Happy Birthday Dad!!!!! Sounds like it was a good one. What did you get for your birthday? When you get this email...get on (wink wink). Me and my comp are both staying in this area. Which is cool. We´ve got no problem with it. Things are going good here. We´re teaching 5 people that could get baptized on the 13.....Ambers Birthday!!!! They are progressing fast and we´re going to see how everything goes with them. They went to church yesterday. We baptized a man named Manolo. I did the baptism which was way cool. The ward here doesn´t really support us as much as they should so that´s a bummer. But in that package i need envelopes. But make sure they are the ones that has the little plastic peel off thing where it´s stick. The humidity closes up regular envelopes. And you can nutty bars too. They won´t melt that bad. Oh can you tell grandma thank you so much for the package she sent me with the see´s candy in it. It´s freaking delicious. Oh in that package...send me stuff that doesn´t weight too much. Cause they take out money from our accounts fopr every pound. Haha last week they took out a lot so i gotta be frugalo with my money right now. But i´m still alive and healthy so no worries. It´s kinda crazy that i´m coming up on a year now. Time sure does fly by out here. But it sounds like everything is going way good there. I´m way happy to here that. Oh in every package you send....please send pictures. I could care less about candy and all that stuff...pictures are the most important things i could get. But things are going way good here. I love you guys so much!!!! Be stay!

Hello family!!! I´m just chillin here from the DR trying to stay sane haha jk. But agin HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE!!! It sounds like you had a good time for your birthday. Batting cages? That´s so Dope!! I bet your getting way good at baseball. I can´t wait to play when i get back. Lol me and my comp made comp pants. They are tan with rubber duck material for the pockets. I´ll come home with them so you´ll be able to see them. Things are going good here in Los Mina. We are going to be having a baptism this saturday. His name is Manolo. He owns a little store called a Colmado. They are little convinience stores in like every corner of this country. It´s what i lived off of when i was out in the campo. But this area isn´t as successful as Los Molinos. But i think i´ve had my fun in the city. I wanna go back out into the campo. You can see the stars out there and it´s a lot cleaner. I´m going to see what prez has to say about that. I know it´s the lord who says it all...but who knows....it might just be where i need to go. Oh for the ward...I miss the ward a lot. You don´t realize how strong our ward is until you come into a 3rd world country where the church has been here for only 40 years. There wards here.....some are way strong...but many struggle. Like in Yamasá there were 30 members going to church and 200 inactives. So keep it up ward. Gives me something to look forward to when i get back. And remember...you have a calling for a reason...to help us grow spiritually in the church. If the lord knew you couldn´t fullfill the calling...he wouldn´t call you. I´m way greatful for you guys and your willing to fullfill your calling. Cause we know how it feels when people don´t haha. But the mission is awesome. A very great experience. I´m learning so much about the gospel and how to better myself. It´s truley humblying being in a 3rd world country. But i love you all. But ya those pictures you sent were perfect. Wow amber and chad look amazing!!! Tell i said that. So fit. I´m very impressed. Things are going good here. But hey i love you guys so much. Stay safe and know that you guys are always in my prayers. Dios Les Bendiga siempre!

Wow brother yates got to pass? That is so awesome. It is cool to know that i was part of that being his home teacher and everything. But that´s way sick!!! Ya Dad. Me and my comp were talking about what our Dads did to wake us up....aka be annoying haha. Man i really miss goofing around with you. Those were way good times. But when i get back we have a lot of catching up to do ok? Oh so Mcdonalds here yes it´s mcdonalds....but yes you can tell it´s different. It´s not American. Same with burger king. And they don´t have a dollar menu...or i guess it would be a 35 peso meal. Yes when you biggie size it it´s called GRANDE!! Ya for my birthday we grande sized it. Haha the people here think that all we eat (Americans) Is hamburgers and corn flakes. When really we have a Huge variety of foods that we eat. And all these people eat is rice and beans. So it´s funny that they think that. It´s like...clearly we don´t only eat mcdonalds cause we´re skinnier then them haha. But Mike i gotta message for you Happy Birthday on the 17!!!!!!!! I wish i could call. Sigh. And Dad your birthday is coming up a week after that...you´ll be turning 32? Ya? So on sunday we had 5 people in church. That´s a record for this area. It´s really slow here so that´s awesome. We have some people that are progressing way fast. It´s way nice. We´ll get some baptisms this transfer. I´m doing way great. Just working towards my year mark then that call HOME!!!! YAY!!! Well i love you guys SOO much. I can´t wait to talk on the phone. But stay safe and i´ll do the same. Con mucho amor

Hey guys!!! Oh my goodness i got that birthday package the other day. I´m going to be so huge after that!!! Thank you SOOOO much for that. This is one of the best things i have gotten out here. I wore my jersey today when we played steal the flag. I´m sending a picture. And me with a member family that was in my old area. They are so cool. And there is a thousand of them haha. Wow conference was so DOPE!!! I learned so much. It was like a weekend of how i can make myself better. Like the talk about appreciating the things that i have and not what i lack. That one helped me out a ton. Me and my comp are doing way good. The area is a little slow right now but we´re working on that. We have a baptism date for the 16 a day before Mikes B-Day. Wow that´s exciting huh? So we´ll see how everything goes down with that. Today is p-day and we ate McDonalds to treat ourselves. Yes we ate BK for my birthday. We got the triple wopper and biggie sized it with an ice cream. Wow i didn´t want to eat for like 6 months after it. But i manned up and ate the next day. I´m learning a lot on the mission hahaha. So it sounds like there is a lot of things going on with missionary work back at home. That makes me SOOO excited. Yes i hit 11 months today so that was exciting. Things are going way good. Me and my comp eat way healthy and i work out a little bit. So our healthy is awesome. But my hands are cold so i can´t type very fast. Haha i´m not used to air conditioning lol. I know right? Well i love you guys SOOO much. Ojalá que tengan una buena semana. Y disfrutanse un chin está bien. Tengo once meses en el misíon y estoy animado para regresar. Pero me falta mucho. Les Amo con todo mi corazon. Paz.