January 20, 2010

Hey Dad my P-day is going to be every Wednesday now so expect my email a little after noon every wednesday. Also will you please send me my player hockey stick and my player gloves and also TomTom. It is ridiculous to get around here and we are hoping that if we can get TomTom we won't be so lost all the time, and I would like my hockey stick and gloves because im not allowed to work out yet so I want to practice my stick handling so I have something to do in the mornings besides eat :)

My new address is
Elder Joshua Van Dyke
Washington D.C. North mission
11700 Falls Road
Potomac, MD 20854

Right now im not even in D.C. im in MD there is only one French mission that covers D.C. and the apartment isnt even in the D.C. area. My companion is Elder Mezerai he is from France. He speaks amazing French of course. French is freaking crazy hard my first couple of appointments I did'nt understand a single word the investigators were saying. It's getting better now. I can pick out what the basics topic or subject of the conversation is. Everyone asks where im from and when I tell them Canada they all automatically say "Quebec?" It's funny cause then I tell them no Ontario and they don't know where that is LoL its pretty funny.
This week we have 2 baptisms Marie and her daughter Daphnee and then we have 2 baptisms for Feb. with Moise and Michelle and remember I havent taught anyone that is white and none of them are from anywhere else except Africa. They are all really humble and lovable people. I've been able to speak with the people but I havent been able to really understand what they aer saying to me yet. Oh we had rabbit for dinner two nights ago it was really good it is like 100 times better then chicken. But other than that I havent had a lot of African food because the members know that im not use to food like that so they make american food African style so we asked one of the sisters who is feeding us 3 times in the next couple of weeks if she would cook some Afican food for me to try. We will see how that goes :)
Anyways I just wanted to tell you Im doing good I regret not bringing my Ipod with me now. If you find any Cd's that are all hymns send them to me please. I cant stand the same Christmas Hymns over and over and over and over in the car. The only music we are allowed to listen to in the car is hymns so as long as its a hymn it can be played by anyone just had to be a hymn. Well thats all I can think of for now. If you have any questions write me so I can answer them. I love you all lots :)