July 11,2011

The new mission president is Pres. Reeves. I`m not sure what his first name is. He seems amazing just like every mission president. He`s from Arizona. He served his mission in Spain as a young man. He was struggling a little bit at the conference with his spanish. He doesn`t speak with much of an accent; he just needs the missionaries to help him remember some words that he`s forgotten. But the conference was good. Pres. Reeves told us about the process by which he was called to serve as a mission president. I enjoyed it.

YES, I finally got transferred after nine months in Tlaxcala. I was expecting to get transferred, what I wasn`t expecting was where they transferred me too. They took both me and my trainee, Elder Rainford, out of Totolac and they put the zone leaders there in our place. (That was relief. I always worry about them replacing me with a good, dedicated missionary.) As for me, my new companion, Elder Scoville, and I are opening a new area. Or rather, they`re dividing the area of the asistants in two and giving us half. So, right now we`re staying at the asistants` house while we look for another one in our part of the ward. So, I`m going to be in the same ward as my old companion, Elder Hurtado. Haha! Hmm? I wonder if he might have had something to do with that? It should be fun. Right now I have no clue what we`re going to do. I`ve never been in a ward with another pair of missionaries. Apparently it`s a huge ward with a regular attendance of like 300. I have no idea where anything is because I still haven`t seen Elder Hurtado today. Another missionary just dropped us off at the house and left us our own. So, I`m back in the big city with my old comp. I`m excited, but at the same time sad for having had to leave Totolac. The bishop was actually crying a little last night when I said bye to him. I`m definitely coming back one day. I wonder who`s going to play the piano now.

I`m glad Marc appreciated my email. I wish I could just talk to that kid for hours. I love him just as much as he loves me. Be sure to give him a big hug for me.

Talk to you later,

Brett

P.S. I got your package with the beek jerky and the work out band finally. Unfortunately, the beef jerky you made was covered in mold. Grandpa`s, however, was fine. I think it`s because he dried it longer and put more salt on it. But thanks for the shaving stuff.