Update on Elder Jimmy

James reached his 8 month mark yesterday. Wow, that has gone by fast. It seems like he just left. Before we know it, we will be heading to the airport to pick him up. He is still in the town of Ponce where he has been for the last few months. He just had a transfer and his companion Elder Secrist got transferred to a new area, leaving James in Ponce as the senior companion and training a new missionary. He was pretty sure he would be put with a native companion that didn't speak English. He was hoping for this. It would be a way for James to learn the language even better, and it would make training a bit easier, considering he wouldn't have to do much in the language area. Here is a bit from last weeks email.....

"This week has been a pretty busy/crazy one. Transfers happened on Tuesday. E. Secrist got his bags all packed and by about 10:00 in the morning he was out of the house. I was then left there until 1 (which was really weird being by myself haha) until my new companion showed up. When the van pulled up I went outside and started trying to guess which of the latin missionaries piling out of the car was my companion. After looking for a few seconds, another missionary pointed him out. As said last week, I thought that President Antivilo was going to place me with a spanish speaker so that I could improve my skills with the language, but I guess he thought differently. Elder Rohwer´s new companion is Elder.....(drum-roll please).....Campbell, from Salt Lake City, Utah. Needless to say I was scared right out of my socks when I realized that I would be training an American instead of a Spanish speaking missionary, but I suppose the Lord helps us rise to the callings we´re given :)"

His shoes after 8 months

This is a kitchen in one of the homes.

HA HA...

I love this picture, it looks like one you would see in the conference issue of the ensign.