December 6, 2010

this week went really well. we worked hard and found a lot of cool new people. my Spanish is still not that great my understanding has past my speaking. i can actually understand almost everything, except crazy people who speak ridiculously fast, or drunk people or sometimes people use words that are only in chile. but i guess the speaking will come. i am totally getting fat here. . the food here is really bad for you i guess. i just recently found out that the bread here is horrible for you, which stinks because it is way cheap and tastes pretty good. the members here are really funny, this sunday was fast sunday so we were really scared about our investigators that someone was going to say something crazy but it actually went well. the only person who said anything a little weird was the dad of the branch pres. he is really funny he always goes off for a five minute lecture in priesthood meeting. its actually kind of sad, because right when he starts talking you look around the room and no one is listening, everyone is either reading or whispering to each other, its funny. we found a crab in the beach the other p day i cant remember if i told you about it, but it was pretty funny we ate it, it really wasnt that good, it at least we can say we ate a crab. the transfer here is going to be 4 days before christmas which kind of stinks, i am not sure but i think i am going to be transfered, because that is the usual duration for a missionary 2 cambios in an area.so i am not sure, i hope i stay we have been finding a lot of really cool people, but i guess you just go wherever your called. our mission president is a really cool guy, i like him a lot, he sometimes is a little laid back on the rules but he is really nice. my companion is good, we sometimes both lose our patience with each other, but he is a good guy. you always hear about decisions and how you can choose to be angry or happy, but i dont think it really clicked for me until this week. we were having a dumb little arguement, and i was kind of annoyed and bothered by him, but then i thought about it, and realized that i wasnt getting anything out of being mad, it didnt help me or him, and i realized it was my choice whether to hold on to this feelings or just let it go. so that was definetly a good lesson to learn, hopefully i dont have to learn it again. but everything is going well, i love you all, thanks for everything. 

elder brimhall