks left here and want to be ready for the field. I don´t want to fall flat on my face when i get out there but hopefully I'm doing it here right now so i won´t have to when i get out there. I just can´t help feeling frustrated with the language. Only half the old group of norte americanos got latino comps and supposedly they were the ones that were struggling with the language but now they´ve all surpassed us. We´re basically segregated from them, we don´t have them as comps, in our classes, breakfast, lunch, dinner or during our P.E. time. We only see them for about a hour before we go to bed.

Last night we had Elder Nash speak to us with his wife, he's the one that is friends with president Top, so i talked to him afterwards and he told me to tell you to tell president Top his love haha. Tell bishop Wright that I’ll be writing him a letter when I have something to write about.

Tell the priests i say hi and to get ready for the missions and go to mission prep. Tell grandpa i say hi too. I sent home a couple memory cards today so i sure hope you get them because they have all my pictures on them. How´s Tim doing? I am always wondering how things are going for him. Anything about nate or christina too?

Love Fritz

I don´t know why but just as i was about to log off i got your email, mom. My email is so screwed up haha. It sounds like the funeral went well. Wish i could´ve been there but i´m here so yeah... It was a good thing for grandma and hopefully for grandpa too. It didn´t really hit me she was gone until a couple days after i found out she died. Its been difficult to deal with because i´ve never really known someone that´s died before. But this was probably a good thing when i stop to think about it. That would´ve been cool to see all the family especially Angela. If you airmail them they should get here before i leave but you need to do it soon. Thanks for the update on tim, i´ve been worried about him. Hopefully things look up for him, he´s been someone that i have thought about and related to lately. I don´t feel like I’m the only one thats struggling and that if he’s found light at the end of the tunnel I will too. Thanks for emailing me and helping push through this, Hope I can make you proud.

Fritzy

P.s. hows the blog going?