Back to Chalco

If you haven't read my other letter, this one won't make that much sense.

Hola,

Don't freak out!  I'm not in Africa.  (You might have even been able to figure that out by youself.  I realized that I sent the other email at about midnight in Africa.)  The ostrich lives in front of the house of the zone leaders in my last area.  I've been sent back to Chalco, in a ward called Xico.  (The x sounds like h in that name.)  My new companion is Elder Jones.  He's from Alberta Canada.  This is his last cycle/transfer in the mission.  I got thinking about it recently, and he's my twelth companion I've had.  But I've yet to have two companions from the same place.  Nor have I had a companion from Utah.  (And that's considering the fact that I've had five American companions.)  So far he and I get along pretty well.  My new area is good.  We've got some work to do here, but I know that the Lord is preparing the way for us here.

As far as this week goes, it's been good, but full of changes.  I got a "nice" welcoming present on Tuesday.  We came to our area in combi from the mission offices, and while we were on the way, we came to a group of cops.  They stopped the combi, opened the door and said, "All of the men out of the combi."  So we got out, and one of the cops, a woman to make it even better, told my companion and I to stand with our faces to the combi, then proceeded to check for weapons.  (Or "groped us" to use Elder Jones' words.)  Then they let us get back on and continue on our way.  It was just an interesting experience that I kind of hope to not have again.  Other than that, I've just been getting to know the people here.  The ward mission leader is pretty good here, which always helps a lot.  As of yet I don't know too many people, but I'll let you know as things go on.

That's about it for news for me this week.  It sound's like you had a good week there.  I'm glad you had a good stake conference.  You'll have to let me know if there was space for everybody, and if not what those who didn't have a spot did.

That's it for me this week.  I love you, and I'll write you next week.

Love,

Elder Samuel Long

P.S.  You'll have to let me know if my little joke got you for a second.