LETTER #15 . . . HELLO Y'ALL!

Hi Y'All!
This week i was getting my haircut with a cool member and I let him taze me with this cool police taser and my bum hurt the whole haircut so that was cool! :/ 
The weather is starting to get a little bit warmer which is so cool but it's still cold and rains just about every day haha! 
I think it's hard for me to learn Spanish because i am trying to learn Chilean Spanish from a comp that's from Ecuador that mixes in Creole and English and Ecuador slang in his sentences haha but i am figuring it out and my Spanish really is SLOWLY getting better! 
This week was really happy and the work is getting a little bit better because I am making my comp walk instead of taking taxis everywhere and we have been meeting so many people!! We try to go somewhere cool every pday but it's always bad weather but hopefully soon i will have cool pictures to show you guys!!! 
I sometimes wake up and work out and just start reading scriptures for a couple hours straight and i am really starting to love reading and studying which is so weird for me!!! 
I pray for you all and hope you are all happy and hope you are all reading the scriptures and trying to be passionate!! EVERYONE'S A MISSIONARY!!! 

 Love,
Elder Townsend
The view from a member's house 

Excerpts from the family letter . . . 
Hello family, sorry i don't have a ton of time to write but i love you guys sooo much!!! 

It can be super frustrating just with so many languages and words going through my head but this week i could really feel myself progressing so much! I feel like i can carry myself for the most part in a conversation and understand for the most part what people are saying but i am nowhere near fluent and won't be for a probably a while still.

CORNER CANYON TOOK STATE!! WOOHOO! A member my same age updates me on NBA basketball scores and also he told me that Corner took state this Sunday which made the day so much better!!!

I am stressed about gaining weight haha!! They eat so unhealthy here and it stresses me out!!! Any advice??? 

LOVE YOU GUYS!!! TELL SAR AND BRAD AND THE BABIES THAT I DON'T EXPECT THEM TO WRITE ME CAUSE THEY HAVE 3 BABIES BUT TELL EM I LOVE EM!!!! 

LOVE YOU ALL. PRAY AND READ SCRIPTURES

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