6.23.14

First I want to talk about the games. Suarez is the best player in the world! He really is the only reason that they are any good! I have to buy his jersey but you can't find it anywhere here... like a real one. We watched it with the Hornos family and they have the cutest little girl named Isabela and she was making a bunch of noise with her play tea pots and table and when England scored the Hno kicked the table and broke everything. It was hilarious and when we won we freaked out and all of us lost our voices and could barely talk the next day. When we won, all the streets were packed with Uruguay flags and we really couldn't walk because so many people were celebrating the victory. We saw highlights of the US game and I have never seen the US play that good! Dempsey is a monster and I can't believe that they scored with 15 seconds left. But everyone is coming up to us saying, your team is playing really well! And it’s a great way to start conversations. 

I'm glad that Gavin's doing really well at soccer. Will he be good enough to go play for BYU? Is he going to go to a camp? I heard that the BYU team isn't doing too well so maybe he could make it. I did buy garments so I'm good. Just need a Dempsey Jersey is all. 

So my child's name is Elder Neilson from Eden Prairie, Minnesota.  He’s super tall and can't speak Spanish at all. I do not remember struggling with Spanish that much, but he is a total stud! When I went to Montevideo to pick him up, we were singing Called to Serve in Spanish and they had their eyes closed. When we finished, they turned around and I freaked out and gave him a big hug, and Hna Smith started crying. He’s super awesome and is ready to start off the mission in the best area. He thinks I'm super awesome because I just talk to people in Spanish and laugh at their jokes and understand them. He gets down sometimes, but around people, he tries his best. Things have been a lot harder because he really doesn't speak at all. I definitely haven't been this tired throughout my entire mission. But things are going really well. Keep praying for us and thanks for all of the stories. I forgot how awesome summers were there...nothing but soccer!!!