Companions, New Area and Holidays

Hola,

The thing I've noticed with my companions is that there's always something that we've disagreed on.  I guess that's true of every person, including your eternal companion.  But like you said, it can be difficult when you have to be together 24 hours a day.  From what I've heard though, I have gotten pretty lucky with my companions, because sometimes they can be pretty hard to get along with.  Still, I guess that's one of the good things about the mission, it helps you learn to live with another person.

As far as the area goes, I still like it a lot.  One of the problems is that, since it's not very big we have to travel for awhile to do things like shopping.  We go at least two times a week to Amecameca, the nearest city in our zone, for different things.  It's not a super big city, but it's bigger than San Juan.  Other than that, the area's pretty good.  As you said, it's pretty beautiful, although pretty small.  I basically know where everything is, and I've only been here two weeks.  Still, I feel like it will be a good area for me.

All in all, things are continuing about the same here in the mission field.  We're getting ready for the Christmas season now.  I guess the church is going to be doing some pretty cool things this year.  They've got a new video they've made, and for one day, December 7th, Youtube is giving them control of their front page for a day.  So all the advertisements and video suggestions will be for the church.  I'm not sure how that will all work, but it will be interesting to see.  I've heard, especially closer to Christmas that it can be difficult at times as a missionary, but I'm also looking forward to it.  As far as Thanksgiving goes, it doesn't exist down here, so you guys will have to eat extra for me.

I am glad to hear things are going well for you.  It sounds like everything is going more or less the same there, kids being crazy and all.  I still can't believe Nick is almost done with his mission.  I don't think we'll have a chance to meet up, but we did have the opportunity to talk.  When we went to the temple one time, we ran into the assistants for his mission.  I asked if they knew an Elder Long, and one of them said he did.  They called him and we talked for a couple minutes.  You never know though, we might run into each other at some point.  If not, we can talk when I get back.

That's all I've got for you this week.  This thanksgiving remember I thankful for all the love and support I have gotten and continue to receive.  I love you and I'll talk to you next week.

Love,

Elder Samuel Long