Hey Mom! 

Sounds like y'all had a really great trip from what the girls told me. Yeah I would love to go zip lining! Especially there. Not a terrible drive. The one to Arizona felt like forever! 

We had a great week! Love the area a lot actually. Yeah we are right here on the border like our area goes down into Maryland and the church is in Maryland. Yeah we live in Oxford. We have found just lots of people and also working with less actives because there are plenty of members to start a branch. We just have to get them back. The coolest thing though is I think I told you about the family that came last week. So she invited us over for dinner on Thursday and her husband is not a member! Which is awesome for us cause he always goes to church with her and he is super nice. We are going to start teaching him. He speaks Spanish and English. He does very well actually for being Hispanic. She does not really speak any though hah but wonderful family. They also have an older daughter about 20 something who is a member with her husband I believe. We have found some awesome people. We have a Puerto Rican guy J who is progressing very well. He should be coming to church Sunday. We are seeing him tonight. The work is already taking off and there are other members who speak Spanish that will come out with us. The ward is super supportive in the missionary work and there is actually a lady who buys us milk every week haha. We actually also had a bonfire this week with Stubbs and some other people because we met a less active girl who is younger. Her name is Y. She is in her 20s and Stubbs wants us to start teaching her cause she wants to start coming back to church. She came on her own this Sunday actually. So everything is going well. Yeah! So the exchange (with Elder Weisler, aka Jake) was so awesome. We talked for forever just catching up on life and he actually put you on his email list (which I get Elder Weislers long before my own elder). So look for that. Is was crazy cause we just can't believe we are serving here together and especially got to go on an exchange. We stayed up for a bit just talking about so much stuff. We are playing basketball with him and his companion today actually. We traded ties of course. He gave me a super awesome purple one. I have like 30 ties now. Time flies out here. I'm so close to that year. It does not feel like it. Yeah Saryn emailed me! Birmingham, Alabama! So awesome. We have some Alabama fans in the ward. I had like a dream that Kayla got called to Philly. Idk why! It was weird. Haha. 

The Fletcher's are so funny. He brought us dinner the other day on the way back from the youth temple trip. I'll have to send more pictures though cause I have lots. I just suck at sending them. I feel like me and Elder Hillstead definitely will. At least I hope! He wanted to open the area with me haha. Elder Morgan is doing great. We get along real well. Yeah so the Mexicans are great! I think I'm totally a Domincan but I still love the Mexican, especially their food. I've been making homemade tortillas and that flower juice (which he hated at the Mexico MTC). There is a Mexican store where we bought it all. Yeah it's so cool having Stubbs here cause he is great and helped me out a lot when he was actually still in the mission. So it's been great. 

I've definitely had to teach a lot haha. But in Spanish. 

It is so true. Sometimes it's so hard with all I have learned to just not tell people how wrong they are cause it is sad just to see how blinded and confused they are. But just gotta Bear testimony because you can't force it on anyone. However, I always like to just to get one appointment.

Ha I just lose track of time honestly. It's been so great out here honestly and just trying to do my best! I don't think I missed anything. Well I love you mom and ill talk to ya again soon! 

Love, 

Elder McArthur