March 16, 2009

`Arroz y pollo‏

hey thank you everyone for writing me. I got a letter from all of you and it was great to hear from each and everyone of you. You all have these distinct lives, but still are connected so much. I guess that is how the family works. Always connected, for eternity.
I am still eating rice and chicken everyday. I just stopped talking about it because I started to think that you all were probably getting tired of hearing about it all the time. For breakfast i always eat these buns, though they are nothing like the buns from home, and a lot of the time yogurt. THe yogurt es lo màximo! Which means the best. They even have apple flavored yogurt. So good. I also eat mangoes, apples, oranges, and whatever I can find usually. I can´t eat the grapes here, because I always get sick when I eat them. It is a shame, because they are pretty good.
I am excited to see these new pictures of Angie and The Pfeiffer Family. Kristi has sent me some pictures, and Angie also has sent some, but I haven´t seen anything from anyone else. I would love to see how you all look now. Because I bet I won´t even recognize the family! I really would love to send the pictures that I have, but I can´t because I left the cord in Canada. But I will try to send some in the mail again.
We are having a great time teaching and learning here in Ica. THis week we had the baptism of Marselina. We have been teaching her for more than four months, and she overcame her challenges and was baptized this Saturday. IT was a great opportunity, and i was pleased to be able to baptize her. IT was kind of funny, because she didn´t really remember how the baptism would go, so I kind of had to teach her while I was doing it. Before she was baptized, she said,´So thats where you are going to dunk me.¨ It was really funny coming from her. I am so grateful for the blessings of the Lord in our lives, and in the live of each one of his children in the earth here. Marselina is 70 years old, and we love this woman mucho. It is amazing the love that I feel for each and everyone of our investigators, and especially those who we help pass through the door of baptism and the confirmation. I love them all, but it is a special feeling for those who have accepted Christ in their lives.
I know that this church is true, and I am so glad to be here. I know that Our Father in Heaven listens to everyone of us, and that he is guiding this Church.

Love, Elder Milner
P.s. Yes, Carli can call me on Mothers day apart.