November 26, 2008

Hello Mom,

So the island life continues. Its actually really pleasant right now, It hasnt been rainy and there has been a really nice breeze, so its been very cool. Its nice.
Here they dont officially celebrate Thanksgiving, but their are so many students here from the states that a lot of restaurants are doing Thanksgiving dinners, so the Bruners invited to take us to one of them tomorrow. I think it will be really nice. Not quite like home, with family and all, but the food should be similar. Some of the grocery stores have some turkeys they are selling, but the price is rediculous, and I have no clue how to prepare it.

On the subject of the dentist, they should speak english, because she would speak to me in English. I believe her name was Figeroa, but thats a long time ago. I have the number written down in our apartment. Sis. Dewsnup called me and said that dad called her about it, but they didnt tell me what they are planning on doing about it. My guess is they will be in contact with her and set it up for me. They are always so secretive about transfers that they probably wont tell me anything for a long time, so as to eliminate the posibility that I figure something out. But I think that is stupid. They just want to trick us into working hard until the end of the transfer.

Dont worry about not sleeping to much, here in Dominica the people sleep less then I have ever seen. And they all seem to be happy all the time. Even I sleep less here. The matresses arent all that great. Its like foam, and there no box spring, just wood bars that run underneath. Needless to say, I roll around alot. (I told Mo I was sleep deprived so I guess he was trying to tell me to toughen up!!)

-Elder Osterloh