August 10, 2008

Dear Family, Its good to hear from you as always, sounds like things are going well at home. I'm doing good and I have had a good week. On Thursday we had a combined zone conference with two other zones and President Bricknell came and spoke to us. He is a GA and used to be the mission president of the Pocatello Idaho mission. It was good to hear from him, but I am really glad that President Mann is my mission president. The mission as a whole is doing really well right now and that is something that everyone is excited about. On Saturday I was mugged again, almost in the same spot as last time but it was around 4 o'clock and in broad day light. I'm fine and so is Elder Kitili, all they took was our cell phone so I'm going to have to go to the mission office and get a new one this week. We find out what is going on with transfers on Tuesday so I will let you know what happens. That's all the big news from my side. I have only seen a few minutes of Olympic games on at a members house, I saw a swimming event and that's it. I heard that the opening ceremony was really cool though. Oh and one other thing, I won the car par award this for the month of July, it is an award given to the companionship that saves the most kilometers per month, this is my second time winning so hopefully I wont be sent to a walking area.
I can't believe all the changes that are happening around home. I haven't gotten the birthday package yet, hopefully I will get it later today. Tell Grandma and Grandpa thanks for the gift, I could use that money in my home account as soon as you can put it in. I did the math the other day and figured out that I spend about 13 American dollars on groceries every week, I will miss that when I come back to the states. Our beach party and braai turned out really fun last week and this week we are just back to a normal Pday. Spencer, your talk about being ready for a change brings back memories of when I was getting ready to go. I think that you are ready to get out on your own too. Just fulfill your church responsibilities and keep busy until you do go. Well hopefully I will have some good news to give you next week and say hi to everyone for me.
-Alex