Dear Family:
Everything here is fine. I love it here and teaching the gospel is amazing I can't explain to you how happy I am being with the people here in Perdido. I love all of them so much and am so happy to share the gospel with them. I have built relationships with my investigators. They are all awesome and are willing to let me teach them and keep their commitments. I love it when they say they are going to read the Book of Mormon and then they actually do. I asked one investigator to read 3 Nephi 11, when Christ comes to the people. He read all of 3 Nephi! It’s amazing to see him progress. But at the same time he won’t come to church because he is a Baptist and goes to his own church every Sunday. I will have to figure out a way to help him get to church.
The members here practically fight over having us over for dinner. I think that since I have been here we have not had dinner at the same members’ house twice. So I have plenty to eat. I do not spend a lot of time tracting….. In this area it is a waste of time because the members give us so many names each week. I have only been tracting a couple of times. I don’t like it so i am ok with the fact that we don't do it that much.
I am still getting along with the elders and my companion. They are awesome and i could not have had a better trainer!
The rule in the Ensign about only sending one letter a week to missionaries is just a general rule. The mission president gets to decide on things like that. My mission president has said that we could email as much as we want. Some missionaries spend their whole p day emailing. I will NOT do that so you don’t have to worry. I will only spend a little time emailing because honestly I have a lot to do on p day. Thank you for sending letters I will write back. I just have less time to write letters then I did at the MTC so it is hard for me to do that. I am always grateful to get mail, it makes me happy and does not make me homesick at all. In fact in makes me realize that you all support me and it makes me want to work even harder, because I know that you have my back.
I am excited that you are getting the garden ready and have good plans for what you want to do. the asparagus sound really good! The other night for dinner one of the members fed us fried asparagus and it was really good! I am excited for spring for you guys because then it will start to warm up for you. Its nice and warm here. I know that you said that I should not tell you the temp. But, I will anyway. It has been really nice! I love the weather! The humidity is kinda a killer because when it is 70 it feels a lot hotter. But I still love it and am soaking up the son!
I love you and miss you and thank you for all you do for me while i am here.
Love,
Elder Vaughn
