Sent: 6/28/2010 2:04:10 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time
Subj: Hola!!!!!!!!!


Hola familia!! well another week has passed here in Oxa. I am throughly enjoying my time here and can't believe k chase is back, please say hi for me. the time really does fly and i cant believe i already have 8 months in Peru. the area really is beautiful here and the air so clean. we keep working and teaching and doing our best. i still dont know my new area perfectly, it takes me a little while to learn but its so cool. To answer the question, i do not have a machete because we do not walk through bush all day. the area is all cleared out and i will try to send more pics.

I hope you like the first pic i sent, its so you guys can see my progress so far. if everyone was impressed with the weight i lost, this pic might just impress a little more.




Querida Mami

Sorry i didnt get your email this week, we do the email thing so dang early you know. but i hope you are well and that you enjoy the pics this week. i love you mom and hope all is well at home. say hi to everyone for me especially chase and i will write again soon. Know that i love you and that i am well, and extrememly happy. the time is flying so fast, and i have so much left to do. Stay true mom and read the Book of Mormon! i am reading through it right now in castillano or spanish, and i realized that this will be the 7th time that i have read through it and you know what, i am learning new things in every chapter. Love you mom.

Con Amor
Elder Spencer Fogleman
Tu Hijo



Querido Papi

Thanks for you email dad it sounds like you guys had a blast this week in the encampment, and so wierd to think that chase is back. well my comp is from Guatemala, near mexico. entonces hes not from south america. he is really cool and a lot of help for me. His name is Gary Salcedo and his dad was a singer in caifornia in like 93 or 94, dont know if you have heard of him but his name is Eric Salcedo. anyway i am really enjoying my time with him. Sorry avout the run that was hard, we are running here, but my comp isnt really motivated bc he has done sports all his life and so wants to bulk up in the mission, but if we run he loses weight lol.

Well i am excited to hear about the baby, maybe next week in the email!?! but we will see, and for sure send me some pics please. i cant believe steph is finally haveing a baby lol. umm i have some cool things and am always on the look out for new stuff. i have a couple of new shirts that are cool but i will get a whole bunch of new things here in the jungle....maybe a machete lol. i wish i could send all the pics i have it really is beautiful aqui.

Thats a bummer that it costs so much to rebuild a car, because i am going to need a car when i get back and i was hoping it would be easier to rebuild than to by... oh well i will just have to look for a nice used one with a stick shift, becuase i really want to drive a stick shift. or maybe just a moto-which is a motorcycle. in my area right now everyone drives a motorcycle, even ten year old girls, kinda makes me feel like a loser because i dont even know how to drive one lol. but maybe it would be easier at school to just have a moto. dunno but i guess we will see. i am just looking forward to learning to drive a stick shift when i get back.

Well i love you dad and will right again soon. i hope all is well and i look forward to next monday. its funny how you can have no success-that is baptisms- and still be happy. i know that what i am doing is right and i couldnt be happier. Love ya Dad

Con Amor
Elder Spencer Fogleman
Tu Hijo