The DR...what a place! (email dated 09/04/2008)

Well another day down. Its a pretty crazy place out here in the DR. The weather is sort of on and off. It was really nice for most of the week and then all of the sudden it got way windy and rainny. Dont worry though its not a Hurricane though. I hurd that Haiti got hit pretty bad by a hurricane though but it was on the north side of the island and i'm down on the south. Its wierd to me how it can be poring rain and way windy and yet when i walk out side its way hot and i can just feel the humidity.

Thanks so much for the emails. the Emails are all i'm getting right now. i still haven't recieved one actual letter here yet. Sorry mom, but the scanning dads letters in didnt work, i cant open them on these computers here in the lab. It was a good thought though. looks like dad just needs to learn how to type good finaly. ha how's he doing in keeping up with little andrew?

Anyway, its official now, i've been out on my mission for over a month. Ha i know its not much of a mark but it seems like a mile stone to me right now. i cant believe i havent seen anyone for over a month now. (Except for at the airport.. ha what are the chances i'd run into cousins a brother in law and my aunt)

We were able to go to the University here which is only a couple of blocks a way. Its nice to get out of this compound every once and a while and see the out side world. In here all our classes are on the top floor and all our rooms are on the top floor. I cant remember if i told you that its just me and Elder Sellers in a room right now and then in a couple of weeks the Natives come in and we get two natives that will room with us. I hope that helps with the spanish. Anyway back to the University. We were able to go twice this week. It was a little scary to know that i was going to actually be prosolyting to real people out in the street. We walked the couple of blocks over to the University and than they sent us loose to go and preach the good word. The first day we went which was last satruday we just had to get up the courage to talk to people which we did. i was the one that usually would stop people and start up the the conversation and than they would start talking and things would go down hill from there. they talk super fast here i decided. Anyway the day went on and we were able to talk with 11 people and get 7 addresses. I thought that was a way good number and was stoked about it. But than we got back to clase and Hermano Orozco was like thats nothing you can do better. So we went again on the next Monday and we were determind to do better. this time we were able to talk with people longer, sort of. Luckly for the most part all the people here are way friendly. they love to talk! On Monday we were able to up out numbers in the prosolyting stats.. hah we got 23 contacts and 12 addresses which was a lot better than the first time we went. (Hey dad that over .500) Any way on Monday we sat down and talked with this guy that was catholic and his brother was a member of our church i guess. He was way friendly and helped us out with our spanish and we tried to answer his questions the best we could. Its was a way good experience. He asked us about our temple and how not every one is aloud to go into it. Then he said how back in the Christ day everyone was aloud in the Temple which isnt true.( I didnt know that ) But than my Genius comp new that wasnt true and it was actually on Jews that were aloud in the temple in christs day. anyway the conversation went really well because he spoke a little bit of english and we challenged him to read 3 Nephi 11. it was really good and i hope he does read that chapter and prays about it like i told him to. When we were walking back to the compound i was so pumped cuz we actually talked to real people in spanish for the most part...

oh yeah and just to let you know my Boy Sky up at Utah State, they have a ping-pong table here and i have yet to lose... I'm still looking forward to recieving that first letter maybe it will come this week...Love you all!!!!!!!!!!!!

Elder Lopez