John 08-24-09

Last week was pretty fun for me. I went on splits with elder evans and played some basketball at 630 in the morning with him. he plays pretty well. he plays like a big man and i play like a wing. so he would over power me sometimes and i would be faster and get jumpshots. so we stayed pretty even. the funny thing was i was sore the next few days becuase i havent used those muscles in a very long time. but it made me really happy to play again. i still have a shot going for me. and got a nice compiment at first when he told me he thought i was left handed. so thats good my left hand is still working. as we played i was remebering more and more how i played before. he is a really cool kid, we talked a lot about basketball. he has heard of luis williams and it was funny to tell him i had to play against him. dad i like the talk you gave me last week. and there isnt the talk in spanish at all? my companion wanted it. i started to translate parts and he wanted the whole thing. or i always enjoy quotes and stuff from famous people. i have started a new notbook of sayings of random people, president maynes, my own sayings, and all the scriptures i have found interesting lately. so that would be a help to send some quotes. we are getting into the hottest time of the year and its hard. you can really feel the heat from the ground and the wind. its like florida getting up to 110 degrees and with hot wind. its very humid. im sweating just sitting here writeing yall. the picture dad sent me of the youth i recognized a little more this time but its weird how everyone has changed. my companion is one of the hardest working missionaries even though he is going home we still work hard. he talks about his girlfriend some songs from home but it does not show in his work. we have 3 families planned to baptize in september. the whole mission ususally baptizes 7 in a month.(we will have 3) so that will be pretty fun. and dad you will enjoy the humpfrey house. i did go there. it was huge! he has guards everywhere a small bush maze. like 30 bathrooms. and i only saw a little tiny bit of the house. i didnt get to see the bowling alley or the movie theater but i hear its pretty awesome. i will see if i can do the pictures of them on boxes to be the height of me and elder evans. that would be pretty funny. i didnt know elder taylor wanted all of our parents to come down here. that would be fun but there isnt tooo much we can do. maybe for a day or two would be fun. but there isnt much touristy stuff here. in peru there was a bunch. the plaza in santa cruz with the huge catholic church is all people go for really. but im done with it if yall are. so i wont be able to go to atlanta temple when i get back? when does it open? schooling i was thinking of studying a little bit in georgia then transfering out would probly be my best option. georgia gwinnett college or gwinnett tech or i dont any one of them that i would be able to enter. but it would be nice to study for free for a little bit before i have to pay for schooling. but any suggestions from anyone are accepted. crazy to think i almost only have 3 months left huh? my birthday is in less than a month as well(im old) almost a year since we have left Bolivia. crazy how time is going by now. only 2 changes are left. i think im going to be styaing here but its really not for sure. i hope i stay here because i dont want to happen like last year when noone knew me for my birthday. i had to buy a cake and eat it alone. but what comes, comes. sounds like everyone is doing well at home. well i will look up some more stuff for school but i love yall. and hope everything goes well this week. o ya maybe a favor Lisa maybe can send me some guitar tabs of the songs i liked that i can learn every now and then....thanks.Elder Cheesman