8 October 2012
hey family,
   I´m writing early today so send me an email now if you´re going to send one. 
I want to hear how you all are doing!
yes I did get transferred.
love, mb

Hello Family,
   Thanks for your notes.  I liked hearing from you Mom and Dad. 
To respond to your questions... yes I got transferred, yes I saw conference, but most of it was in Spanish.  My favorite part was the hymn Does the journey seem long.  It was sooooo beautiful.  I loved it.   The song at the end that they sang is a hymn in Spanish, Si la vida es penosa en la lid.  And Dad, I haven´t talked to President Monestel about you all coming to pick me up but a bunch of parents have come so I imagine that it´s just fine. 
Thanks for the emails Dani and Kyle.   It´s great to know that we´ll only be separated by one country, Kyle.  Why don´t you come to Nicaragua for Thanksgiving instead.  You can eat gallo pinto and queso frito and drink pinolillo.  What more can you ask for?
My favorite conference talk was probably the talk by Elder Ballard.  about the bees.  I watched that one in English. 
I am now in Managua!!!!!!  In the city.  and....I´m in a trio!!!!!!  I was really surprised.  President was announcing the transfers and he said in Miraflores la hna Real recibe a la hna Tew y a la hna Vasquez.  And I was like... what?  Everyone was kind of weirded out by it.  Hna Real is from Guatemala City and Hna Vasquez is from Huehuetenango, Guatemala.  I think that´s how you spell it.  They are both great missionaries and nice people.  It´s pretty different to be in a threesome.  It´s fun to teach with three. 
   My area now is all city.  The housed are all right there in a row, pegadas. The area isn´t very big but there are a ton of houses.  At the edge of the area you can see the mountains and the lake!  It´s pretty.  It´s very hot here.  Masatepe and La Borgoña are both kind of cool areas and it´s seriously really hot here in Managua.  In La Borgoña I slept with my blanket and here I don´t even use a sheet.  But the people here are great, of course. 
   Hna Real is a really great missionary.  She contacts a lot and doesn´t let people pass her by on the street.  She teaches very slowly and only the most important points.  I´m really grateful that she´s my companion and I´ve already learned a lot from her. 
  Hna Vasquez is a really great missionary too.  She is very kind and loving.  She worked as a preschool teacher before the mission.  She teaches with a lot of love and I know I´m going to learn a lot from her too.  They both share a lot and serve a lot and that´s ben a great example for me. 
   President Monestel warned us to have a lot of communication.  He said, you´re all good missionaries, and you´re going to hae some differences in  opinion.  So you have to talk about it.  
   Kevin, how did everything go at BYU?  I was thinking about you on Friday and praying for you.  I hope Tuesday goes well too.
   Cheryl, how are you doing?  Thanks for the letter last week.  It sounds like Tanner is doing great in school.  I thought of Nani when the choir sang my life is a gift...
   Kyle, when are you going to have your internship or whatever it is?  Why did you decide to go to Panama?  Are you going with someone else?
   Doug, I hope work is going great.  I love you!
   Dani, thanks for the update.  I hope you all are doing well in Gillette.  Have you made any presentations for the stake yet?
   Pablito, how are you doing?  I think that it´s great that you´re living the diet and I hope you are feeling good.
Mom and Dad, thanks for the email and I hope you are doing great and that the trip goes really well.  It sounds like a great time.  I´m just imagining the air conditioning.... haha.  No it sounds like Grandma and Grandpa will have a great time.  Good luck with the lobsters and everything :)  Tell them all that I say hi and I hope you enjoy it.  Mom, I love you a lot and miss you too.  I love you Dad!  
   We are teaching a 19 year old and we passed by his work one day and he was sitting outside reading his book of mormon! We were all really excited about that.  cool.
Oh and we´re all super excited about getting 18 year old missionaries and 19 year old sister missionaries!  Woo hoo! Alright folks.  Hasta luego.  Have fun on your trip and write me during the week because I´m going to be writing earlier in the day los lunes. 
Ok, Bye!
Love,love,love,love,love,
Hna Tew