You should cancel that order on the glasses! Sister Krumm is taking me to the eye clinic here in Monrovia tomorrow, and I should have my new specs by Friday at the latest. Sorry, but I don't think you can beat that time. Sister Roggia says that she'll handle all the receipts and things so that it's covered by insurance. If you have any questions, I guess you can email her. I can get it here much faster than you can send it, and I can get a more accurate prescription. According to what I've been told, it'll cost less than $200 for everything here (for an examination and a pair of glasses), which I think is less than it is at home, or roughly the same. Thanks though!
I thought I told you not to send me more packages?? o_O I really don't need them. We have a DVD player in our apartment for training videos that we can use to watch general conference when it comes in a week or two.
Uh, and I don't know if I ever mentioned it, but my mp3 player was stolen three weeks ago. I beg, don't send another one. It's not worth your time, effort, and money. If you feel so impelled to give me something, just put the money aside and take me shopping when I get home. ;-) Really, my mission is coming to a close, and I don't have an addiction to music like I used to. Just focus on helping Josh. Really, I'm okay here. The only thing I'll ever ask for again is some money to travel home with, and I'll ask for that in like 4 months when the time draws close.
Um... The difference serving here as opposed to Sierra Leone? I don't really know... The work is essentially the same. The people are very similar. The only differences lie in things like the food and the way that people talk. Admittedly, I miss Salone so much. Liberia is nice, but I can't call it home. Maybe with another 6 months here (hopefully I will have gone back to Salone instead) I'll change my mind. But yeah, the work is basically the same in almost every way. We walk in the hot sun, we get made fun of by little children for having white skin, and we baptize. It's sweet.
As far as being in a different country than the mission president, it puts a lot more pressure on me, especially as a leader, to be obedient. There are quite a lot of missionaries here who can't handle being perfectly obedient. In fact, I just got out of an interview with President Roggia not even 30 minutes ago. He gave me a pretty hard time about eating monkey... I guess it's not okay. Yeah, the Spirit kinda nagged me small that it was a bad idea, but I've repented of ignoring that warning. To be fair, we could eat monkey every day and not know it. I also ate a boa constrictor a few weeks back, but the Spirit had nothing to say on that one... Maybe it's 'safe'? Anyways, as a Liberian missionary, you have to be SO committed to being obedient, and not just because there's someone else over you telling you that you must. Obedience is an act of faith for us.
Anyways, not a whole lot else going on. Just work, walking, talking, growing, and all that jazz. I'm perfectly happy. Love you! Have an awesome week!
Love,
Elder Vaughan
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