Monday September 5th, 2011

Hola Familia!!!

well another week come and gone and sometimes it feels like they run together. i have hit the apex of my sickness and i am not really sure how much longer i can wait before i finally break down and call president. i just dont want to go back to the clinic and get stuck in my house again. but to make a long story short. i have a stomach ache that never seems to go away. my back is so tense (but i dont know what from) that i am almost unable to sleep. i woke up in the middle of the night with chills that shook my entire bed. and when i took my temperature i was at 103 degrees farenhite. i tried to wake my companion but he is a very heavy sleeper and once i finally did he just told me to pray and roled over and went back to bed. i love the guy but i am dying and he doesn´t want to help me. needless to say please pray for my health because i am about ready to give up.

but we keep on working. and i am alright with that. it seems like the only time i dont notice how sick i am is when we are in a lesson preaching the truth to people who really need it.

i am afraid to say . . . no monkeys yet, but i will keep my eyes open. i do recieve letters but i am not sure if i recieve all the letters. just email me a little sentence when you mail me a letter that way i can keep my eyes open for it. but one thing i am sure of is i have yet to recieve a letter via pouch. so i dont think that works.

i recieved my first egg and flower treatment and it wasnt even my birthday. i wish i had pictures to send you but i didnt have my camera that day. but basically my hair was solid as a rock and white as snow. and it took me about 25 minutes in a freezing cold shower to get it all out. but hey atleast i have a shower, and friends who show their love even if it is in a kinda cruel manner, but it is the custom here and i guess i better get used to it i am sure it is bound to happen again.

i love you all and i am trying with all my might to work as hard as i can.

chau

Elder Landon R. Welch

p.s. there are 18 missionaries in my zone and 5 of them are Hermanas. we have 2 p days every month that we spend as a zone. sometimes we play futbol and sometimes we go on different adventures. but the p days that aren´t spent with the zone we spend with the members and investigators playing and just passing moments together. . . i love my mission, because it is full of little moments that i will never forget. love ya.