Jordan's June 28, 2010 letter

Dear Family,

Hey there guys! Thanks for the great pictures you sent me with your phones, and also for all the great letters that I received from you all - I´m glad to hear that things are going good and that you were able to prepare yourselves well for the awesome trip to New York City. That place rocks! You´ll have to tell me what you think of it when you get home again :)

I´m in Merlo right now - yeah! It rocks! It´s been a while since I´ve been in Merlo, so I´m happy. There´s lots of cool stuff here that wasn´t available in Luján, so I´m happy to be back where I started.

I got some money back from the offices, so I´ve been looking at buying a better coat and maybe a new bag to haul my books around in...what do you guys think? I also found a way sweet dictionary that´s enormous and has lots of words, and I´ve thought about buying that guy too. Let me know what you guys think :).

This week was really great! Elder Bush is an awesome Elder. I´ve really enjoyed my time with him, because we have lots of things in common and we´ve talked a lot and gotten to know each other over this past week. It sounds like he´s had similar experiences like what I have had from the mission, and we relate on a lot of stuff. Man, he´s got a way hot girlfriend! I told him I´m jealous, and he told me not to be because it´s better to head out without a girlfriend. I told him he´s right. He´s way cool! He told me about his family, his high school life, etc., and we´ve really talked a lot and have gotten to know each other better. From what I´m seeing right now, he´s the best companion I´ve had yet! He works hard but is a very cool guy, so I´m really enjoying my time with him.

Some other good news...we have permission to write to our families for an hour and a half now! Woohoo! So that´s something to look forward to, right?

I got to meet a lot of people this last week, especially the members. I also found out that there is no piano player here in Ferrari, so I get to play the piano more often. Yay! It´s a little tougher right now because I haven´t played for so long (actually that´s a lie - I usually played for District Meetings in Luján), but I´ll just do my best. Hey, it´s better than just singing without anything right? Man, when the members here try to sing without a piano...you have no idea what it sounds like...can you say bleeding ears? Just kidding, but yeah it´s good to have a piano player :).

Our ward mission leader is so cool! He´s the nicest guy on the planet and is way excited to work with the missionaries. He´s an old guy and his name is Brother Mansilla, and I just love that guy! He was so nice to me on Sunday and gave me the biggest welcome out of everyone, and complimented me on my Spanish and really made me feel at home. Thanks to him, I had a really great Sunday. He´s a great guy!

I got to teach Principles of the Gospel for the first time in the mission - it was fun! I loved the teaching experience, and it was actually a little easier than I thought it would be. I wasn´t prepared or anything, but the teacher wasn´t there (actually, most the members weren´t there - they were delayed from their temple trip to Uruguay, so like no one was there), so I just had to do my best. We all learned a ton together though, and I really loved the experience. It was just a fun week in general!

I love missionary work! It´s hard at times, and sometimes I really miss you guys a lot, but I´m happy to be here learning everything I´m learning and meeting all the great people here in Ferrari. I know it´s the Lord´s work and He´s happy that I´m here. I´m really going to put an extra effort out to be more obedient to Him and show Him my love by working hard and obeying all that He tells me to do. I know this is His Church and man it´s a privilege to be part of His "royal army" as Pres. Hinckley put it.

I love my family and I hope you´re doing well! Send me some text messages if you can and I´ll write you back! I love my family!

Love,
Elder Nuttall

P.S. Argentina has won all of her games so far in the world cup! Yeah! The President doesn´t let us work while a game is going on...with good reason. Man, it´s psycho when a game is going on. You wouldn´t imagine all the screaming, brewskies, and fireworks that are going on when a game is on and they score a goal...it´s fun to listen to! Yay Argentina!