hola. could you send me a sweet shirt soon? it's starting to get cold. how was thanks giving at home? i'm bummed i didn't get to play ping pong. it was a good day though. elder holand spoke. i talked about that in a letter you probibly still don't have. lifes good. my companion won't stop talking about home and it's preparation day so we wen to the temple, he kept asking me in the celestial room if i was ready to go. i couldn't beleive he wanted to. besides that we're doing well. i wrote alot in my letter so i don't have much news. the guy thats in charge of the church humanitarian programs spoke to us last night. that was realy cool. and we made first aid kits. that was really fun too. we al sat a big long tables and put stuff in plastic bags as we sang himnos. it wasn't quite like being at home but it was great. we had some down time to talk and relax witch is pretty cool. i love it here. i'm learing to be more obedient and less of a punk. tell me bout things at home ayer nuestros bien dia. my grammer is awful and i still can't realy put sentences together and i only know a few words but the lord is helping me and it'll get better. love you. ben -----