It is so great to hear from y'all! Things get better everyday here! I am getting used to the schedule and even the food a little bit. This week has been considerably hotter than last week was! I am basically constantly sweating! The AC is very inconsistent and works only about 30% of the time! It is inconsistent but you can always count on the AC for one thing: It keeps the Sabbath Day Holy. The AC never works on Sunday! Which is the day that we have to wear our suits to all meetings! I love hearing from everyone, I'm bummed that I can only talk to you on Tuesdays but once I get out into the field, I can mail letters to mission ties any day I want! Speaking of which, the cookies at Mr. Cheney's are like a little bit of Heaven! It sounds like you all have a fun holiday season ahead of you! Lots of family stuff! Good luck! I can honestly say that I have never been as excited to open Christmas presents as I am this year!
Lately we've been seeing lots of bugs around here, but they are all dead. And huge! Mostly roaches! It reminds me of Men in Black! The food does grow on you, except that I am losing weight! Haha, I eat enough though I never go hungry! I will never again talk bad about the portions that mom served back at home! My small stomach is a blessing! I am not losing much weight. I will probably only be 10 lbs lighter once I am done here. It also helps that in order to get to our room we have to traverse 90 steps on what I like to call "the great staircase" in my best Gollum voice! Elder Austin Allen and I are getting along really well. We have quite a bit in common, my only problems with him are: he's never seen Signs and he doesn't like Duck Dynasty! Ridiculous huh?
We were very blessed and able to watch Elder Holland's last conference talk about the First Great Commandment! It was so great and inspiring! I would really love it if you could send me a paper copy of the talk so that I can read it all the time! The Lord is so wonderful! It's really amazing to have the opportunity to live with the Spirit all the time. We especially received lots of help when on Friday we had to teach a lesson without any notes! It was amazing how much Portuguese I could remember, we actually had a good lesson! Even though we are so blessed in learning the language, it is easy to get frustrated because I feel like I have learned so much and wish that I could give some lessons in English because I think that they would be pretty good! All in good time though, I will continue to work hard and strive to keep the spirit with me! Once we reach week 8 we get to go proselyting! And try to place some copies of the Book of Mormon! I am so excited, I'm not sure if I can make it that long!
I can't believe that the Hobbit comes out this week! Gaaaghggh!!! It eats me up inside! Oh well, it's still going to be awesome once I get back! I love hearing from you! Everyday I realize that I am more and more blessed to have the family that I do! You guys are the best thing ever! You are my air when I couldn't breathe, you are my eyes when I can't see, you are my strength when I am weak, you saw the best there was in me! Haha, I constantly have the most random songs running through my head! I was wondering if you could send lyrics to One Day More from Les Mis because I can't get it out of my head and I only know 2 lines!
I think that for some reason my Brazilian roommates think that my Vitamin C is some sort of muscle building supplement! They are obsessed with it! They point at their muscles and ask me questions like when I take them and how often! It's so funny!
I gotta go but I love you so much,
Elder Stringer
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