Friday, March 7, 2008

vini, vidi, vici



Familia,

I came, I saw, I conquered. The MTC is behind me. At least it will be by the time you get this letter. As I wrote before I'll be in the airport the 11th. And my plane leaves at 11:30, or 1:20 your time. I think I get to make a call to you at the airport.

At the reference center I did a call in Spanish. We could actually understand each other. I got a hold of some lady and asked if so and so Garcia was there. She said in Spanish something about how he didn't live there. And then I said thanks and bye. Obviously this means I can speak Spanish and don't have anything to worry about.

Our teacher Hermana Thomas is having us write to people who she taught on her mission. I picked the Hermoso family. Hermoso means handsome or pretty, so that means that I picked the good-looking family. The letter will be in all Spanish, but I bet something good will come out of it.

I went to the health clinic to get my unusual rash checked out. He said it was pyteralysis rosa. Whatever that is. I can't feel it at all, It doesn't hurt, or itch, or burn, but he gave me some hydrocortisone lotion. I haven't used the lotion yet, but I might. It was only $5. When I asked what "pyteralysis" meant, he said that it was leprosy, then he said "just kidding". At least it's not leprosy.

For our devotional we had an apostle. It was one of the more loud-spoken and energetic apostles. It was...Jeffery R. Holland. He was really good. He got us all pumped to go. He said that missionaries were pretty much superheroes without capes. And other things about not having regrets.

I can't wait to see how I fare in the field with my limited Spanish. It will be interesting the first while.

Hope things are doing well at home.


--Elder James Meiners