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On Sunday, May 17, 2009, Brandon Smith opened a letter from the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and received a call to serve in the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo West Mission.

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And here are pictures of a typical day in a typical location in the Dominican Republic:

Yes, ladies and gentlemen… they have a KFC… I’M SOLD!

But seriously, this is the reason that I am going:

I report to the Provo MTC on August 12, 2009, and then after about 3 weeks there, the Santo Domingo MTC for another 6 weeks.

I’ll be posting updates the for the time leading up to Aug. 12, so look forward to more to come!

So if you’re a reader of this blog (which you are, if you’re reading this… at least, that’s how I think this whole “reader” thing works), then you know that occasionally I descend from the ivory tower of sanity, and talk about something that is on the very edge of acceptability… my feelings.

Haha, just kidding. Like I’d actually talk about my feelings…

Bah. *sobs*

“That’s what life is, Dad. Losing…” – Steve Smith

No. I’m not going to post a picture every day. That’s ridiculous. I’ll post pictures whenever I dang well feel like it.

There, I said it. “Project19″ is no more.

However, I will still take pictures.

Oh, and I have a tripod now!

In closing remarks, I’m going to update my Photography page to reflect the new places I want to go take pictures. Only a couple more months until I leave for Botswana (or wherever they send me), so I may not get to all of them… but this blog will still be here, right? I mean, I stinkin’ paid for 4 years of service, so if this website is gone when I get back, there’ll be hell to pay.

Oh, and it you didn’t already know what my dog looks like, now you can see what she looks like… on a trampoline. Hurray?

My excuse for not posting any pictures?

Freelancer… yes, I’ve started playing Freelancer again. Yes, I know it’s an old game. It’s still a great game. So there…

Oh, this is what I was doing (early) this morning… and yes, I’m going to semi-cheat and let this count for Friday.

Admittedly, this isn’t the only thing that I was doing, but it certainly took a while… Uploading photos is a hassle, and DeviantArt is kind of a pain to upload to… but they’re awesome to buy from! YES!