Well, we had conference. i tried to understand as much as i could but i really did not understand nearly as much as i wanted to but as long as i don't get frustrated with it i am doing OK. when i get frustrated. i stop progressing in Spanish.
my comp got sick last week so we had to go to the doctor. he ate some bad fish. this has been my 6th time to the doctor i think, but never for me and i am always the one who is the most sick. i know why, its cause my mom who is a nurse has always told me you are fine, give it a few days and you will get over it and that has always worked for me. it never occurred to me that other people go to the doctor when they get sick.
people are weird. but he is fine now. and we need to start working again.
last week felt like all we did was visit people explain what conference was, tell them when it was and if they had time we would give a lesson but not many of them had time so we had really low numbers. i am pretty sure all the less actives we invited that actually said they would go didn't really go. i even bought sticky notes and wrote the times on them and put them in really noticeable places in their houses. they were florescent orange. but they still have their choices and excuses. i really enjoyed explaining how i felt that conference was like receiving 10 more hours of scripture and who wouldn't want to see Moses speak or some one from the bible. then i said we have the same opportunities as the people who lived in the times of Moses to listen to a prophet who speaks as if from the mouth of God. it really got me excited for conference but it did not seem to work for our less actives.
well, that's it for this shpeel if shpeel is really a word. i think it is.
well, love you all,
Elder Ritchie
PS: i have my voice back and i can talk fine again. i think i liked Uchtdorf in the priesthood session the most. We got two investigators to go. they really liked it.
PSS: i just downloaded all of conference to my mp3. i got a new speaker cause the one you sent uses batteries and i want one i can charge. plus its like five dollars to buy a small speaker here. i still need a new watch.
i was thinking about sending a packege then i decided to save the money and buy stuff for you guys, how would you like a fake watch or really fake any thing? they got it really cheap here. my fake pocket watch works really good if you want the day to only last 5 or 6 hours.
thanks for raising me how you did even though the other day i did find a scripture i thought i wanted to share with you it applies to mothers who leave their children alone, but then i decided not to cause i really did love how i was raised. and apparently it worked fine cause i am here on a mission and i am kind of a normal person. then again i don't think it mattered exactly how i was raised, i would still be the same as i am now.
i keep getting asked what i am going to do after my mission, i used to say i wanted to be a mechanical engineer, then i started saying i wanted to teach high school. i have always had a lot of respect for high school teachers and i think if i was teaching the right subject i would really enjoy it plus you get the summer off, all holidays off, and you feel like you are helping society some how but who knows, i could do whatever i want and the problem is finding what i want more.
