Hey Mom,
Today the gmail site did not work when we went to email this morning and has not worked until now. 
But p-day went okay today. I´ve been making cookies out of cake mixes lately and today while shopping, I found mint-chocolate cake mix. I´m excited to make those cookies tonight. 
I am sold on anything mint-chocolate.
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| Cake mix Snickerdoodles |
Not
much to relate for this week. It seemed to go by fast at first and then
slowed waaayyyy the heck down once the weekend hit. We had stake
conference on Sunday in Floripa.
Elder
Shakespaere and I are getting along great. I´ll be with him for at
least this next transfer, which starts next week. I´m
hoping to stay companions with him until I go home, but I´m not sure
how likely that will be.
No, I have not gotten the packages yet. I´m hoping they´ll be in next week because we´ll be going to Floripa next Monday.
I
can´t believe it´s already Catriel´s last week of high school! I wish I
could be there. Doesn´t seem so long ago that I graduated; my brain
still thinks it´s 2013.
I saw the
pics Dad sent of the Honors evening and all the kids looked pretty bored
themselves, sitting up on stage. I remember Jon´s high school graduation
being boring in the extreme--ha ha!
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| Some of the bored honors scholars (Elder Duffin's sister 5th from the right) |
Catriel, congrats on all your honors awards and stuff! I think
I must have forgot and left most of my school-smart genes in the womb when
I was born and you just picked them up and added them to yours when
you came along--ha ha!
When
I think back to the start of my mission I feel really old. The mission
has gone by fast but still, two years is a long time--ha ha! My companion
keeps telling me about songs and artists and stuff that I´ve never even
heard of. He also told me that nobody uses Facebook anymore; what?!
I´m also like the oldest missionary in my zone :P
Sorry to
hear about the drunk visinhos [neighbors] at the baseball game, Mom. [I told him that we had four highly inebriated people next to us at the Mariner's game.] There are a lot of
alcoholics here in Brazil. Being on the mission has given me a really
strong aversion to alcohol (not that I had any affinity for it to
begin with.)
I
love you Mom! Wish I could be there with you
for Catriel´s graduation; hope you all have a good time.
Thanks for all you do for me! I´ll talk to you next week.
Elder Duffin
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| My own invention. I call it McDonalds Rice. |
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| Shakespaere and me with a member family. The guy was trying to do bunny ears, but unfortunately, it looks like something else! |
