Trini Hitchhikers

Hi Everyone. I realized today that I have stopped thinking that I'm on a mission and have just started living. Unfortunately, this is making everything go by a lot faster - maybe I should revert to thinking I'm on a mission to slow it all down. I'm going to baptize Ann this week! She and her family are great and every time we're at their house she ALWAYS cooks for us, in fact I think it offends her if we don't have time to eat. So we just have a standing appointment around 7 so we can eat and then teach.

My new companion, Elder Williamson is nice. He is from Wanesbrough PA. I don't know where that is in relation to where we lived. He is really smart with computers and technology, and we seem to be getting along well.

I'm sorry that I can't give you the address for our apartment for you to send items here, mostly because mail here is not like the US. There is no delivery, you need to go pick it up at the TT post office (tt = Trinidad and Tobago) and to do that you need to purchase a drop bag. So the only way to get mail to me is through the mission office. I get mail about every other week or so because the Zone Leaders will go pick it up for us. We walk almost everywhere - OUR AREA IS HUGE! Its from Prince's Town to Miaro (the eastern coast of the island) check it out on a map. We hitch rides to different places, you just put your hand out to stop people. If you want to be a taxi driver in Trinidad all you have to do is get a license plate that starts with an "H" and you can pick anyone up. Everyone else does anyway and we pay them 3ttd (.50c us).

The branch was reorganized the other day - we have new branch and elders quorum presidencies now! A man I baptized last month received the Aaronic priesthood, and he asked me if I would do it. So I did and ordained him to the office of a priest. I'm going to give him my line of authority tomorrow when I see him.

Im glad you got my package. Hope you enjoy the pictures, and send it back with some pictures you put on there if you can. Don't worry about candy, I don't really need it and it will make the package heavy.Things are fine, I don't know what else you want me to say, if any of you have questions send them and i'll answer them for you. 1836! p.s. I know who Harry Potter marries!