I am so pumped to be here and i love my life.
Alright my first week, it was pretty dang sweet let me tell you. I arrive in the mission home which is beautiful, it was huge too. We had dinner then talked just about mission rules and stuff for a bit, then we all had interviews with the President. He is amazing i love him already, and he is going to take good care of me so don't worry. Then on Tuesday morning we went the the Joseph smith farm and the Sacred Grove. Talk about amazing! I mean i was literally in the same place where Joseph grew up and where the angel Moroni appeared. And then even better i was in the same Grove of Trees that Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father appeared in. Wow. Those places are special let me tell you, you can just feel the spirit there so strong, and it was such a testimony builder. Then after that i got my companion. He is way cool, and a chill person. His name is Elder Westley, he is from Virginia, and is a little bit of a chubby guy, but there is nothing wrong with that right? My first area i am in is called Geneva, right by the huge long Fingers lake, and we meet at the Fayette building right next door to where the church was organized so that is cool! Oh yes let me tell you, it is as pretty as everyone says. Holy cow mom there are so many pretty yellow houses here i could see you living in, you would love it. The people here are so nice too, and they may not really let us in or are not very interest but they talk with us.
It is awesome mom, here we already have a guardian angel who is taking care of us. It is this 69 year old catholic man named Frank. He is amazing, holy cow i have never met a more Christ like person than him. He is always taking us out to dinner, he went out and bought us groceries and is way interested in the church. He is a single old man and he works up at some mansion for a bunch of nuns. He is way cool. He calls us every day, sees us everyday, and just likes to talk and figure things out. SO don't worry mom i got someone here who is really looking out for me. We are also teaching some big buff black body builder, haha wow he looks like matt but black, and his name is Greg Jackson. Way cool and he likes us. He is one of those holyrollers though so he is very interesting to talk to. Haha and yesterday while contacting on the street, i met a lady who had a beard, and her mom had a hardcore mustache, talk about attractive right? Haha i love Geneva. I love it. Its weird though, i am pretty much on an english speaking mission, the spanish is only used every once in awhile so i am kinda bummed. I have taught a few puerto ricans in spanish but not too much.
Humidity may be the worst thing ever. First day all we did was tracting and contacting and i sweat more than i have ever before in my life, i think i literally lost 10 lbs of water weight. Holy crap, that is going take some getting used to. My apartment is not bad, way old but thats ok, i'll take a ton of pictures and send them home ok. Love you all and everything here is going great. I love being a missionary, and i love finally being able to talk with real people not jsut others in the mtc. Talk to you soon, my pdays are mondays so thats way nice, we are going to go play some ultimate frisbee today, and i am going to rock.
Love you all so much, keep trucking through school
Elder Ingram
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