8 December 2008--17 dias hasta Navidad!!

Hey family, how is everything going at home? It sounds like you are all just as busy as usual. Which is great. Its good to hear you guys are having so much fun with everthing. So Allison went to LA, that is awesome. Crazy stuff going on at home. Oh yeah and tell Drew to be ready in 2 years to get schooled in Ping Pong basketball! Ha ha!
Things are going great here in La Oroya. Thank you for your prayers, I know that they are helping so much. We are finding so many people that are ready for the gospel, and I know it is because of the prayers of everyone We have 8 people with baptismal dates for this month, and they are all just great. We have been teaching so many lessons we hardly have time to eat. I think we ate dinner at 9:30 practically every night last week, but that is the way we like it. Working so hard practically forget to eat. But you know me once I realize I haven't eaten I gorge. Our pensionsita actually made good old american pancakes last night, and it was such a happy day for me! I think I took advantage of your wonderful pancakes mom, Thank you so much.
Our pensionista always loads me so full its crazy. Unfortunately I never get to run, so I have probably gained about 30 pounds! Ha ha just kidding. With all of the walking we do, and mountain climbing I have acutally maintained pretty well my weight. I swear we went up and down this mountain like 3 different times saturday for different appointments so I'm staying in good shape. I do pushups, abs, and jump rope in the morning too, so I still get the little bit of workout in a day that I love.
Today we actually had changes. Its crazy to think that I have already been out in the field for six weeks. I'm staying in LA Oroya with Elder Lima I'm definintely happy about that because I have met so many people that I love, and we have so many investigators progressing I can't imagine leaving this area right now. Speaking of Elder Lima, he is a good companion. We are always working for goals, and teaching as much as possible so things are good. He is 23 years old, and is from Arrequipa, Peru. Sometimes I get a little annoyed with him because he thinks he is in charge of the entire world, but I have learned to be patient. He always has good intentions, but he literally orders around everyone. He tells our branch president what he needs to do for the branch, its pretty crazy. Its fine though we are working hard and teaching a lot of people, and we get along so everything is good.
Its funny everyone here wants me to speak English with them. The funny thing is that Elder Lima gets mad, and says I need to always speak spanish. I think of it more as service. The young men and women in the ward want me to help them with their english homework. It is pretty funny.
We should hopefully have 5 baptisms this weekend. The familia Alania needs to get married saturday, and we are going to baptize them Sunday, but we've had to postpone like 10 times. So hopefully they follow through this time because they really are an amazing family. We also have Gustavo and Susan. Brother and Sister that are 14 and 17, and they are going to be baptized saturday. They have been coming to church and all the activities. They are really awesome.
Well hope you guys have a great week. Keep up the good work in evertthing that you are doing, and keep writing. Your letters are the best, and I always enjoy reading them. Love you all!!
Elder Lee