I am glad to hear that the vacation to California is good! I am really missing that right about now - but it's alright. The other american in my house and I celebrated the 4th of July by drinking a big coca cola and eating Lay's potato chips. We didn't really have the time or the means to do anything better, but hey, those are both American products right?!
So some of you might remember my letter last week about the ridiculous amounts of water that fell - and we only saw the sun one or two times during that whole week. Well, this week has been the complete opposite! The sun has been ridiculously hot and is drying up everything that is wet, making the humidity skyrocket. The sun doesn't really bother me too much because I am kind of used to that being from Arizona and all. But, the worst part is that they took power away from the town for the last THREE days, which has just been too much . . . the house that we live in is concrete blocks with paint on it, so it heats up like an oven in the sun. And then when night comes it gets completely impossible to sleep. When there is a fan, we can use that to cool down, but when they take away the power, it really isn't an option. So it has been about 3 days now with only about an hour of sleep each night. :( We just kind of lay there in our sweat until we can't take it anymore - and then we talk. I had no idea that a night could EVER be so miserable. The rumor around town that we have been hearing is that the electricity should come back after three days of being gone - so I hope this problem can resolve itself soon.
Well, other than that, the missionary work has been going pretty decent. We have kind of been wandering the streets like zombies lately, but in church yesterday, we had two separate families in church, which is almost unheard of - so that was pretty sweet. One family was Louisa and Frank, who I believe I have mentioned before. There was also Luchi and Duarte, the parents of Christian (one of my baptisms my first transfer in Valiente. We have sent their ID's to the mission office to find their birth certificates. When we get those, we should have a few marriages soon!
That is way cool that Jake McGlothin is coming to this mission! He should be way pumped to come here - does he know that I am here? Emily told me that a girl named Marci Wright from Highland is coming too for a few months - so that will make 4 of us just from Highland! Has Jeff reported yet and did you give him all the info?
I am going to keep this e-mail a little short so I can send some pictures, but have a good week!
Love, Elder McBride
standing by a sign that says "don't throw garbage"!
Ayendi and Brito and Ayendi's baptism (also me and Elder Valdez)
Diana (the Haitian) at her baptism
A typical street here in Valiente
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