I got all my packages and everything. Thank you so so much! I couldn't have asked for a better family than y'all!
My new area is Newbury Park. It's really different from Thousand Oaks. I miss all the friends and the people in the branch in Thousand Oaks and all the people that I was teaching. I have gotten so close to all of them.
In my new area, the missionaries decided to split the area. There is hardly any Spanish or they are really wealthy Spanish. This is just a little frustrating because I am used to making numbers and now we aren't. I'm trying my very hardest to remain positive. But coming from a great area to a not so great one is a bit of a change. I just need to find the reason I am here. We are not even in a ward. We are in a Spanish unit which is in a ward. There are only 15 people that show up every Sunday and some of them really don't want to be there. It's a little bit different, a little bit difficult, but we will try our hardest to be successful and do what the Lord would want us to do.
I love my companion. I am dealing with some difficult people that we live with. Sometimes I just have to bite my tongue when this person speaks, but other times I just want to blow my top off and say that you can't change everyone that lives under the same roof. This person was the only one out of the whole entire missionaries that didn't want to watch me open my birthday presents. Which by the way were awesome. I love all the mustache stuff and I love all the new clothes. I now have a mall of a closet.
I don't have a real bed but I have a better mattress than what I did have. It wasn't too difficult to make the transfer, but I do need an SUV to get all my stuff to Ventura. It does take about all day. I did remember all of my food and the blender of course.
It was really hard to say goodbye to Manuel. I got really close to him and could relate a lot to him. I could see the changes he was making as a person. When I told him that I was leaving he wanted to give me a hug but the darn mission rules held me back. I made him promise that after the mission, he would be able to give me a hug. I asked President Castro if I could write him while I am on the mission because he really made a difference. I really know that he needs this.
Right now we are not really teaching anyone. But this man named Manuel seems very promising. I think I have luck with the name Manuel.
Since they split the area the other companionship has most of the Spanish. We only have one other investigator than Manuel and one for baptism and that is it. But we will be able to find people.
The funniest thing that happened last week was getting lost because we don't have a GPS. If you could send it ASAP that would be great.
Nothing too spiritual this week.
Most challenging thing is trying to find people when we really have nothing to work with.
I'll write you some more snail mail this week.
Love lots,
Kenzer Lou
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