1 December 2008--Diciembre!!

Hey family, sounds like things are going great at home. About the package thing, Elder Riben said your supposed to send them to the mission office. The problem is I don't have the address with me right now because we are in Tarma for P-day. I don't know if you guys can look it up on the internet or what, but if not I will remember to send it next week for sure.
Things are going well here, we had 10 of our investigators at church last week! It was great! We have 3 baptisms scheduled for next Sunday. It is the family Alania. Great family. We have been waiting for them to get married to baptize them, and they are finally getting married Saturday. So it should be good. We have a 14 year old named Gustavo who is progressing really well, and should be baptized the 13th if things go as planned. Things are just going great, and we are really busy teaching and everything else. We have a goal for 5 baptisms for the month of Dicembre so we'll be working really hard to help our other investigators to progress towards baptism. The people here are great though. Its crazy I think we've given probably 10 blessings since I came to La Oroya. Everybody calls us angels, its pretty cool.
The food is good, I crave pizza every once in a while, but I am definitely eating a weel balanced diet. You would be happy mom I eat tons of vegetables now. I'm not saying I like them, but I have been eating them. Oh and Dad, a couple of days ago I ate half of this giant avocado and it was actually really good. I can't believe I never ate it before. I kinda feel bad for being so picky now :)
So BYU lost, that is too bad. I guess it is good to hear that Utah is ranked so high though. If its not BYU it might as well be Utah. Sounds like you guys had a great thanksgiving too. I realized when it was thanksgiving and I thought about those delicious pies and that huge meal, and football, and the puzzles, and everything else. Oh man good times. Its going to be cool to see what you guys have done with the house and everything when I get home.
Oh mom your question about retention of members. Here in La Oroya it is alright. We had a big Noche Misional the other night, and it was to encourage all of the members to help us find new people to teach, and also to help retain the new members. We had about 40 people there, it really went well. We usually have around 70 people at Sacrament meeting which isn't bad at all, but we would still like to have more. We are always visiting new members and inactives too, so we're definitely working on it.
I'm way excited though. Today we're going to play soccer with the zone for the first time since I left the CCM. It kills me, there are always people playing soccer, and I want to play so bad, but there is a rule that we can't play with the anyone except other missionaries. It kinda stinks. I could make like a million more contacts if I could play soccer with some of these guys. Its all good though, I guess I'll live.
The last 2 weeks I sent out a bunch of letters, so everyone should be getting them pretty soon. I think the mail takes 10 days one way so thats why they are taking so long, but I promise I'm writing. That is so awesome you guys went to that movie with Cecily. It sounds like you are all having a blast. Look forward to hearing more about whats going on at home, sometimes they don't give us the mail until after internet time so I haven't read anything yet but I am looking forward to seeing how everthing is going. Oh and I have been getting a lot of letters. The pouch takes a while, but they get here. Thanks to everyone for writing! Love you guys Keep up the good work in all that you are doing, I'm praying for you!!
Love, Elder Lee