Xochitecatl

October 25, 2010

Hello family...

Well once again not much to report this week. This is a boring area, the ward is way cool though, I really like the ward here but the area itself is way boring. Well........ We got our 3rd companion this week. Elder Lang is from Los Angeles, CA. He's actually really old, he's 23 and has about 3 months left on his mission. He's cool, I like him, he'd be a good friend, but not a good companion. This one day we didn't go anywhere because his bike broke the day before and because of his sprained ankle he couldn't walk either. So he spent this one day do nothing except sleeping and eating until 6:00 when the sister missionaries picked us up to go to an appointment with some members. I was going nuts, usually I'm pretty chill and sitting around doesn't bother me too much but not all day. I was getting restless. So needless to say we didn't get too much done last week. Elder Lang had already been in this ward before 6 months ago and the ward really likes him so that's a plus. It's been nigh on impossible to get both of them to get up on time, do studies, or do pretty much anything. After all that work last transfer I finally got Elder Lamoure into a habit of getting up almost on time but he's back to where he was. I've kind of given up trying to get them to do things they don't want to do, hopefully I have only 5 more weeks here and I'll get transferred, and they won't be my problem anymore.

I forgot to mention this last week but during an exchange we had with our district leader I somehow someway lost my name-tag. We have no idea where it went or how it even could have been lost but whatever the case it's gone now, so since then I've been sporting Dad's 80's style name-tag. It's pretty cool, I recall that when I was in the MTC I'd where it sometimes and the staff either thought it was really cool, or they told me to take it off and wear the current one. Out here in the field it's not that big of an issue. My fellow missionaries think it's cool, mission leaders don't notice because whenever we're at somewhere that we'd run into the APs or President we are always wearing our suits, so nobody sees the one you wear on your white shirt, just the clip one that goes on suits. That and people, members and non-members don't notice. One thing I've learned on my mission that I would have never even guessed is that NOBODY looks at your name tag. Since I've been out in the field for over a year now I can count the number of times on one hand when people have actually looked at it and read it and asked why we both have the same first name. Nobody looks at them, maybe they register that there is a name tag there but nobody reads it. So having the old style tag isn't an issue. Hopefully though I will get around to getting a new one, they cost $4 a piece. I'm thinking about getting two, the other one saying "ELDER ARROZ". Elder Bone, whom you all have met, did that same thing, got a tag with his spanishsized name on it 'Elder Hueso'. He ruined it though because since he did it, President has forbidden anyone else to do it but Bone was still able to where his. So I'm thinking about getting one and then not wearing it until my last transfer when we will have a new Mission President. All the members call me that anyway, I always introduce myself to anyone as Elder Arroz, then I'll point to my nametag and they'll read Rice and then laugh, so it's a cheap laugh that helps break the ice when talking to new people. Most hispanics that come here to the states know the english word for arroz. So everyone already calls me that anyway.

And.... Yup, that's about everything interesting to report. I got nothing else. Well I hope you all have a good week and yeah..... PEace.

-- Elder Arroz