It's January 28th, 2013, and another P-day for Elder Ethan Merrill, which means another letter for his family, woohoo! I (mom) had a few phrases translated on the internet in Spanish so I could write him in his current language:
Hi. Yeah, you said "good day, we love you a lot and we hope you have a good week" (That is what I was going for, so that's good, lol). For Google translate, that went pretty well. Yep, I just finished my first week here in Carmen de Patagones, it went pretty well. We taught a bunch of people and have a bunch more to teach this week. Although people in this city seem a bit more harder to get in to teach, I think we will have a little more success because they are more dedicated once they are converted. We have this kid, who's 16, if Joseph Smith wasn't a prophet, this kid would have been chosen instead. Oh my gosh, not only does he get everything we teach, he truly believes it all. He wants to go out and teach with us and he's not even a member! This young man will get baptized for sure! (It is a precious thing to meet someone who is on fire about God and our Savior Jesus Christ and who can't contain that enthusiasm!)
I can't believe you haven't been using Google Earth to zoom in on my locations! That was the first thing I thought of doing to find out how the area looked. Well, that's fine, it's not like there was much to see anyway. I'm gonna try to send you a picture of me in my house.(Dad and I have remedied that and spent quite a while looking at the several places he has been so far. He is right, his first two areas are a LOT of fields!)
We are expected to have a lot of rain for the month of February, and then things will get cold as we move into Winter. It's hot right now, and a dry hot; it feels a lot like Arizona. I'm taking lots of photos and the work is good. The buses here are modern double-decker buses, so they're nice to travel in. You can recline the seat and everything.
I hope you have an awesome week and know that I'm always thinking of you! Love you all!
Elder Ethan Merrill
PS - the picture didn't load, I couldn't send it. I hope that I get the chance to try again next week. I'll try a different computer location. See you around. EEM
Hi. Yeah, you said "good day, we love you a lot and we hope you have a good week" (That is what I was going for, so that's good, lol). For Google translate, that went pretty well. Yep, I just finished my first week here in Carmen de Patagones, it went pretty well. We taught a bunch of people and have a bunch more to teach this week. Although people in this city seem a bit more harder to get in to teach, I think we will have a little more success because they are more dedicated once they are converted. We have this kid, who's 16, if Joseph Smith wasn't a prophet, this kid would have been chosen instead. Oh my gosh, not only does he get everything we teach, he truly believes it all. He wants to go out and teach with us and he's not even a member! This young man will get baptized for sure! (It is a precious thing to meet someone who is on fire about God and our Savior Jesus Christ and who can't contain that enthusiasm!)
I can't believe you haven't been using Google Earth to zoom in on my locations! That was the first thing I thought of doing to find out how the area looked. Well, that's fine, it's not like there was much to see anyway. I'm gonna try to send you a picture of me in my house.(Dad and I have remedied that and spent quite a while looking at the several places he has been so far. He is right, his first two areas are a LOT of fields!)
We are expected to have a lot of rain for the month of February, and then things will get cold as we move into Winter. It's hot right now, and a dry hot; it feels a lot like Arizona. I'm taking lots of photos and the work is good. The buses here are modern double-decker buses, so they're nice to travel in. You can recline the seat and everything.
I hope you have an awesome week and know that I'm always thinking of you! Love you all!
Elder Ethan Merrill
PS - the picture didn't load, I couldn't send it. I hope that I get the chance to try again next week. I'll try a different computer location. See you around. EEM
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