December 22, 2008

Hello Family,

so it sounds like every one is good at home. that is so crazy about brother uptain. he killed a guy!!!! wow but it is a cool story. wow that is crazy. so ya christmas is thursday it doesnt feel like christmas becasue it has been hot. it was 38 degrees on saturday which is like 100 farinhight. it was hot hot day. and people just dont celebrate it the same here. they dont have christmas music going and they dont do christmas lights like they do in the states. but i guess it is good becasue it doesnt make me home sick. but ya. so i will getto talk toyou on thursday andi can ask how all the christmas things go then.

so a little about the week.

so lets see this week was good but not as good as the past weeks. we had a lot of appointments and they just all fell through. we are working hard but they people we just not receptive this week. we still havent gotten to talk with araceli and marcelo marón so we are going over tonight. i think satan has been working hard on araceli. man missionary work is hard. so we ate lunch at la familia adrover this week and had some meat from the tail of a cow. it wasnt gross it wasjust weird. he gave us so much food i thought i was going die. it is so horrible to have to walk to the chapel after eating. oh that was horrible. so it rainedreally hard on thursday. really really hard. ha ha and we had a meeting at the church for some activity they are doing next week. and so we went and no one was there. i guess argentina has an unwriten rule. if it is raining. everymeeting is canceld.so only we were there. wet. but we had fun almost slipping in the mud.

so on saturday there was a soccer game on. boca vs.san lorenzo. they twofirst place teams right now. the streets were deadas could be. no one would even answer there door. it was horrible soccer here is horrible for missionary work. but oh well.

so for christmas the kids here do fireworks all night. i am so not lookig forward tothat. i want to sleep. but i hear i wont be able to. horrible.

so last night we went to the state center to practice our songs for the party on tuesday and we had to help unloadevery ones packages. so we were slidding them down the hallway andi saw mine. i cant wait to open it on christmas. so i guess if you send like those envelope kind of packages that i dont have to pay for those. so if i need anything i will just tell you and you can ship it is those. but the other packages are good for birthday and christams. just is i need somehting small.

so i hadmy first division with a latin this week. elder rossi. it was hard but it helped my spanish a lot. he dosnt know much english. but it was fun. i had to speak spanish and listen toa native.. so over all it was helpful.

so elder lewis and i play a game. it is call never would see that in the states.. something like 3 people on a little motorcycle and one of them carrying a bike. they do some crazy stuff here. but it is fun.we see something turn to eachother and just say never in the state.

so ya this weeek was good and some what dissapointing. but we will have a good week. well we are trying to figure out the calling thing for thursday. i might email you again today or we might have to call you tonight. we are not sure but keep your cell phone on you. well i love you all and will talk to you on thursday. ok i found the number to the appartment. ok you need to call it tonight between like 730-830 ithink that is the time difference. look on¡line and see what time it is there when it is 1030-1130here. thats when we are in our appartment. so you need to call me then and i will give you the number to where you will call me on thursday. ok so the number is. 6021563 you will have to get on line and see howto call from the us to mendoza. but i think it is 01005402613021563 but check on line tomake sure. on how to call to mendoza. but here is elder lewis´s momc cell phone so you can ask her if she figures itout andif you dont get this letter you can call her and ask here. 4805777134. talk to you tonight.

elder smith