Jan.6, 2010

Hey Everyone!
So I have five spare minutes that I can write. Right now I have just been called into the offices as Secretary of Materials. The job is harder than it sounds. I have to take care of a ton of stuff. I have to make binders for the new missionaries coming in, do presentations for the mission, and do all of the mail and missionary items (i.e. pamphlets, Books of Mormon). Not to mention there are a ton of reports that I have to do about baptisms and stuff like that. It is a heavy duty job. I was really surprised to be called into the offices because usually they call younger elders to be there. I have 17 months and my companion, Elder Palacios from Chile, has 10 months. So I am one of the older guys here. There are several perks to being in the offices. For example, on Monday we had a steak dinner with the President and his wife. It was absolutely delicious. Then we had a spiritual office meeting on how we can improve the mission. It was the bomb!
So we have a rule that we go out and work from 4-9 pm after getting the office work done. I still haven't stepped a foot in my area because I'm doing things slower and the elder I replaced left me a ton of work to do. I'm just trying to get through this week and the next and then things will be more calmed down. Until then I'll be burning the midnight oil trying to get everything done.
Also, our area has been whitewashed and so we are going into a place we don´t even know. The sisters who were there told us that there are three investigators with baptismal dates and that we just have to help them overcome their problems with the baptismal requirements. I hope it will be as easy as it sounds.
Well, I gotta go and get to work!
Later,
Elder Page