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Ello,
   My mind in a nutshell, "shgfiaw8bcvy2b8werf/gb>hwebfgyuber....yup".

 that basically describs this past week. it has been one **** of a week. what? i said heck. anyway,
mom. As far as your questions, transportation: elder Allen and i share a car with the sisters in our district so every three days we switch off. one of the past sister missionaries left her bike here and I've kinda been using that for the time being. elder Allen say's I should buy a bike in case she wants hers back, but she's been gone for about 8 months now, so I dunno. it's a nice bike. its a trek bike like Braden's with the pneumatic shocks. i'm actually not the first elder to be using it. when i got to the apartment, the brakes on the bike where worn down so much that the calipers where rubbing on the tire to make it stop. i bought a cheap pair of brakes at walmart and replaced them though.

   haha, funny story, elder Allen and i went to dinner with a member and she started talking about church stuff (naturally) and she was talking about something from this podcast she listens to about church stuff. I'm thinking, "i wonder people know of the cultural hall out here." so i ask her, "what's the podcast?" she says, "the cultural hall." "haha, my aunt is on that show a lot." "who's your aunt?" "Joni Haws" "NO WAY!!! Joni Haws is your aunt?!?!" "yup." people know my aunt. I'm related to a famous person. Her name was sister Alvera.

   let's see, what else? I don't know if I've told you about tyron  yet. (tie-run) not (tie-rone) Anyway, tyron is an investigator we got from the Hermanas. we met him 2 weeks ago and had a lesson on the restoration and challenged him to baptism. he has a baptismal date for July 5th. we're having trouble getting him to church though. but every Saturday, we have a awesome lesson at the church and he tells us that he can't wait for Saturday cause he has a good strong feeling at the church. so he's pretty cool.

   so, i have my camelbak, right? well, i keep getting weird looks like, "what is that?" i tell them it's my camelbak and show them the bladder, to which they say, "that's amazing! Where'd you get that?" I say, "Amazon" meaning amazon.com. they say, "Oh you've been to the amazon jungle?" (insert southern facepalm here) ((Southern facepalm is where you do a normal facepalm, but then wipe away the sweat on your face))

So, things have been a little better emotionally. i had a minor freak out, but i'm good now. thing is, i've heard that talk multiple time about pres. Hinkleys father telling pres Hinkley, "forget yourself and go to work." but, i don't want to forget myself. I'm awesome. i know I'm out here to serve and all, but there is a story of a prophet of old who was lying under a tree and when a man came up to him, he asked him why a man of god was laying under a tree and not working. the prophet then asked for the mans bow. the prophet asks the man, "do you keep your bow strung at all times?" the man replied, "no. if i did, the bow would lose it's spring." "so too, would I." same with us/me. we're given time to unstring/unwind but not much.

not much else to write. 

                        love y'all. -Elder Felix

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