Dear Mom and Dad,
Reactions to your emails: Dad, you are climbing a lot of mountains lately. Will someone please explain to Alta that she has a long lost godsister in Argentina? I can't believe that Ben is going to Brazil in less than a month! Could you remind me of the exact date? I'm going to try to send a package with the on-a-mission hat and some Argentine goodies for everyone, but I have no idea if it will arrive on time. You might have to forward Ben's portion of the package to him. How is the visa going? Maybe I'll just send Ben a separate package straight to Brasil. You'll need to send me his address though. Elder Clark! aaaaaah! That's so weird!
Quick overview of the week because I have once again malgastar-ed my email time (this time writing an unnecessarily well-composed email to president Carter)
* I let Hna. Azcurra (another missionary) cut my hair on Tuesday. It turned out nice.
* My new companion is Hermana Navarro. She is from Parque Chacabuco en capital, waiting for her visa to go to the Venezuela, Caracas mission. Because she is so close to home, she knows some people here in the ward. The Relief Society president is the sister of her best friend, and she swears she's danced with one of the bishop's sons at a stake dance. It's kind of funny. On Saturday we went to Hermana Mariana Zanzi's house for lunch and her sister and some friends were visiting-- all the best friends of my companion. Poor Hna. Navarro. She was happy to see them of course, but it must have been weird.
* Hna. Navarro and I are already really good friends. We teach really well together and are having a lot of fun.
* I called Reina on the phone and she told me that she and Esmeralda don't want to keep listening to the lessons anymore. Reina says she doesn't feel comfortable in church and that she's prayed to know a million times and feels nothing, zero, nothing. Bummer. I'm sure they will get baptized someday, but I was hoping it would be while I'm here.
* Gabriela, our miracle "I want to hear the lessons and get baptized" investigator, didn't show up to be taught in the chapel and wouldn't answer her phone. I still don't know what's up.
* Julieta, a new-ish investigator (17 years old) came to church for the first time. The young women were really nice to her, which made me happy.
* Olga got a really bad cold and couldn't come to church, but was really happy to receive a Book of Mormon.
* A son and his father showed up at church yesterday with some questions for a school report. Hermano Zanzi (amazing MTC teacher) talked to the father and taught him practically all of lesson one (the Restoration) in about 5 minutes and he was so impressed that he said we could go visit his family and teach them. I'm super excited about it!
* Well, that{s it. sorry I don't have time to write more. Thanks a bunch for your e-mails. I love you!
* Love, Ellis
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