Letter #33

hey family,

so this week was god and bad. monday aftewr i broke my face LOL. we had zone sport. we played hockey and dodgeball. not just any dodge ball but "warball" yes its as serious as it sounds LOL. people fight and try and kill each other for the ball because there is only one of them. such a fun game. i nearly threw out my arm. should not have been throwing that fast especially not being warmed up and stretched and practiced. funny thought because after the second or third time i got the ball the zone leader came up to me and told me to tone it down a bit. everyone was freaked out by how fast i threw the ball. i didnt think it was so bad and i wasnt thrwoing that fast. and for not throwing a ball in i dont know how long, im not practiced at all so it was actually horrible. elder gochnour (my comp) came up to me afterwards and asked "how did you not make varsity baseball with an arm like that?" loads of fun and it was fun to see every one run from he in fear as i grabbed the ball. i think my nickname that fits well for all situations here out on the mission is "the hulk" given to me by elder santiago, but keeps coming back everywhere i go and fits well LOL. hockey was also interesting. with hard plastic sticks i tried not to play hard and hurt others and myself. some other elder high sticked me and hit my hand. that sucked. but still loads of fun. The two sisters who were there were complaining that we were treating them like "sisters" and not equally. we were "sparing " them in dodgeball. so the next time i got the ball...goodbye sisters. LOL. so funny. i drilled one right in the butt as she was running away from me. made everyone just bust up laughing. monday was good.

tuesday was a lot of planning for our lesson we had to give at zone conference the next day. a lot of finding. wednesday was our lesson and zone conference for most of the day. it all went well and we learned a lot from one another. then we had a good lesson with an "ewig" gator. we call them that because they are eternally investigating the church and never make progress. yes we are supposed to drop those people but for some reason we dont LOL. this guy is way to nice to say goodbye to anyway. he feeds us cookies everytime we come. he has a kind of journal/yearbook thing that every missionary he has ever met has written in it along with a picture of walter (the gator) and the elder. so funny. now i have the priviladge of writting in it and getting my picture in his book. i will attach that picture on this weeks pics. such a cool guy.  thursday was tons of finding and then an innactive who is way cool and has a strong testimons so we are confused as to why he doesnt come to church. confusing situation.

firday i got sick. went to the doctor and sat inside all day. had two lessons with people where all i did was try not to cough to much and try not to talk. saturday same thing. inside and one lesson. sunday was a little better. our eating appointment was interesting but good. so our gator, sam, now has work everyday for 2-3 hours 3 times a day. including sundays. well he is getting baptised on march 9th and we cant afford to have him miss church if he wants to still get baptised. so we have to work out a ride for him everyweek anyway, but not with his work he missed the first hour (priesthood) and comes the second adn third and if sacrament meeting runs long he ahs to leave early to get back to work. hard situation. especially since we cant give him a ride and we have to rely on members. sucks but the lord helped us out yeterday and it all worked out.

thats my week. loads of fun and its jsut been full of snow and cold. elder gochnour and i are super excited and motivated to get out and work when we finally get the opportunity to.

love you all loads and i will talk to you next week.

elder ustach