August 2nd Letter

Sent: 8/2/2010 9:13:26 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time
Subj: Hola Familia

wow another week and another chance to write you guys. not much to report here just really enjoying being a dad. they have so much trust in you when they are new. lol and he is really excited for the work. we are with the whole zone right now and it is so hot in the jungle! but i want to thank you for the package you sent, or padded envelope i dont know what to call it. either way in spanish its paquete. it was really cool to receive my business cards and all those letters from the primary!!! send them my thanx. i also really enjoyed the cards from you guys. that poem about the man and the footprints has always been one of my favorites, and i was actually thinking about it when i recived the package lol. i have truly seen that the lord carries us through our difficulties. especially when we do all that we can. Sometimes we do everything we can and we dont see any result, then after everything falls in to place seperate than our efforts and we say what luck, but in this we forget our God and His help. i know thats he is interested and helps in our lives and especially in this work.

i will be sure to send a big thank you to omi for her gift. could you guys do it in person as well for me?

Querida Mami

to answer your questions we do have a microwave in my pension to heat things up, dont know why you asked maybe you are planning to send something?! lol but yes there are ways to heat things up and i dont need bowls or silverware, the pension takes care of all that. seperate there isnt anything i need. just to hear from you guys. if you want to send anything feel free but there isnt anything i need. but i will keep you updated week to week.

thanks for writing i understand that you had a meeting but it was still great to hear from you. i love you mom and am so grateful for all you do. i am aware you birthday is approaching and i am going to try and get you a card. i dont know if it will be on time because i dont get to mail every week, but i promise it will come. So there is going to be a training conference nextweek for all the new trainers (dads) and district leaders. its cool because we are going to get to go to another zone that i have never been to!

I love you a ton mom and am so glad to hear from you every week. know that i am grateful and safe, and i will talk to you soon. always strive to have the spirit there is nothing that can replace it.

Querido Papi

i accidently sent the letter half completed! thats what i get for not speaking english well anymore. whats the difference between save and send anyway? you might find this interesting dad but i dream in spanish now. almost everyday that i dream its all spanish, which is funny because often there are people from home in my dreams that dont speak any spanish in reality but in my dreams there rattling off spanish like natives! lol

i cant believe that shaun has the priesthood and and is going to go off to school so soon. its really sad for me to think, that hes not going to be there when i get back, but i also wouldnt want him to postpone a mission for anything, there is no better experience in this part of life. i have learned so much, and its funny how easy it is now to talk to people when it was so hard back home, but now i can talk to a complete stranger about the gospel and it doesnt really matter if they accept or not. which i think was so hard at home, i was worried they would reject me. heck my first contact in the mission rejected the message.

i cant believe you bought the tube, you are a changed man! lol and going to the lake for the first time in july! thats a change! i miss the lake especially cold water right now because it is so hot in la merced-the area of the zone leaders which is in the jungle. ummm the new kid is going great and and its not hard to lead the area. he reminds me of me a little. he doesnt know the lessions por memory or better said the points we have to teach, so he give his brief portion and looks to me to teach the rest lol, just like me i could only give my testimony becuase i didnt even speak the language! lol

we have some baptisms coming up in August and yes my birthday, but i dont feel almost 21! but please pray for Jesus, Carmen, Luz, jacky, and edith! I love you dad and we will talk again nexty week. say hi to everyone for my especially shaun if he is leaving this week to school. i love you all. keep praying and i will do the same. remember pray like everything depends on God and work like everything depends on you.

Con amor
elder spencer Fogleman
Tu hijo (who is now a dad! lol)