hey dad!!!!!!!! 

hahahahahah i am sorry to hear that the party is over! hahaha... my party is over for these next two years! hahahaha but that is okay!.... how was the beach! why does it always have to be perfect the day we have to leave... i remember everyday the last day i spent on the beach and how perfect the waves were that sunday morning and how i wish i could of surfed them but its okay because i came out of a barely that day on my boogie board which keeps my hope alive for the mission! im not going to leave the water when i finish the mission! hahahaha... and you are not alone on the refocusing! i had to do the same with myself and i wrote down my goals for this year in my journal! i also received a letter from the president which said that he hopes i can change the work ethic of elder diaz because all the likes to do is visit his recent converts and members and we waste alot of time and his is so oppionated and he is a girl and ugh its so hard with him again... i feel like i am the person that is to change the work ethic of missionaries so that they start working again... its hard because i feel like i am not very sucessful as a missionary and other missionaries are having alot more success than i am and i dont know what i am doing wrong dad... and i realized that we dont have any investigators once again and ughhh.... twice in a row.... i think this is gods way of humbling me or something i dont know... its really frustrating because i want to be not just a great missionary but an outstanding missionary and i feel like im being dragged down by my companions... i dont know if you felt like this on your mission or what.... wow that is awesome that kyle got a 24... that is the same score that i got... just do everything you can to encourage him dad...study with him... ask him questions on how you can be of help.  i have a hard time of focusing but when it comes to things that i want i will do what it takes to get it... it is the same with kyle... we just need to feed kyles desire and a person that can help is scotty... scotty can help kyle and tell him all the cool things about byu and such and such. push him but be careful about it... he needs to be pushed just not pushed to the edge... and now way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! there is a family of 5 getting baptized!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that is so awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!  that is awesome news for our ward! do you guys have missionaries just for you ward or for others too??? and tell me about the surgery i want to know all about it! and give granny a hug and a kiss for me! knee replacements are scary business... and yeah my companion is going to be a challenge for sure... i am hoping that he doesn't have another change here but if he does i am going to but his butt even if he doesn't like me afterwards... anyways dad this is just some of the problems that i am faced with this week... i would love to hear your inspiring words! love you like crazy dad!

love your son