October 9th, 2008 Letter

Mom & Dad
Hey how's it going? Como estan?
I can officially roll my R's (not arse) now! Este es fantastico!
So General Conference was amazing, I loved Elder Hollands talk about angels, Pres. Monson's talk about finding joy in the journey NOW and Pres. Uchtdorf's talk about hope. It was a very optimistic G.C. I'm glad I don't have to put up with the political nonsense that's inevitably happening out there. I'm every excited to NOT vote! You can send me an absentee ballot if you want, but you know I'll just write in Bono or the Cookie Monster or someone I can relate with.
The Priesthood Session experience was incredible. I'll remember that for the rest of mi vida. I emailed you a description of how I ended up in that choir. I'm so thankful for Elder Tate's charity.
Thst's muy interesante that padre's supposed to home-teach with Dave. I don't see how this will work out. Tiene fe (have faith) I guess. Muy interesante.
Hey Mom guess what?! I run during gym. I dig running. And four square. I run on the elliptical machines most of the time cuz they tell me how far I run. I ran 2 miles once!
Hey thanks bunches for the donuts! Elder Memmott (went to school with me, was in Rhapsody, went to Davis, is now in my zone) was very excited cuz he used to work at Tasty's. I gave him and several others a donut. I made sure to kife the double blueberry. My teacher Hermano Pack kifed the other one.
Hermano Pack told me last night that my Spanish has come a long way. The Gift of Tongues is real. Es verdadero. Es muy importante tener el Espiritu Santo en el C. C. M. (It's very important to have the Holy Ghost in the MTC.)
Guess what? Yesterday in the RC I called a guy, lets say his first name is Juan, and here's what happened:
Me: Hi may I speak to Juan Hernandez?
Guy: Juan Hernandez is dead!
Me: um.....serious?
Guy: Yes Juan Hernandez died in June.
Me: Oh... well... uh... sorry... have a good day!
Yeah that was the most awkward phone call I've ever had. But I sent the missionaries to 2 people so esta todo bien!
My talk/lesson....yeah, my lesson on humility went pretty well last week. I used your favorite scripture Mom! Hermana Grahn told me she was thankful for my lesson and she told me she needed to hear it.
I'm very excited for my '09 version bike! I hope it didn't cost anymore than the '08 one. Everyone her just about died when I said my bike was $300 cuz each of them spent like $700 for their bikes. Sweetaction deal for us, eh?!
Well I hope every thing's going well for vosotros - [Spanish y'all ... sort of]. I hope you know how amazing this gospel is. I know you do. The gospel is hardcore amazing.
I know that Jesus Christ is our Redeemer and I know Joseph Smith was the prophet of this final Dispensation.
I LOVE YOU!
Love
Tyler

P.S. Hey so this Elder Lewis in my zone [now there's 3 of us...] well, he found a pocket-sized little BoM triple combo that's leather bound! I've always wanted one of those and he said they've started making them again. If you find one at the Distribution Center or Deseret Book or something and it isn't too expensive can you hook me up? I don't need a small bible, but a small BoM triple-combo'd & leather bound would be all sorts of awesome!