November 10, 2008

Hi Everybody!

How's it going?

Things are going alright here. I'm excited about a few things but mostly about Hamish's mission call! That's so cool!

Actually, that's probably all that's noteworthy.

Sister LaFrance has been doing an awesome job at making sure the missionaries get fed, so much so that we have not had a single evening without food. So Elder Goodfellow decided that the four of us should bring her brownies; so we did. By the way, I hate the imperial measurement system. Could you send me some sort of fool-proof conversion table, or visual conversion table?

Also, we found out about Obama being elected. Texas is in an uproar. That morning, our power blinked out. We saw American flags at half-mast. People have a lot to say about it. I find it funny.

I was recently reminded of a promise that Bruce R. McConkie said, that if we were to memorize a scripture a day for our whole mission, we'd have a photographic memory by the end. Even if that doesn't work, I'd still have a butt-load of scriptures committed to memory, so it's [a] win-win [situation]. So I decided to do that. I have a small scrap of paper in my shirt pocket with a verse or two on it, and I memorize it over the course of the day. So far, I have eight done.

Elder Winterton bought some new shoes really cheap (because the store is going out of business). But they were too small, so he sold them to me for even cheaper.

And if I were to guess off-hand what I'd want you to send me (I'm having trouble thinking about this), I would have to say... beef jerky. I also used two out of the four boxes of Lipton's.

Oh, and I got my photo frame in the mail. Because it was so cheap, I really got my money's worth. But it still works and that's alright with me.

There's some great people that we're teaching, and the ward is really friendly and helpful. I hope you are to the missionaries there.

Talk to you later!

I love you!

-Elder Brandon Wong