Hey Mom! 

I can't believe it has come around again already. I am so excited though. Next month is already Halloween! Goodness.

Well we had a wonderful week! Full of service. So that one family we have been doing service for wants to have us over for a dinner now. The husband started asking questions. This is the Dominican lady and the Puerto Rican guy. Wonderful couple and have a couple kids. Anyways, so we helped this past Tuesday and the fed us lunch but we could not stay for dinner. She thought we were! So we felt bad but this Tuesday we are and just getting to know them better and all that. We are super excited. Little by little! The Lord works. We just had a week of service and some lessons as well. We also had MLC(Missionary leadership council) with all the Zone leaders and Sister Training leaders. Elder Hillstead is now a Zone leader and Elder Kelley! I was not surprised. Elder Weisler is still one as well! So it is so great seeing them every month. We have Zone training twice this month so I'll see them again this transfer and we also have Zone Conference. So we have this R family and we just had a great lesson with them tonight with our Ward mission leader from the Spanish side of course. I think they are going to start progressing better. At least I hope! We shall see. So the sisters got it (the smurf from last week) from some members because they were with them when they did it. It was crazy! T is doing well. We are going to visit him tomorrow with Bro. H who is our English Ward mission leader. Nothing too big there yet. But things are going real well. Just trying to work on baptisms! It has been a while but I found out that the guy in my last area I told you about is getting baptized! I knew he would! I just wish I was there for it. It has been a busy and great week in all. Just been doing lots of service for people which is fine. They just keep feeding us. I found out Elder Wasden also went to serve with Elder Kelley's boy(trainee) in South Philly! Elder Kelley is in Spring Garden where I started. So some cool changes. We also got a new assistant Elder Hunter who will also go home with me. He is awesome. I don't think too much more went on this week that I can remember right now. 

All we did today (Labor Day) was make some pancakes actually and played some basketball with the other elders in our Zone. Nothing special. Last year our P-day was on Tuesday but it was not this time. 

 

We have gotten like 0 rain. Nothing at all which is shocking to me cause it is humid here. 

(Upon asking him if he would prefer us come and pick him up from the mission or not.)  I thought about that and I definitely want to fly home. It would be cool and it does not matter at all to President. But I want to fly home. I want that feeling of getting off the plane and walking to see everyone. We can always come back. 

Hard to believe conference is here again! I feel like I just watched it. Time really does fly in the mission. Well I'm a little short on time but I love you mom and I'll talk to ya again next week!

Love, 

Elder McArthur.