San Fran

Hey all. sorry this is so late. we flew to San Fran yesterday so i didn't get a chance to write. or do laundry. or get a haircut (which i really need at the moment). So it was 5 elders and 1 sister who all flew to the consulate on Tuesday. Only me and 2 others were from my district. the others fly out on Thursday. we had to wake bright and early at 4:30 to get to the travel office and get on the bus to the airport. it was weird for us because everyone else on the bus was leaving for the field and we were just leaving for the day. it was cool seeing what it is like being a missionary in public. everyone stares at you constantly until you look at them because they don't want you to talk to them so they avoid eye contact. even some dude wearing a skirt was staring at us. there was this one sweet lady though who walked past us and asked if we were Mormons  when we said yes she said "i like you guys!" that made us feel good. when we got to the consulate it only took like 20 minutes for all of us because all you do is hand them paperwork and scan your finger prints. after that we had more time so we drove around. we went to some pier. (41 or something like that). after that we went to china town. it was crazy there. if you think people stare at missionaries just add the fact that we were the only white english speaking people. some crazy dude cussed us out from the other side of the street. we went to this chinese restaraunt after the very enthusiastic lady on the street pressured us into coming inside. It was super awkward being there. we were so out of place. later we went to the golden gate bridge and took pictures and handed out pass along cards. when we got back to the airport and were in the terminal going back to salt lake we were treated like celebrities because half of the people there were members who wanted to know where we were going. when we drove back from the airport the shuttle guy took us to wendys if we promised not to tell the front desk. we stopped at the one in lehi and it felt really weird being there as a missionary. it was great being out of the mtc for a day though. anyway since this isn't technically my p day i need to end this a little early. I love you all and hope all is going well. 

L'amour 
Elder Swenson