It appears that you haven't written me, so I will just write a few things.





First of all, Happy Birthday to Dad, Remy, and Tate. Congradulations 


to David on graduating, and good luck in trying to find a real job! 


Congradulations to everyone who also graduated that I don't know 


about. Congradulations to Kevin and Jennifer on their marriage.





Things are about the same. I'm doing a lot better with Marshallese, 


and am to the point where I can state that I'm a missionary and that 


I teach people about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. That's about it, but 


it's progress. When Elder Valai-Tafuga whips out a scripture in 


Spanish lessons, I whip out a Spanish and a Marshallese Book of 


Mormon, and try to follow along. I know just enough of both that I 


can figure out what the scripture is saying. It's helping me a bit 


with vocabulary. I think I can now bless the family that we're 


teaching in Marshallese.





Not much more to say. I don't know a lot of what is going on. We had 


a couple of investigators come to church. Elder Kaneko has a bunch of 


family here. We've met some of his cousins, and he also ran into his 


sister. Elder Valai-Tafuga and I are getting some pretty good 


exercise in with the bikes (especially since they don't seem to 


believe in sidewalks a whole lot here, so on the busy highway we have 


to ride on the grass), and I feel like I'm in pretty good shape. It's 


gotten really humid, and I feel gross at the end of the day. The 


beef-and-teryiaki-with-frozen-vegetables Top Ramen is going great. 


Combined with my 


tater-tot-topped-with-chili-and-salsa-and-cheese-and-sour-cream dish, 


I'm eating pretty well, but I need more fruit. I'm now accustomed to 


mission life, and am doing great. Not much more to say.





Here's my birthday wish-list:





Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (laminate the cover, and set it 


by my other Harry Potter books--I'll read it when I get home)


Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Hymns of Faith II


Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Love is Spoken Here


Marshall McDonald and Steven Sharp Nelson - More Holiness Give Me 


(I'll probably buy this CD myself)


Special Witnesses of Christ (DVD)


Socks from Missionary Mall (4-6 pairs, the $3/pair kind)


Shirts from Missionary Mall (3-4, short-sleeved, size 17)


Creamed Honey (ASAP)


Spoken Marshallese


my dictionary (on the left-most side of one of the selves downstairs, 


right next to a green Bartlette's Roget's Thesaurus, should be the 


New Oxford American English Dictionary), or else you could buy me a 


dictionary, but make sure it has etomologies)





Also, Dad should check out a cover of Over the Rainbow by "Brother 


Iz." I think he was wondering what it was some time ago.





Anyway, see you all later. And send me letters!