June 4th, 2009 (Email)

Hello again!
Wow I got a lot of e-mails today. I let Launa know that I can receive e-mails and today I got e-mails from her, Jackie and Hannah Fitch. That was cool! Sounds like lots is happening!
I didn't know Jordan got his mission call until today! That's great! New York New York South! I'm going to write him soon. And I didn't hear anything about the swine flu in the MTC either! They just have to drop them off at the curb now? That's awful!
My new companion is Elder Rada. He is from Columbia. He said he lived in New York once too. He has a strong accent -- even stronger than Elder Rodriguez's accent. So hopefully I'll get used to it soon so I don't have to make him repeat himself too much. He's in awe at how awesome this area is. He came from apartment in Long Beach so he's still in shock at how pampered we are at Sister Chun's place. Elder Anderson was pretty darn sad about having to leave. He's known he was leaving for 6 weeks now but it started to really sink in last night. He said it was like leaving home again.
Last Friday we went on splits with the District Leader and his companion. I went with the companion, Elder Hawkins, in their area in Bellflower/Lakewood. They don't have a car, so I had my first taste of what it's like to be a bike Elder. I'll tell you what hurt: mis nalgas y mis otras cosas. We rode around for about 20 miles talking to all sorts of people both Spanish and English, making many abrupt stops to talk to people on the sidewalk. And those Elders don't know how to eat! I don't know where they get all the energy they need to ride around like that all day every day. It was fun though.
Hannah got to shake Taylor Swift's hand? Wow! I guess I'll read about that in the letter in the en route package today (fingers crossed!)
We had a slow week last week. I was gone for two days out of the week for splits but it sounds like it was slow while I was gone too. We didn't find any new investigators! :( But things are picking up. Yesterday morning we received a bunch of referrals and we found a new family as a result of that. We also went to teach our newest progressing investigator Lorraine and she had a lot of great questions about the Book of Mormon and its purpose. She said she'd be baptized if she receives a witness that the Book is true.
Well, I have faith that Transfer 6 will be a good transfer. We will see miracles as we strive for obedience and as we diligently do all that we can to follow those promptings we have been promised.
Hope you have a great week! Sorry this e-mail's short I'll have a longer one next week.
Love
Elder Tyler Lewis