Letter July 16, 2008

Hey! How are things going? Things are going a lot better this week than they were last week. i have had a turn around in the language at last i think that i have. after i vented to you a bit last week about it. things really changed, i had tried so hard to be patient with the language. but i dont know what happened last week, i guess i kinda lost it. because i want so much for people to be able to understand what i am trying to say and how much i love this gospel. but it is so hard to explain myself when my vocabulary is so limited. but i did have a turn around, i pretty much understand almost everything, atleast it feels like that. i dont really have to ask people to repeat things over and over anymore and things are going a lot better. i am still having a lot of trouble with the speaking thing, but my new companion helps me so much more that my last companion. my last companion was a bit of work horse and my new one has a lot more patience with me with the language. and has been letting me teach more and letting me teach newer things that i have never taught before and i am gaining more and more confidence in the language. my companion and i can have good long conversations, not just pitty little chats. and thigns have been going really well, i mean of course i miss america and the great country that it is. but things are going good hear, it is sad that juston isnt doing really well, but i try and write him. because dad says that he sees him once and i while and i hope that juston will atleast get on his feet i pray for him and i fasted for him last fast sunday. i know that he will some around, i just dont know when. but the work is going pretty well, we had baptism last week and we have couple more people that we are teaching that have the desire to be baptized and we have been meeting some really great people. and things are going really well. it sounds like kaya is doing really well, which good to hear. tell her that i love her and miss her and that i will try and write her today, because i didnt recieve any letters today and i have plenty of time to write. so i will write her and try and write juston again. but things are going really well, i am trying to think of things to tell you. oh yeah yesterday we had a bit of a rough day, we went tracking all morning ang tried to get some lessons taught. and we walked and knocked a lot, but no one would let us in and let us teach them. we got rejected all morning and that was a bit discouraging if you ask me. but we finished the night off with some good lessons and we visited a family of new members. we go to there house about every night, because she makes us food everytime that we go there and they are a really neat family. and i really like them and so does my companion. and things have been looking up and i am doing well. i am mean it is hotter than heck here, but things are going good. haha today the elders in the apartment were talking about how many p days they have left until they go home and one leaves in 4 weeks and my companion leaves in 10 and then there is me.......88. haha but yeah things are going good and i cant really think of anything else to talk about. and i have received two letters from the taylors. one from big sam and then one from camille. and i have been receiving other letters from people all over the place and i am feeling the love. i look forward to every p-day, because i get to read letters from family and loved ones. and i know that you will send this to the Robin Roberts family and i just wanted to thank Juleah for the encouraging wards. things have been looking up, i had a bit of a hard week. but i am doing better now. i just need to press forward, because i know that i will be fluent someday. i just want it to be now. but i dont always get what i want. but things are going really well and i love you. but i gotta write my letter to the president. but i love you and send my love to everyone. your photos should be there soon, because i sent them last week. and in the package i want REESES. and then whatever else. but i love you and i miss you. Élder Jory B. Spotts