Hello Family!

12-30-13

hey again!

it was really fun to talk to you guys on skype!

Hannah i just want you to know that i love you and i will talk to you more!

okay first of all wowzers. what a christmas you guys had! flip! i

thought the world would end before i saw the day my family would get

cable! make sure we get dvr too! and then all the other cool presents

you guys got. geez i hope next years is pretty good too (chevy truck

with a lift kit, ahem) ;)

but there really isnt much to say this week. i made a recording.

marissa you have to make sure the file is in mp3 not m4a. otherwise i

wont be able to listen to it. so i didnt get to listen to the one you

sent.

well christmas was fun. our trip to lubango was tons of fun. being

with other elders. making a fun music video. going to tundavala was

sooooo cool! so cool! youll see the pics. then we got back to huambo

after a long 8 hour bus ride. its smelt too.. kids with dirty

diapers... yuck. but we finally made it back.

on sunday i gave a talk on patience which went well. its easier to

give a talk to people who are new to the gospel than to people who

have know it since they were born. aka back at home. and it helps when

there are only 30 people too. btw how is our new chapel? that will be

weird to come back to.

then after church and lunch all of our lessons fell through and my

will to work was about at zero. and this is one of those times where

you take a lesson from jason aldean and "dig a little deeper when you

think you cant dig no more". so i was like well lets go tell some

people about the gospel! so we went door contacting. met some funny

people. a prophet apparently. and utlimately yesterdays work went

well. we contacted for 2 hours got 3 lessons from it 6 contacts and 1

new investigator. not bad for going from a horrible day to a pretty

good day.

and thats about the week!

to answer your questions mom, huambo has a lot higher standard of

living. people actually have legitamate houses or apartments. but

there are still some areas that have the mud/cement huts. the work is

a lot harder here. but i like it better here. feels more like home and

im not stressed at all. i decided i hate big bustling cities. i like

calmness and the suberbs or even better.... the ranch :)

well i hope you all have a great new years! darin..... dont waste  the

first one! ;) hope you guys can listen to the tape that elder chandler

sent!

well love you guys!

Elder Tingey