August 5, 2013
Well, it's a rough week for Elder Merrill as his apartment is broken into. It is hard as the Mom not to be very indignant on behalf of this awesome young man and his three companions. He is safe though and that is really what matters. He is our treasure and we value him above any earthly item.
Well, it's a rough week for Elder Merrill as his apartment is broken into. It is hard as the Mom not to be very indignant on behalf of this awesome young man and his three companions. He is safe though and that is really what matters. He is our treasure and we value him above any earthly item.
Uhhh, well, it could be really bad
news, but it´s just a bit for now. Somebody robbed me again. But not just
me, the other elders too. And it wasn´t in the street or anything, they robbed
the house while we were all out. And....they stole 2 things from me. The first
is my camera. I have a lot of pictures still because the memory card that was
in the camera was new. It only had about 50 or so photos. But now I don´t have
a camera. The other thing they stole was my suitcase. Yeah, like, the whole
suitcase. I came to Argentina with 2 big green suitcases and now I only have 1.
Sooo....kind of a bummer. The suitcase was filled with clothes, clothes and
more clothes. funny enough, it was the clothes that I don´t wear on a regular
basis, souvenirs and P-day clothes. I have 4 shirts, 4 pants, and a pair of
jeans and a normal shirt, and all my ties, but that´s ALL I have. But
like I said, it was filled with clothes that I don´t need. The only thing that
I think I´ll need is another suitcase, because I don´t think all the things I
have will fit into just one. I don´t need a big one, just a small-medium sized
one.
But that´s that. Also, we didn´t get P-day today because President
decided that he wanted to have a zone conference with us today, so we were with
him for all of today in a meeting. It was good and all, but....P-day is a day
to get stuff done like laundry and clean the house, and also take a small
breather from the work. Now I have to
wait another week for P-day. :(
Don´t worry though. Despite all this my spirits are high. You asked a
bit about my investigators, and the truth of it is that we´ve had a lot of
success with this last week, and the work goes pretty good here. I´m excited to
be working here and I think that we´ll get a lot of stuff done this transfer. So
much can change in a week so I won´t give any names or nothing, but we´ve got a
bunch of work to do. So I´m content.
I´m way ahead of you with the money/souvenir thing and
bringing it home. I thought about that when I first got here, and I´ll be sure
to bring some home. Also, I´ve been able to pick up one or two neat things
while I´ve been here.
I bet Brad was excited about the whole Howl´s Moving Castle set. I hope that
he had a good birthday. Mine is coming
up in 2 months and I can hardly wait really. I´ll write you next week with my
wish list for my birthday package. I STILL have the card that says
´´don´t open this card until your 21st birthday.´´ It´s driving me
slightly mad, but overall, I try to push it out of my mind and focus on the
now.
Kyle told me about the Boombox deal. I bet putting it together
with a cat in the room WOULD be pretty hard. I wonder what it´s looks like when
it´s done?
Hey, no worries about the whole robbery thing, I´m doing good and we´re looking
into finding a new house. I´ll let you know what happens next week and just
know that I´m always thinking about and praying for you and the family. I sure
love you lots and I´ll be around for a couple of minutes. See ya around!!
-Elder Ethan Merrill
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