New P-Day, Monday...

We had a chance to Skype with Jake yesterday. We told him about how we post his e-mails here and was happy about that so you will see a comment to everyone in his e-mail to all who read about him. We recorded his Skype conversation. Anyway here is his post. The exchange rate is 20 Pesos to one US Dollar.

hola mi familia! como estan? yo etoy calor. muy calor. all i said was that im hot very hot. its alwa ys hot here except for the time in the morning when we have to study. oh well. how was christmas? i want an extensive list of events and gifts. what did you tell people about me? how did they responde? that call made me trunkie but im glad i got ot use skype. i dont know how often i will get to use it so i might have top call in the future. so i just bought a fan for our apartment to cool it off. it cost 1300$. thats alot you know how much food i could buy with that. but my companion said i could get rembersed from the chourch. i hope he is right. and i also pulled out the christmas money. it was 4000 pesos.thank you so much. my companion was asking me for some, but i said no. i want to buy a sachel. like the movie tangled. there are so cool. and also i want to say ¨where is my sachel?¨ like the movie. and i also want to but a mate cup. its this nasty green herby drink stuff. it does horrible things to your bhodyy like acid reflux and stuff. but everybody here drinks it and its funny too because you see people with their mate cups and its full of this green herb and they have a thermous full of hot water and they just continually pour it in the cup. its a real social drink. so like an entire party of people would use the same cup. i have no desire to drink it but i wanted something that will represednt the country. so what better way than a mate cup. and if you see like 100 to 200 dolras go out its because i will purchase some scripture cases. they have some freaking awesome ones. no one in this ward makes them but hopefully in my next transfer they do. you can ask for any puicture you want and they do leasther work and its really good. and today for p day we got to watch kung fu panda 2. i loved it, probably so much because i havent seen a movie in 2.5 months. and we made 3 pizzas in the kitchen of the chapel and they were so delicious. but here the idea of pizza is jut sauce and bread. you have to ask for cheese and toppings. which is wierd. now time for the spiritual thought. i have found my new favorite scripture. its in isiah 41:10. it says fear not for i god am with the, and i will support you in your works. its something along those lines. i dont have my bible with me. but that helps me because if you are doing someything in a rightous cause the lord will help you and you need not fear. so alot of things in life are sacry. a new jon, a mission, money troubles, or whatever. but if it is a rightous act the lord will help no matter what is is. so have no fear. and for anyone who does have a fear about something. i say dont. instead focus more on the task at hand and the lord will help. and also have happy holidays or in spanish feliz fiestas! i love you all. and for you all on the blog, i say to you that you all thanks for the support.

con amor, jake or el guapo