Dear Family,
Another week down. Can you believe that transfers are next week? Many of you have asked about whether time seems to be going faster or slower than at the beginning of my mission. I can see why some might think that it would go slower, but the truth is that the days seem be cut in half or something. As I approach my final two transfers, it's funny to think about my first two transfers. I now know how to speak the language, the humidity doesn't seem to kill me (I'm still looking forward to that dry heat!), I can eat anything that is put in front of me, and any cultural differences that seemed shocking before are now just a part of my everyday life. I believe that the adjustments that I will have to make when I go home will be more difficult than the ones that I made when I first arrived.
Well, I don't really have much to report this week. It's kind of been an...interesting week to say the least. We've had some problems that we have had to take care of with some missionaries, but luckily we have found some time to still have some great lessons. While we continue to find good new investigators, I feel like much of my success in this area, and really my entire mission, has come from working with less active families. In all honesty, I almost like working with and teaching less active families more than teaching investigators. For me, seeing a father, or a mother, or an entire family come back to church after years of inactivity is just as sweet as seeing somebody enter into the waters of baptism. There are so many families that I am going to miss so much when I transfer and go home. I love seeing the new light and happiness that comes into their life once they find their way back to the church.
Just so everyone knows, I bought a new camera. It's digital but a lot cheaper than the one I had before. I figure it will do the job for the rest of my mission. I have already taken new pictures and I am still trying to gather pictures from this area from other missionaries. I don't think that I will be sending any more pictures home, though. I'm excited to sit down and look at all of my pictures with you all! Each picture comes with a special memory.
I love you all so much!
Elder Staheli.
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