A week later, I think i've found my meds. but other than that, everything i brought to the office seems to be gone. idk where to look. i guess i could make an annoucement in transfers that says, "hey i'm back. give me my stuff"

 

 my comp is from jordan utah. we're not exactly "getting along" but we do okay.  when we wake up, it may be like 4 hours til one of us talks.  idk though..  and with getting back on track, that might take a while. like i do get up and read and stuff.  but getting back on track with the other missionary work is a little slow.  we went to look people up on sunday and we didn't even leave the car! we would drive to the house, look at it then drive off to look at the next house.  so idk how he was trained. 

  tomorrow is his yearly temple trip so  i'll be with the zone leader's comp in little neck. 

    hunt has one recent convert cesar, he's cool and he's got a fiance that has a little kid.  and they're getting married next month. 

 

 oh something good, pres made a new rule that we can go to the temple every 6 months! did i already say that?  so that's awesome. 

we have a really small branch here. we meet at a library upstairs that has been "mormonized" like it has the carpet and the couches and stuff, but there's no normal chapel, it's just a big room they set chairs up in and have an upright piano.  not too bad.  

 

 we went to a party yesterday at this member's house, and he's pretty rich, like he has a pool with a diving board, and a guest house up in the woods in his backyard. nice big patio and stuff. i didn't go in the house, but i'm sure it would be nice too. i got one picture of the backyard, not anymore because it wasn't like i thought it would be. like i think it would be kinda weird if i went around taking pics of things.  

 

a member has a sweet macaw named blue. (13 years old, so they didn't take it from the movie) 

 and she shed a feather and i got it. then i put a pen ink thing in there.  now i write with it.  i might send it home for the girls. if i can find a package big and safe enough. 

 

i was going to send my memory card home while i'm still in huntingon, but i'd rather keep it and send it when it's full or next trasfer.

   most likely when it's full.   

i guess that's all i wanted to send home as a sneak peek.  there's really not a whole lot of cool things on it now.

 

i did talk to elder brown, but i still don't really know him. my comp and i don't really get along, like he's dumb sometimes. he's not very good for me to get back into the way of the missionary. he lays around and reads a lot. and plays his dumb little card games all day.  and i  don't think he really knows how to look people up. i've already said a bit to dad. but really. like we drove around forever and didn't get out of the car to knock.  then we went to the church parking lot and he took a break. from what!?!?!  we didn't DO anything.   then we went out again and then sat in the car on the side of the road as he looked at the paper and i looked at the nice cars going by. ( yes, it is a rich area)  

 

 i saw an R8 spyder, a bentley, a rolls royce, jag e type, bunch of nice cars. all in one day!   on the way to our pad the first day, uh, tuesday, we drove by an aston martin dealership and there was like 5 out as well as a ferrari 458.    and there was a GTR on our street yesterday.

 but hunt doesn't really care much for cars.  but another elder in the district, Kauffman, he does. we talked a bit about cars yesterday at the party.  he knows things, but the other guy... oh  well.

 

 ok, so... we go shopping at wally world and he gets gross stuff like frozen waffles and ramen.  then freaks out when i ask to go to a real grocery store. like it took him like 3 days to get to this one store where i got bananas, oranges and a coconut.  and the other day we went to a food market and i got apples and plums. they're both not very good.  i was looking for the apple from new zealand. but i couldn't find it,... yet.    but this is pretty much my shopping list:  oatmeal, bread, water, fruit, jam, peanut butter. ya that's it.  so for breakfast today i had a bowl of oatmeal, then for lunch i had a pbj sandwich. and for dinner maybe i'll have another apple and an orange.  

 

  we went shopping at walmart with the other elders in our district and they were buying so much soda! i asked if they were buying for the party, but nope, they drink that much. it was like three 2 liters and two 12 packs. and i probably was annyoing them when i told them why pop is bad for them.  and then later i told hunt why ramen is bad for you. it's got tons of salt in it.   and i'm trying to lose weight and eat healthy. that's why we go to real food stores.    walmart doesn't sell good food. nothing fresh. just not good stuff.  i do get my bread and oatmeal there though.    but they only have two flavors of jam.   

i'm not too fond of this place. it's nice with the cars and the members, but the kid i was put with is not good.  i'm glad i'm only here for two more weeks.  but i should make them go by fast. some how....

 

can you text geoff and ask him what's going on?

 when he's going back, what's his home address, what's his mission address?   cuz i wanted to sent him a letter. but if he's not going to stay home long, i wanted to know.

 

  ps, i'll try to find my lost things. especially gramas thing. that's the only thing i can't buy. everything else i can buy back. 

  even them shoes.. even though they're expensive and nice, it's only money. 

 idk who to blame for all my stuff going gone, or just to forget about them being gone and worry about getting them back.

 

Elder Peck (NY)