December 22, 2008

I felt like saying that in the subject. Well, here is your long awaited reply! May I start off by saying, that reading your and David´s letters, (yes he emailed me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) have given me the warmest feeling I´ve felt in quite a long while. My heart sizzles with your Christmas wishes. I feel I´m going to put a few insights into this letter also. I´d also appreciate it if you´d forward it to a few people. karlfranzemporer@aol.com, priceboy007@gmail. (David and Daniel). This week has been tough, I´ve begun to find out why I don´t agree with a few things though, why things aren´t the way I imagined. THERE IS NO REASON THIS ENTIRE DOESN´T BAPTIZE 1 PERSON EVERY SUNDAY! Absolutely no reason. Not everyweek we´re going to have one, we´re not going to snap a finger and start having baptisms. But let me recount a few things that we do and you can tell me if it´s missionary. The initial problem is I´ve been having a few struggles with my comp. Well, first off there´s a language barrier, there always is. But I love the kid, he´s great we have a lot of fun and such. I get along with him for the most part. The rough part is there´s rules and thigns he doesn´t want to do, that are utterly senseless. FIrst off getting up, when I arrived he told me ¨what time do you get up? caus if you get up late, we get up at 6:30 here¨. We don´t usually get up. I can get up at 6:30. I can get up on time if I have enough sleep. That´s the problem. we don´t get home til 10:10 or 10:30. That´s the CURFEW! I asked him, I told him, ¨It´s a rule to be in the house before 9:30 and sleep by 10:30. The zone leaders told me the President said, no excuses be in the hosue by 9:30 unless the bus doesn´t show or you have a really late lesson but plan to be home by 9:30. My companion replied. Well no the President said it doesn´t matter what time you get home, and after about 5 or 6 months, you don´t go to bed util 11 or 12. Uh.... No it´s a rule, ou can´t argue that, most of the time we don´t use our time wisely. I conflicted his reply and he responded. Well, next change you´re going to set a great example, but for now we´re going to bed at 11:30. Holy poooP!! I asked him, where are we? He replys look at the map..... Ok,....... I can stare at the map all day long, but if I don´t know wher I am ... it´s not going to do anything. He tells me we´re at Aurelia Guevara. Ok... this street crosses the entire map. Where are we? He points at he map, we´re right here! I look at the street signs on the corner and contest, no we´re right here. He disagrees no we´re right here. I reply, no look, the streets are right here! He finishes exactly and why can´t you figure that out? Like he was right in the first place and I´m a bafoon! Oh! Then he asks ¨You know what you´re problem is...?¨ That´s my vent. We´re working on that, other than this though we´re good. He did just tell me though that we have to leave. I really wanted to write alot more, maybe I can arrange to come back. We´ll see, I´m really sorry I cant write more! I have so much to say and all I did was complain about him. Ugh... I´m going to kill myself with trying to be who I want to be. President Wright sent us a letter with a quote from President form Elder Holland that put afew things in perspective about the speed of the work. I still believe it could be alot better here. Alot better. The point that I started with is that this is a Frito mission, frito meaning fried this refers to the missionarys that don´t do anything. We had a companionship that went on exchanges for 3 days, without permission caus they don´t like their companions. One complained to the President, ¨But he´s not who I wanted to be with!¨ We screw around so much... I don´t know. Here´s the tid bit of information I have concerning Christmas. I´ll have to tell you the rest then I think. I´m going to be with a sister whose number is - 33353201 at 11 in the morning. You need to find out the rest. That is the family´s number. call the operator, or something ask about country codes area codes long distance. I´m sorry, we don´t know much more than that. I love you so much. I ´know my Father in Heaven loves me and when I pray I receive an answer. But to hear from you both and finally from David. He said so many things that made me cry. I want to talk to you all. I understand alot I have ideas. No matter what happens the time will pass. Take it or leave it. You can serve God or you can not, you can seek to improve or you can not. YOU CHOOSE YOUR LIFE! The hardships make us stronger, the afflictions make us broader and the tears make us softer. But always if we are obedient if we open our hearts to the SPIRIT , if we just try it! If we just want to believe. If we just listen. Yet we will always be frail, too weak to do it. Always we need our Father. Pride is the first thing in this world that will lead to our own self destruction. Hardening our hearts for reaons beyond reason. I have to go. Love is my footstool right now. And if it falls, so will I. Til Christmas.Friend, child, leader, lover-Jake Taylor