no tengo me Diaria!

May 21, 2008


Hi Everyone!
Spanish is coming along very well. when people talk to me I Know what
they are saying but if they talk fast I get lost. with that said we
taught in spanish this week and did very well! My companion struggled
through parts of it and kinda just told me to go for it so when I got
going I was solid! I taught most of it and did pretty well... even my
old teacher who I was not wild about came up to me and told me he was
surprised so that was a good feeling! I got into a flow and my
sentences went together better!

I finally gave up on basketball. it
is just not fun so I picked up this new game... its called soccer? I
hear it is big in some other parts of the world. and I was the LAST
pick the first day I played... actually I was not the last pick...
they argued and said you can have Stiles then the other team was like
no you can have them... to make a short story short two days later I
was picked first and have scored in every game I have played in... 6
games in a row... and have not lost. and had a hat trick on monday...
(the typical score to our games like 3-2 or so) and They picked me
last!!! I actually really enjoy the game and I have only played it
once since fourth grade and that was in my intramural soccer game last
semester and I scored... I only played one game, so the way I figure
it I am on a 10 year scoring streak... it sounds pretty impressive
huh?

ok so funny spanish story; Monday I was only speaking spanish so here
is my story: everyone here carries around study journals. They are what we take
notes in and on monday I realized I left it in the cafeteria. I went
back and knocked on the door and luckily a hispanic girl answered the
door. I needed to tell her I did not have my Journal (diario) but I
did not know how to ask if it was in there. So basically, I needed to
figure out how to let her know it was in there in spanish. All I could
think of was to tell her I dont have it and let her figure out the
details... so I said

No Tengo me Diaria... Diaria is also something that is common at the
MTC but not a journal. She laughed in my face and then told me not to
say that again... no bueno!!!

So that is most of my week! it has been a good one I have worked hard
and had alot of fun!!!

Oh yeah, they made me a zone leader on sunday. It was a surprise to
everyone because there is a district that is older then us in our zone
still. being zone leader just means I have more meetings and need to
deal with more peoples problems and try to get people to sleep on time
and report on the zone! The thing that stinks is that I have to be a
fun killer sometimes and tell people to go to bed. So far everyone has
been really responsive and helped me out by making sure they went to
bed on time and whatnot! and when I ask they have been like oh yeah
for sure and done it... being friends with everyone at first helps
alot! I have just tried to be really nice and not gotten onto some
incredible ridiculous power trip like the previous Zone leader... so
that is it... that is my life. Everything is great. I am learning a
ton. I am MORE then half way through with the MTC and it has flown by.
but I am excited to get to Cincinnati.

Love you all.
Elder Stiles


ps congrats matt on creating your own job!