Letter dated 19Jan2012

Dear family and loved ones, It is so good to hear from you and to know tht you are all doing well. I am still having the time of my life and I wouldn't trade this experience for anything else in the world and I'm not even in Spain yet! I got a notice that my Visa is still getting cleared, so I was wondering if you could check it status somehow. If it clears soon enough, I can still go to Madrid before March and that would be the best thing in the world for me. I actaully have a new companion now. His name is Elder Norman (sounds like Momon, doesn't it?) and I'm no longer in the trio with the other Spain-going missionaries in my district. He's going to Chile and I'll tell you all more about my entire district in future weeks to come but once again I am short of time on the computer. I cannot stress how much I love to get DearElder letters. I love hearing from dad almost every day and it was super nice to hear from bother Sarita and Becca! It's nice because then I don't have to spend 15 minutes reading e-mails when I'd like to just write you all to share what I've been doing. Just know that I'm doing great and Spanish is slowly coming together; all it needs now is some very, VERY hard work on my parts but I have no doubt it won't hinder me in the future. But July I plan on being fluent, and you shoudl all hold me to that! It's a blessing and I cannot wait to share what I know with the amazing people of Spain! With a huge amount of love, Elder Weston Schindler Ps. I still ahven't revieced the package, but the mail system here is slow so it will probably come in today. Thanks for sending it! adn the pictures would be nice to be printed out somewhere if you can figure out how to do that!