Dear Family,
This week has been pretty good. Pretty crazy, but good. The change was out of nowhere because some bad missionaries were doing bad stuff in the Capitol, so the President had to change everything around to try to get everything running right again.
No worries. My companion wasn't caught up in any of it. He is a really good missionary, and he has been an awesome companion so far. His name is Elder Valdez and he is from Mexico City. He has 6 weeks more than me in the mission, but he came to my area in the middle of the transfer, so I am in charge here. I guess it is kind of cool getting to run the area how I want - but it is a little bit of an extra stress load - but no worries. Anyways, he is from Mexico as I said, and he makes it sound just like paradise there! They have running water they can drink. They have power all the time. He used to go bowling, to the movies, and not to mention . . . eat Mexican food all day! I'm telling you - a mission in Mexico would be a breeze. The members are strong. They have all the nice commodities like a washer and screens on all of the windows. I have been washing my clothes by hand for the past while. Oh, and did I mention electricity?!!! Count your many blessings! The weirdest part about my companion though, is that he reminds me soooooooo much of Devin Barnes! I know that is out of nowhere, but it is so true. His laugh, his smile, and just the way he is . . . someone should tell Devin that he has a short, Mexican version of himself running around in the Dominican Republic on a mission! I know it may sound crazy, but I guess you would just have to meet him.
We have been working really hard lately, and we have a baptism planned for this Saturday which is pretty exciting! I will make sure to send some pictures of that. Sorry I haven't been sending very many lately, but there really hasn't been a whole lot to send. Nothing too big has gone down as of late. As I said, my companion is from Mexico - which automatically means he is a hard worker. This way, I get a native speaker, but he also wanst to work hard and has been teaching me some Mexican lingo that I can use at home. Turns out that I have a lot of bad words in my vocabulary in the eyes of the Mexicans - when they aren't bad at all here! Speaking all Spanish wasn't really hard . . . if that was a question. I can't remember. I am already fluent, so it didn't really seem to be a big deal - although sometimes I do still take a step back and think it is crazy that I am speaking another language without even thinking about it.
I have to go a little early today because I have to write Emily and Danny too. Tell the DeSpains I am super excited to have Jeff come out! Like really pumped! He is coming to the best mission in the world, so he should get pumped and we will rock this place. Have a good week and I love you!
Elder McBride
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