Another Busy Week!

Hola Familia!

Wow! What a day! This was definitely a very busy P-Day with lot s of stuff to do. First off, Elder Stilwell broke his tooth that he had chipped previously and then we had to go get it fixed. Yay! Got to go to the big ole´city of Montevideo again. It is pretty exciting to go to the busy places after you have been in a small town for a while. We had to be down at the dentist at like 10:45 but Elder Stilwell had never been there before and we accidentally toke the wrong bus. After we realized we were going the wrong way we asked how to get there and then finally arrived at the dentist a half an hour late. Then we had to wait like an hour cause the lady was really busy with the other missionaries that were there. It is the mission dentist and she was really busy this P-Day. Then we went to like the largest shopping mail in Uruguay! It was huge and had so many things it was crazy! I was going to buy a jersey but I didn't yet cause I thought it was pretty pricy. Maybe you could look up the price of one of the blue, Uruguay world cup jerseys for me at home and let me know how much it is, they are like 90 buck here! Then we went and found me some rain boots for the winter. They were 540 pesos which wasn't too bad. Then to finish it off we ate McDonalds for lunch! Not a huge fan of McDonalds, but its the only popular fast food place in Uruguay. It was a pretty tasty Big Mac with fries and a coke. Then we finally made it back and now I am emailing you! This week was pretty hard, but hopefully it gets better. My comp was sick and chipped his tooth then we had a lot of appointments fall through and didn't meet all of our goals cause none of our investigators went to church! It was stake conference and it was really good but apparently hard to get people to go to. Our mission Pres and wife spoke about how the members could help the missionaries, it was really good. Then the the temple pres and his wife spoke about temple attendance and than the stake presidency about the same and their testimonies. It was really good. We also had a member of our branch get sustained to be an Elder and receive the Melkezidek priesthood! Oh and we were going through our investigator records and found an Hermana Bowden that was here in this area in 2006? I don't know her or know if we are related bu that was kind of cool and weird. Oh and we saw the military personal in our area parachuting this week, it was like a test so lots of people were watching them come sown, that was kind of cool.Oh and the stuff I told dad about is Postum, an ELder who just became or new zone leader said his mom used to drink it at home too and he said it is the same stuff. If I can send some home I will try, if not you'll have to wait two years. Everyone here lights fireworks when the soccer games are going and when the teams score and win! Its always loud when there is a game on. I had cow intestines for lunch this week. It wasn't the worst thing in the world, but I am not going to lye, it was pretty nasty and think it made me sick. You guys are great, thanks for all your love and support and all you have done and continue to do. I have so many great family members, friends, ward members, and parents! I don't know what I would do with out all of you! I know that this church is true. I know that when we put forth our full effort in helping others and the Lord , He blesses us beyond what we can receive! I know he died for us and that He lives and we can live again with Him someday too! I know that we can receive help and answers to our prayers through the Lords book, The Book of Mormon. I know that the Lord is aware of all our problems, thoughts, and concerns and loves us. Her will let everything work for our good when we do what he asks of us. Love you all so much! Got to go, until next week!
Love
Elder Bowden