November 30, 2009

Dear family,

How y'all doing? Man im doing so so good! this area is the coveted area in the mission, its the Zone leader spot for the Columbia east area where i was before i went to charleston. So im right next to my old area from a few months back. There are only two spanish zone leader spots in the mission man the funny thing is though is that there are not a whole lot of spanish people in this area, and guess what.... my companion is a native from mexico! haha so the best spanish speaker they have is with me and we are doing pretty much english work. But we are going to be baptizing a hispanic guy in two weeks named Felipe, he is way cool he has given up alot for the church. But great news as well i live with members out here!!! they are the best! and the father of the home is the Ward mission leader! they see to our every need they treat us like kings they are way sweet. We have like our own seperate side of the house and way nice beds. haha we are Zone leaders over 9 companionships so our zone is not too big. but we are going to be a powerful zone. We will lead them by example. My companion actually was born in Morelos mexico and lived there for two months then moved to California and lives inb Indio. He is way sweet he reminds me of my trainer in Mexico. He is just like him! its scary how much they are alike. haha Camden is the best ward in the mission too, its a real small town but everybody knows eachother and it just has this cool feeling about it. It is getting pretty cold though thats for sure, i had to buy a sweater this last week cause i was a bit chilly. haha also we have a lot of youth thT are getting ready for missions so they come out with us. its way cool. My comps name is Elder Servin. We are ZL's together, and Camden is the oldest inland city in all of South Carolina. Sorry this email jumps so much. haha We had two dinners on thanksgiving, so no worries we were well taken care of. haha Oh and Sister Dent the family we live with will probably wanna give you a call mom sometime, she likes to do that. haha Elder Puhlmann was doing great he was really doing better before i left but he was a little nervous to get a new companion but he got a good one. I hope he is doing well, gotta look out for my baby! haha Jk well i hope everyone is doing great im doing great out here in Camden! its the best spot in the mission we are going to see so much success as we push ourselves to the limit and give of all our hearts. Oh and i did get to translate last week it was fun its fun im learning lots of spanish from my comp, we speak spanish quite a bit of spanish together it s fun, but now im learnign how rude americans can be at times. haha Door slams. Well take care yall i love you so much. Glad to hear everyone is okay and had a great week! tell Grandma hi and that i love her somuch, give Landon and my girls hugs and kisses for me.

Love,
Elder Riding

P.s. Sister Dent does our laundry for us its sweet!!!