ELDER CANYON ATWOOD

Ok hey everyone this is my week. Well we finally got our shower fixed so there is hot water !!! I was so happy except when I found out that it's almost boiling hot water which kinda hurts. I turn the heat on then the heat off so when it was burning hot I turn the heat off and it gradually cools down until freezing cold then I repeat the process. I might just go back to showering cold considering I was getting used to it. I am sleeping alright at night, my beds a little small but its nothing to complain about. The only problem is the heat it is 1000 degrees here. At night I blaze a fan on and I  probably loose 5 pounds of sweat every night here.  Anyway, so I read River's email, can he send me some of the steroids he's using I could use some haha!!! My companion Elder Herrera is from peru but his original mission was for Venezuela.  I guess they are having some problems down there with the president or something so hes serving here. He is 23 years old so thats cool. Doesn't really speak  a whole lot of English but repeats one phrase a lot.... she's my future wife haha!! He says that alot as a joke. I dont know what it is but the latinos here love to go into detail about the creation almost like about 20 minutes just on the creation.  Anyhow I am doing good still,struggling with Spanish but I have made a lot of progress. I got a notepad to write down what something means and I take it with me everywhere I go. My main focus is memorizing all the conjugations and stuff that way when I learn a word I can conjugate it. Its a slow process so make sure that the priests know that the gift of tongues is earned not given and it is a slow process. Anyway, yesterday two of the Hermanas investigators want me to baptize them this week as they have had there final interviews so I said yes.  It will be cool but hard considering I have to memorize the prayer and there names. People here take  the last name of the father and the last name of the mother but I guess when you get married you only use the last name of your father and the last name of your spouse. So ya its a lot to memorize . Oh well I will be sure to get lots of pictures mom. I love you all and hope you have another great week.

Love Elder Atwood