Jason?

First of all, I don't have a lot of time to write, because we went to the temple today, and there was some miscommunication, and so we all have a shortened period of time, and I left my SD card reader at the house, so I have pictures, but I can't send them. Lame, I know.  (Pictures added retroactively.)

Your week sounds awesome! Everything sounds super fun! I'll tell you what I did for Thanksgiving: I bought pie for all of the elders in my house. One slice each, and it was very good, but I definitely wanted more!

About prepared food, I think it's because past elders have had issues with the foods prepared by others, and I have no idea why we can eat it on Sundays, but I'm pretty sure they don't give them training, because one family thought we couldn't eat meat, so they fed us an entirely vegetarian meal, which I didn't realize until afterwards, but it was quite good! Also, the mayonnaise here is amazing!! It doesn't have eggs, but it has lime/lemon juice in it, and it tastes so good!! And that's saying something, because I never liked mayonnaise in the states!

The good thing about my concrete jungle is the passageways are so narrow that they have hardly any direct sun, so it stays relatively cool when we are in that part, and it does cool down at night, but it's not cold. I have zero issue in my short sleeve shirt at night, but that could be because of prior experience...

We do attend ward council, and I understand about 60-70% of what is said, which means that the important parts, I don't understand. But our ward has some issues, as far as I can tell, but they do all right! They did say I might be able to accompany the primary choir on the piano, so that's super exciting!!

As to the details on Christmas, I'll let you know. I think it will be a phone call, and so I'll need a number to call... I'll figure it out. It's going to be awesome!!

We went to the temple today, and this time, there was no translation! it was all completely in Spanish! I also understood a lot of it, so that was super cool! Also, one of the really cool things about being on a mission, is you can discuss cool things you find in the scriptures all the time! So I basically get to have a scintillating discussion about the gospel every night! Although, it is a little difficult sometimes, because I have to do it in Spanish. I am learning so much!

We are teaching some really cool people right now, like this old guy, that knows the Bible backwards and forwards. We gave him a Book of Mormon on the first lesson, because he seemed really interested, and he reads everything we leave him, and reads a lot of the Book of Mormon every week. He always comes with questions, which is so cool! The only problem is he thinks my name is Jason.... I don't actually know how. But he loves that we are serving God at our age, in a foreign country, and he told us that we feel different than the other people who come knocking doors, which is super cool! That's about all for this week, but I love you all, and I love hearing from you!!

-- Dallin

P.S. I ate at the temple cafeteria for the first time, which was amazing!!! So good!  Oh, also, we have hot water!!! it is a sketchy electric water heater that heats it as it comes out, which means that if you have less water, it's hotter, so I use hardly any water! But it feels like heaven!! It's so amazing!