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Hola familia,

¿Cómo andan? Everything is going great here in Dolores. We had a good week this last week it flew by. We had our sector conference in pysandú on Wednesday so we had to travel which was fun. We almost missed the bus Wednesday morning but we made it. What happened is we had to go and sleep with other missionaries at their house and they forgot to set the alarm and we woke up 9 minutes before the bus left, we got dressed and ran the whole way and we got there 2 minutes before it left. I didn´t have my tie on or my belt but i had them with me. It was so funny. Then we had an activity with the ward on Friday night it was pretty fun. But then we had a baptism on Saturday. Jesus and Axel got baptized. I sent some pictures of them. It was really cool the story about Jesus. We found him knocking doors and he listened but was really shy and didn´t say much and when we got there the next visit he had read all the folleto and understood everything, but he didn´t really want to go to church because he didn´t have the custom of going but we invited him and on Sunday he showed up and 3 weeks later he was baptized. We didn´t think he would go to church or anything but he just came and now we are teaching the rest of the family. Incredible! So we got changes and we both are staying here one more change. That is ok with me i love this area the members are helping us a ton and the people are so nice. It will be a lot better this change. I get along with Elder Torres now, we got everything worked out and we are good friends. Elder Torres is the district leader so i will be doing a lot of divisions this change and that makes the time go by a lot faster. This change is going to fly. Happy Birthday Mom! I can´t believe that you are 50 years old. Just think you are ½ of the age of grandpa Kirk. How is he doing by the way? What are you going to do on your birthday? I can´t believe that it is already February that is so crazy. The time just keeps going by faster and faster. I only have one more January on my mission. I called Elder Oswald the other day and he is doing great. His sister should have had her baby by today. We were talking about how he will have a nephew when he gets back and i said the i will have a nephew too. Jodi it is going to be a BOY! I hope that wrestling is going great. How has the team done this year? Any regions champs? I love wrestling i miss it a lot. Our mission is recieving 40 more missionaries within the next 6 months. We have 150 now and we will have 190 so there are a lot of missionaries coming to this mission. I love you all thanks for all the support and love. You are always in my prayers i love you. Have a great week.

Elder Tate

It is hot!

Hola familia,

¿Cómo andan? Todo bien aquí. Changes are this coming week so next week i will be writing on Tuesday. Everything is going great here in the Guay the only thing is it was the hottest week so far. I was sweating so bad. We would go into a house and it felt like i walked into an oven. My arms were sweating i could feel the sweat running down my back but there isn´t anything better than these experiences. Oh we also fasted on Saturday and i was more thirsty than i have ever been in my life. More than during wrestling season when your trying to loose weight. It was horrible that night it was so hot and i just tossed and turned all night. But i made it that is what matters. We had 5 people in the chruch and we will have a baptism this weekend. I hope that all goes well. Things are going good with Elder Torres now. It has been a humbling thing because i have had to step back and realize that not everyone is like me, he has his strengths and i have mine and i have learned a lot from him. But i also have learned some things that i will do different when i am the senor comp. He used to try to boss me around but we got everything figured out. That is cool that those kids are going on their missions i am excited to find out were Ryan is going. That is cool that Taylor has a new car. I hope that the radio doesn´t get stolen out of this one. I can´t believe that Zoe is almost 2 years old that is so crazy. She is becoming a big girl. I won´t even recognize her when i get home and there will be one more. Be thankful for the snow i miss it! Hey mom i thought of some things that you could send me for my b-day. Peanut Butter, some socks brown, gray, and some ankle socks, and maybe some shoe goo. I don´t need the shoe goo right now but i think in a couple months i will be needing it. My hush puppies need a little shoe goo. I love you all and i hope that you are all doing great. Alison only has a couple more months of school. That is so cool, i can´t wait until i can say i only have a couple months left. Thanks for all the love and support. Scripture of the week. Alma 37:44
Chao Elder Tate

Hello

Hola Familia,
¿Cómo están? Espero que estén disfrutando el frío porque yo estoy sudando como un cerdo. That is so cool that you got to go down to Tucson I wish I would have been able to go. This last week has gone by so fast I don´t even know what happened. First of all I went to Montevideo to do divisions with Elder Roxas he is such a stud. It is a different type of mission in Montevideo everything is going way to fast. In T- and here in Dolores it is so slow and calm but down there it was a lot different. It seemed like we did 50 contacts in the street everyday but only got to talk to like 10 of them long to share a part of the gospel. But I had a great time. They live in the offices and they live in a lot better conditions than everyone else. They have A/C which was amazing. It is the little things that we take advantage of and forget how lucky we are. Then I got back on Friday and we had our interviews with the president and my interview was awesome. I talk a lot about Elder Pierce but he is from Sandy, Utah. He has been on his mission exactly 1 year longer than I have. So he goes home this summer. I am going to send a package home with him when he goes home. So you will probably meet him this summer that comes. I haven´t really used the gold bold powder at all. I´m not chaffing or anything, I am really grateful for that. Yes I have been putting on the sun screen but only on my face. I don´t know if it does anything but I use it. I don´t really have to worry about the rain for a will, it hasn´t rained in Dolores for a little over a year. They are in a drought here and it is so bad the some of the cows and horses that live out in the fields are starting to die. The area is going really good. We had 6 people in the church and all of them have baptismal dates. It really is a great area. I hope all the people that have date follow through with everything. Just because they have dates doesn´t mean that they are already baptized. I think that I am doing pretty well on supplies but you could send a bottle of solution or 2. One bottle lasts about 2 months and I have 2 left so there isn´t a big rush or anything. I saw the pictures of the snow and I miss it. Did all of the come in one storm or was there snow already. Thanks for everything that you do I really appreciate everything. Oh by the way Zoe is so cute. I like her hair like that a lot. Espero que ustedes tengan una buena semana y trabajen duro y sean felices. Yo amo la misión yo he aprendido mucho en los últimos 7 meses de mi vida.
Les amo.Elder Tate

Howdy

Hola familia,
How are you doing? This week has gone by so fast. First of all the President Peterson wants the Zone Leaders to do divisions for 2 to 3 days and so I was with Elder Pierce for 3 days it was so much fun and I learned a lot. Elder Pierce is like a brother we get along so well and work really hard together I had so much fun. This week I will be going to Montevideo and doing divisions with the Assistants. They picked some missionaries and doing divisions for a week and they called me the other day and now I will be comps with Elder Roxas for a week. It will be a lot of fun. I did divisions with him for my very first time in T-bó he was my ZL. So this week is going to fly also. Tell dad to bear and grin it. That is what he used to tell me when I was younger. Do you think that he is getting them because of the Mountain Dew? If so drink water. That is awesome that he got a muzzleloader for Christmas. That will be so much fun when I get home. That is awesome that you had 31 people at the temple. Are you going to go to the open house of the Draper Temple? That is a sweet Temple. Our area is going really well. We didn´t have all the people in the church this week but they are still doing great. We had a baptism last Saturday. Eduardo Pajes it was sweet because it was a part member family and now it is the whole family. The baptism was sweet there were a lot of people and we had a couple of investigators too. The weather is still HOT, we have to sleep with a fan on and it is still HOT. It reminds me of Lake Powell in August. But hopefully in a month or so it will start to cool down.Dad that is awesome that you are going to Arizona to a Tournament. Is it a huge one? That would have been so much fun. The spiritual thought of the week. You will have to use the Spanish Book of Mormon that Taylor has. In the Guía o sea the topical guide in Spanish under Sacrifice there is a quote by Joseph Smith that is Awesome! Read it and then tell me what you think next week. Taylor can translate it.I love you all. Thanks for all the love and support it means a lot to me. Oh Mom I got the card from Grandma but there wasn´t any money and I haven´t got any others. Tengan una buena semana.
Chao Elder Taylor Tate