I hope Anthony (Marra) is right. Its so hard not to even doubt yourself when other people are learning way more than you and way faster. Its so annoying! I hope a lot of people do write me because letters are like gold!

It sounds like things are going great at home! Tell everyone I said hello and I miss them all! So this week has gone by really fast. We have really good devotionals here. We had one by Dallin H. Oaks daughter and she talked about how she is a professional violinist and she gave that up to become a full time mother and stay at home with her kids. It really makes me think about my future wife! You would think missionaries wouldn’t be thinking about that already but they sure do! We have been learning a lot and I am starting to remember how to pray and bare my testimony in Spanish. I can’t wait to get out of here already and teach Gods children. For the people who don’t know El Salvador in Spanish means the Savior. This to me is amazing because I feel like I will be going to His land to teach His children. I forget what section in the scriptures it is but it says that the work won’t stop from progressing until it has sounded in every ear and the people will hear it in their language. I feel blessed that God knew that I could do that and that’s why I keep going on even when I get down about learning the language.

The food here is still good. All you can drink PowerAde! Boy they sure do treat us :-) We had a cool fourth of July program here and we had fireworks and ice cream but we didn’t partake in the ice cream because we started to fast that night. The fireworks were cool but it was kind of sad when we found out that someone from a different country got offended because of how we celebrated our freedom, even thought we celebrated everyone’s freedom. I’m thankful that we’re free and we have the freedom of religion. I love that I can serve a mission this easily and bring His children back into his fold.

I miss you guys so much and think about you every night. Oh my companion now claims when he doesn’t shower his face smells like chocolate ice cream...ya now I don’t think I’m the odd one. He also collects rocks, this is really cute! HAHAHA

That’s pretty much it for me! Remember the Dear Elder thing to for people who don’t want to send actual letters. Remember letters are gold here.

I love you so much dad and miss you a lot. I miss you calling me silly names and giving me a hard time.

Tell the youth to keep going to the temple. I wish I had done that more now. It’s an amazing experience and I wish I would have done it more.

I love you and miss you! Stay classy, San Diego.
Elder Herman