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hey fam!

This week has been great! Haven't heard from you yet but I hope your week was as good as mine. There was this teacher who came in to our class a few nights ago who went to Panama and he wanted to talk to us about it. It sounds like such an awesome place! J-Dub he said he knows you...he went to Brighton i think the same time you did. His name is Brother Oswald...related to Tressa Oswald. Anyway he talked a lot about the people and the culture there and I'm way excited. Apparently the people in Panama City are really diverse.

I hope planning for the wedding is going well, eh? A week from today right? That's nuts! I wish I could be there but I'm busy having an awesome time learning Spanish/the gospel. A bunch of the elders in our zone are leaving next week for Argentina/DR/i don't know where else but i'm pretty sad about it they're way cool.

I don't know if you heard but Elder Holland is coming to talk with us on Thanksgiving! I can't wait to listen to him talk he's always so intense. We've had some really great speakers so far in the devotionals.

So I heard from Evan and Nate and they are both having good missions. Evan's mission is pretty crazy...he said there's a lot of anti-mormon people where he's at and that missionaries are constantly going home because of anxiety. It sounds really tough but he's enjoying it a lot and says it's flying by.

My schedule is crazy i'm still not used to waking up early. Sunday we have breakfast at seven...study until nine...priesthood meeting from 9:10-10:00, study time until lunch at 11:30, sacrament from 12:30-1:30, District meeting from 1:40-2:30, Temple walk till dinner at 4:15, Study time and then a fireside at 7:00 and then we get to walk church movies haha. Mondays it's breakfast and then class from 730-1005, gym until 1105, lunch at 1130, class until 430, dinner until 515, and then class until nine.Tuesdays p day and then every other day is just about the same as monday with gym at different times.

I've been really enjoying Preach My Gospel, it is the best for planning lessons and teaching. Elder Dangerfield and I talked to a guy at the RC last night named Shane who had just moved to Utah. He was so awesome. He wanted to learn more about the Mormon church because he said he "missed jesus". We had a great chat with him.

Well family, I love you all! I've only got a few minutes left. Mom, Dad, J-Dub, Jessi, Marsh, Lib, Tucker, Abbey I love you guys...and James of course. But I feel like me and James are doing the same work right now. I think it's D&C 138 that talks about missionary work for the dead and as I was reading it I knew that's what James was up to. I'm really glad that i've got that knowledge of being able to see him again because everything else kind of just falls into place around it.

Much love,
Elder Tanner