September 10

Okay here is the letter, I hope you all get it. Myldsmail is not very easy to work. Or not as easy as gmail at least as far as sending stuff together.
It's awesome to get e-mails from all of you! I'm really blessed with a great family.
Well everything is going pretty good. Everything is pretty much set for the Hernandez Family's baptism this saturday. They are all excited. Last saturday we taught Chastity, Tithing, and followed up with the Dad to see if he's living the Word of Wisdom. Everything went great. There's a member that has helped us a ton - Hermano Prieto. He's from Brazil and he really speaks portuguese but his spanish is good. But yeah I've really gained a testimony of how members can really help people progress. The Prieto family stops by the hernandez familys house and they invite them over for dinner and come to the lessons with us. And it's amazing how smooth things started to go since he and the bishop started getting really involved.
So mom that's probably why the sister missionaries are encouraging you to talk to matthew's mom and invite her to church. Something else that could help you too is role playing. So like practice with hayley or cammie or dad how you will invite her. It may feel dumb or whatever but if you can role play it perfectly then when you do talk to her about it it will go well. Plus you can make it fun too, like hayley or cammie or dad can do the right accent and everything.
But anyways i know i said that i was going to send pictures, but i still have to take some, its difficult because we dont really have time to stop and take a picture of the stratosphere when were trying to make it to an appointment. But ill get some eventually. And for sure ill get some pictures this weekend, our district is pretty blessed. we have ten baptisms this saturday.
But no i havent gotten a package yet, thanks for sending me one though! all the mail you send goes to the mission office then we get all our mail from the week on tuesdays when we have zone meetings.
Dad that's sweet about BYU, I'm excited for them.
My new companion is pretty funny - elder bloom. Hes a little crazy - i told james, he has ADHD and his girlfriend just got called to Chile - shes going on a mission.
Bryan wrote me a letter that said hes leaving the MTC in a couple days but then he didnt give me the address of his mission so i cant write him back... i love bryan.
but im way super duper excited for the baptisms this week, i feel so lucky to be able to help teach the hernandez family - they are so awesome, all their kids are so well behaved.
Hey but I love you all and thanks for your letters.
Chrissy Catlett is still writing me, but annie still hasnt written me back from that letter i sent her 3 months ago. I really hope she doesnt not write me until like right before i get home or whatever. thats happening to my zone leader, elder llewelyn, this girl didnt write him his whole mission, but now hes got like 4 months left and all the sudden he got a letter from her... but im not worried about it, shes just missin out on pretty much the best thing since frozen broccoli
anyways love you all, hope everything is going good. this past week nathan got to Mexico, im excited for him.
k love you bye.
elder william draper