October 19, 2009
So this email is going to have to be a little short, but to answer questions for right now: I´ll put things on Walgreens, Mom, sure, send me Alyssa´s Ipod if its okay with her. I dont know if there is anything else.
I also wanted to thank everybody for your letters. Grandma and Grandpa, I always enjoy hearing from you and hearing all these stories about Grandpa´s mission that he somehow has dismissed telling me until now. I love hearing them. Mom, thank you for your letters of concern and love. It really makes a big impact in my day. Dad, thanks as always for giving me advice and counsel, and enjoy taking all those pictures that you love taking. Sometimes I wish you were here to take cool pictures with your camera while I was going around and doing work, but I think we wouldnt get very far in a day. Tracy, I love hearing how your doing as always and Troy´s preparation for a mission. Cross your fingers that he doesnt go to Mexico (which he probably will). Aunt Polly, I really like hearing how your doing and you as well as Tracy might want to tune in to this email, as it kind of pertains to both of you. Mom and Dad, tell brother and sister Foote thank you for their letters and that I will try to write a response as soon as I can.
So I guess the really only big thing I found out this week is the wedding list is starting. One of my friends just informed me that after three weeks of dating, she is getting married. No its not ashlee. Jane Smith. Mom and Dad, you know who that is. Yeah, I laughed really hard when I found out. I guess I should get used to it, as most of the girls I know are going to be married by the time I get back.
But really there is only two things that I began to notice. This is where Tracy and Aunt Polly pay attention.
The first is something that I will have to apologize to my parents for, because this is just feeding the fire of ignorance and recism, but I cant lie: Chileans are so LAZY!!!!!! hahaha, sorry. But it really is true. They will find any excuse not to do something. Shops here open up whenever the owner gets up, which can be like 10 or 11. Everyone does things at their own pace and if they dont want to do it, they wont do it, such as reading 2 pages in the book of mormon. It is ridiculous how busy they say they are, but it is only because they are putting off doing anything until never, pretty much. I know Mom and Dad, I recognize the irony here, but I have determined to not be like these people. I know everyone says that the thing they love the most about their mission is the people, but right now, I am having a hard time with that. Not that I dont love SOME of the people, but as a whole, they frusterate me to no end sometimes. If soemthing starts at 5, to me it means to be there at 5. But to a chilean, that means remember what they have to do and start getting ready to leave at 5. I do paint with a pretty broad brush here, as there are some people that are extremly punctual and not lazy at all, but if 99 people are lazy, and 1 of them are not, you cannot really say that they are all lazy, but you can say that as a rule of thumb, you can be 99 percent sure that a random person in that group is lazy. Alright Tracy, there is your firewood. Just remember, I said nothing about Latins in General or mexicans. Just chileans.
Now before you proclaim me as the best nephew ever, I have to make another confession. I am becoming addicted to Coco Cola. We have it almost every day here and we always have about 5 liters worth stocked in our fridge. Man, I dont know why it is, but everyone here drinks coke by the bucketfull. I want to do a study, because Im pretty sure they induce more coke into their bloodstream than water at this point. I havent had good water in a while now and I kind of miss it. But Aunt Polly, Im right there with you. Coke all the way!
Alright, thats pretty much everything. There isnt a whole lot going on. Our sector is moving slowly and not a lot is happening right now. Its kind of a bummer, but hopefully things will pick up.
Alright, love you all! Thanks for all your support!
Love,
Elder Westover
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