We caught an iguana this week, that was pretty interesting. Elder Talbot got sick with some sort of stomach virus as well, so I went on splits with his companion his second day in bed so that his companion Elder Humphreys could get to all his appointments. Too bad they all fell through, but it was an interesting change of pace.

My companion´s name is Elder Tovar and he´s from Tula, Hidalgo. I have yet to have a white companion, and I´ve only had one that speaks English and he was in the MTC. All is well there, it´s really good for my Spanish.

Ehh, the work has actually slowed down quite a bit recently. I´m trying to
see what we can do, but our investigators, who have all showed great
promise, aren´t progressing, and almsot nobody has gone to church these past
two weeks. I´m sure things will improve though, this is just an opportunity
to refine who I am as a missionary.

We´re baptizing Daniel, a 9 year old whose mom is inactive and dad is nonmember, but goes with his grandma to church, this saturday. He´s a really smart kid and really nice too. He actually bought us ties the other day. The rest of the work is going rather slow at the moment, but Danny is awesome. He makes me miss David, actually.

It seems I´m the only missionary in my district who was able to make his money last until the end of the month. Thanks for teaching me how to manage my money well!

I had my interview with the president this week too, nothing special, I just asked him a few questions I had. More interesting would be what I eat for breakfast. I´ve become addicted to puffed wheat. It´s cheap, wholesome, and tasty. I also cook eggs with tomato and onion a lot. Little by little, I´m trying to expand the things I can cook. Cheap and easy recipies are always appreciated!

I do love the food. I´ll be eating some tasty enchiladas in a few hours,
actually, with a member who loves to treat the missionaries. As far as
describing pozole seco goes, I´m still not sure how to put it, but it has
meat and some sort of pasta-like thing in it. The distinction is that it
isn´t served in a soup. Nothing too special, honestly, but that´s going by
Mexican tastiness standards.

So I guess I have to pick a favorite soccer team soon, since it´s popular
discussion here and a great conversation starter (when you teach potential
priesthood holders, that is...and the majority of investigators tend to be
women), but I don´t know what I would pick. Maybe I´ll just see if I can
find a Real Salt Lake jersey and call it good, but everyone knows what´s
going on between Chivas, Club America, Atlas, Pumas, and Monterrey at the
very least. Educational, actually. Did you get much of that in Ecuador?

Also, how much time did you spend out in the boonies as opposed to the city?
What´s different about it? I think there´s a 50% chance that I'll stay here
in Colima, but I´m curious.

I hope all is well at home, as usual.

-Love,
Elder Lund