Mom and Dad's emails...

Hey dad,
And you're definately getting ready for christmas, shop empty of boxes, christmas lights... what! Before we know it i'll be calling home and talkign to you all.

Yeah im not sure how turkey bowl is going to work out... President hasnt officially come out and said no turkey bowl, but he planned our district meetings for thursday morning... which is a pretty big hint if you ask me! lol oh well.

This week was crazy but good. Before i forget, let me tell you a hilarious story that happened this week. So yesterday at church, an investigator, Alvino came to church. He is guatamalan, and basically he kind of speaks spanish, (he speaks Quiche, a dialect) and he is one of those guatamalans that has NO IDEA what is going on and always has a confused look on his face. SO first off, he came to church with a starbucks coffee cup... obviously we havent taught the WoW. The best part though, during priesthood, Bishop asked for all the high priests to stand and give a sustaining vote on the new high group leader... and elder Martins was translating but... somehow Alvino got confused and you better believe it... he stood up and gave his sustaining vote too, with his starbucks cup in his left hand. I think all the spanish missionaries almost peed their wants... i was more embarrassed for the guy... lol it was hilarious. He is definately a sterotypical, "I-have-no-idea-whats-going-on" Guatamalan, also known here in the mission as the 'Esta Bien" guats. lol

Anyways all is well here... thanks for everything

Love you

Elder Kenck

Mommy

So as you correctly guessed, today is still p-day. It will be a messed up week for sure though. Transfers is tomorrow, and my new companion is Elder Rigby, he is from utah and has been in the field for 2 transfers. I am excited for the chance i will get to help him grow and learn, his spanish is really struggling, and i think the next few transfers will eb good for us both.

To answer your questions ...

1. Dinner with the Andertons was good... weird...but good. We ate at a definite "only-found-in-the-south" bbq resturant. It was fun to talk and catch up with them and hear about wenatchee. Sounds like a lot of things have changed. After being with elder Martins as he gets ready to go home, i can definately say i dont want to go home... and i am very thankful for the next 9 months i still have.
2. Suit coat is a 44 regular. Pinstripes are fine (i like them a lot)
3. I will be here in Mobile for christmas... hopefully i am here for a long time. Besides a suit i cant think of anything specific that i would like, please, dont send me stuff just to send me stuff. I will be perfectly fine if i get one present.
4. The translator is good. It'll work out fine now that my 280 lb tranlator is going back to brazil.
5. No flu shot, and i am feeling great. I really dont think it is that big of a deal here.

So this week was really really good. Crazy but good. Basically we spent all week trying to get the Rodriguez (Lara) girls, Ivonne and Georgia, ready for baptism. We had so many road blocks get in our way! Between the stepdad (one of those situation where i wont say anything about him, because i dont have anything good to say about him), and a billion other things, i honestly didnt know if they would get dunked. But after everything they were baptized yesterday after church. It was great! I had the blessing of baptizing Georgia, and then confirming Ivonne (1st confirmation ever). According to the spectators, i mixed a little judo into the baptism and threw georgia prety hard... she didnt know any different and neither did I, but everyoen was laughing when we finished. lol i guess i got a little excited. We got to confirm them on sunday, because next week they will be in Atlanta visiting family. Basically to sum up my feelings, i am so thankful for the chance i had to teach them and continue to teach them.

I am really excited for the next transfer. I have some things i need to change, not big things, just little things, i have allowed myself to get a little lazy on certain things, and i am going to fix it all. I really feel like this new companion will allow me to be the best missionary i can be, with nothing holding me back, and so i am way excited.

I hope you all have a wonderful thanksgiving. As much as i love thanksgiving at home, i will honestly have to say we have it pretty good here, i think we have 3 dinners planned for thanksgiving... deep fried turkey! lol

love you mom, thanks for everything. I have been looking for those bracelets, they dont have them here, but i guess i could find one at least, right ? lol

love you

Elder Kenck