Washing machine NO match for Elder Merrill

Nov. 4, 2013 ~ Elder Ethan Merrill is quickly approaching his 20 month mark.  He sounds busy, which is good!  I asked him how Halloween was there and told him that it was a super slow trick-or-treating session this year. I didn't even empty half the bowl of candy! But quiet years can be fun too.

It was boring, but it really doesn´t exist here.  I just didn´t see anyone going around in costumes or dressed up for Halloween. Well, apart from that we had a good week. A slow Halloween isn´t all too bad. Like you said, you still have a lot of candy leftover.

             We live in a house that is in the back of the house of a member. We take a path through their garage and a short walkway and we arrive at a small house that is separate than the house of the member. The house is a little bigger, a bit more space to do stuff inside, so that´s all good and fun. Luckily enough, the member has a washing machine and we get to use it. But I broke it by accident.  :(   Somebody is coming today to repair it, but apparently if you stuff it with too much clothes, it doesn´t work. Well, I don´t think the problem will be hard to solve really. We have a fridge, but I think the production of the fridge was stopped sometime in the 70´s. It´s SO OLD! It works, it´s just....weird looking. I can´t wait to come home and deal with ´´modern´´ ágain.

            I´m good. Everything is fine here. It´s supposed to be spring here, entering summer, but it´s still cold during the night and sometimes the day if it´s cloudy. The weather is super unpredictable here. Rain one day, than sunny the next. It´s a little weird. I´ll tell about my shoes when I call home for Christmas. How funny that it´s just a month away...........

            Our area is interesting. On one half it´s all fields and farmers and on the other half it´s a busy downtown. I get a really wide range of personality here. I hope that people enjoyed their Halloween, I can´t wait to see you all again! I hope the majority of the people are still there when I get back. Our mission president doesn´t like us having fun, so we can´t play sports on P-day. We basically sleep, and clean all day.
            I´ll see if the box arrives tomorrow, but I doubt it. I think it´ll arrive in the middle of November or something. Now remember, don´t send me a package for Christmas, I don´t think it´ll arrive in time! Just seeing you guys again will be enough of a happy surprise for me.

            Hey sorry this is a little short, but things are about the same here. Just going along and doing my thing. I´ll let you know if anything interesting happens, but things are smooth flying for right now. See ya around! Love you lots!
 

                                                             -Elder Ethan Merrill