La Torre- Week 60

WHATS UP WHATS UP WHATS HAPPENING??

SO, biggest news of the week.... I got changed! yup.. definitely not happy..... Elder Ventura is still in Nuevo but I am in the department of San Vicente in an area called La Torre.. its in the department of San Vicente in the city of San Vicente... freak changes right? So my new comp is Elder Garner from Las Vegas.. and.... wait for it..........I am a zone leader now.... so that's kinda cool... now we get a cell phone which makes things a lot more convenient. but anyway... pretty ordinary:)

I was really bummed to have to leave my old area... the bomb was having tons of success.. and I left 5 baptisms for yesterday in that area and another 2 for the end of the month and two families for Oct.... stupid... but changes are made through inspiration. So its not like you can go ask president to ask the Lord again... Just look at Joseph Smith and Martin Harris right??

So saying goodbye was hard even though I was only there for about 3 months.. The familia Ramos was awesome... where I ripped my pants (btw, didn't get that pair skinnied... those where original from the states!... but she fixed them perfect... the thing I like about El Salvador is how cheap the labor is... i skinnied and fixed two of my broken pants and it was only two bucks... jajaja) The familia Franco has always been super super nice.. they said that if I ever come back that I could stay with them and they would take me to all the beautiful places of the country. They said that one of the reasons they let us in was because I was such a smiley guy..jaja.. "you can win a crowd with a smile"... the familia Recinos was my cooks familia.. and the bishop was good:) I sent pics of all those families. Saying goodbye is sodding hard... had the death cab song stuck in my head "you may tire of me, but our December sun is setting.... on the back of a motorbike, with your arms outstretched trying to take flight..." don't know why... good song...

This week we had the 15 of Sept! it is the independence day of El Salvador:) lots of parades and stuff:)

Being ZL is pretty cool, there is just a bunch of chores to do that aren't very fun...

GOT MY PACKAGE!! THANKS YOUS!! very cool:)

So my new area is a branch... its not a ward.. But its about as big as the last ward I was in.. It seems like it will be a good branch.. There is someone in the branch that looks exactly like brother McDonald's granddaughter.. remember her? Katherine Elizabeth McDonald.. or Katie McDonald... like, i don't think you understand how much she looks like her... like I thought that it was really her and I was going to ask her what she was doing here???.. it was incredible... ..... ... ...... .. .. . . . . ... wonder what she is doing? married? figure it out for me:) then tell her to write me;) everyone forgets about you! jajajaja.. but I am happy.

We are teaching a Doctor in this new area and she is bien pilas, we taught the word of wisdom and she is already living it.. Something that is very unusual in El Salvador.. Especially when everyone and their dog drinks coffee because it is so sodding cheap... The Lord prepares people in ways you wouldn't believe

Mum, thanks for your letter and the package and everything that you do for me! You are very awesome and I am lucky to have such a great mum like you:) I already read Lectures on Faith... very cool book! Thanks mum! love ya!

Dad, hope hunting went well! Sounds like the week went well! So actually Elder Scurr is in my zone and told me about that whole freak bike accident.. I got your email this morning... I have been thinking about it.. and I will continue to think about it.. but its kinda the same thing as any other passion we have had.. They have always been dangerous.. but we have always done them.. I don't think I would live inside on a couch with my head under a blanket... yeah its a dangerous sport and lots of things could happen... but I´ll keep thinking about it... I mean, that turned into my passion in college. but I´ll think some more.. I love ya dad! I hope all goes well this week with all business changes... I´ll keep praying.

Austin.. keep it real... love ya

Ellie.. véase arriba

Brynn... que seas muy muy feliz siempre! que tengas una buena semana!!!

LOVE YA ALL FAM WHIPS!

TTT

Versalle- Week 59

HELLO!!!! HOW JUAR YOU?

So this week went awesome as normal... I got a lot of notes written down to tell you guys so I´ll just start with my list of stuff:)

SO with the Familia Franco, we are still working with them about once a week even though the husband is only there every two weeks... we started talking about temples with them.. They are very curious and it all works out because we have a temple activity for the mission in about two weeks where we will be able to take investigators to the temple to visit and get a tour of the chapel a la par. so... cool beans!

I had an interview to do in Ciudad Arce... about an hour away.. we weren´t very prepared and we got wet... then we didn´t know that the transportation from Arce to Colòn stopped at 7... so we got stuck our there... we slept in the street and in the rain last night.... nope... that was a joke... we slept over at the ZL`s house:)

Had someone saythis week that the plan of salvation was super deep and just couldn´t handle it... that was a first.. keep in mind that we teach like we teach children.. really simply...jajaja

I have started to get really impatient with evangelical women.. they ask you questions and then they never let you answer their doubt... a little frustrating..

I started studying Isaiah.. holy sod that's hard... especially in Spanish. When president Eyring came for the dedication of the temple last year, he said, "There is something special about Isaiah" So I am figuring out the special stuff.. or trying to anyway... jaja!

On Saturday, there was a man and a woman preacher that were preaching right outside our door with a couple of megaphones.. I got a funny video of it... and then we went to go give a nice sharp machete with love. jaja.. I gave them the scriptures: Isa 42:1-2, 2Tim 2:24-5. and 1 cor 11:15 (because the lady was wearing a veil) so that was good.... gotta correct people with love right? jaja

We were eating Sat night with the familia ramos... and I was playing with a hula hoop... then I was telling the kids about what we would do in school with the hula hoop. We would roll it like a wheel and then we would jump through it... so I did that... and WHOOP! pants=ripped... so I call it the Hula hoop rip tear. It was huge! Like that one time mum wore ripped shorts in the mall and stuff.. jaja! but anyway, luckily they had a pair of pants in the house that were my size and hermana Ramos said that she could fix my pants:) it was funny when i saw the 14 year old kid in church the next day~ while i was at the piano:)jaja It was hard not to crack up!

Yesterday we also went into town for the interview of aquel bicho for baptism.. he passed! So with any luck, we`ll have some baptisms this weekend!!!

So, our last interview with the president, we talked about stuff that we can do to be a better teacher. One of my goals that I had was to be a better listener. I wanted to be a better listener for during the mission, but also afterwards. Mum wrote me a few months ago about how she thought that the skill of listening is becoming to be a lost art. So, I thought that I would work on that. Over these past couple months/weeks, I have come to find out that I like listening to people too much. That i love listening to peoples tangents from the lessons and I love listening to peoples stories. Now here`s the struggle, We need to teach the lesson, right? We need to keep control of the lesson. So that's my newest and latest problem that I have as a missionary. But if that's the worst of my problems, then I am doing pretty darn good!

So because the BOMB has really had some success, I started teaching my district about it a bit:) I use a talk from the liahona for my basis, it talks about how teachers can be better teachers.. it mostly is directed towards teachers in their classrooms.. but we apply it to a lot of stuff. It talks about how the lesson is already inside the learner. It has 4 points for teaching for conversion

1. conversion is the aim: inspire them to do something. Conversion is a life long process and it is not about mastering facts, but mastering discipleship.

2. love is the motive: sometimes we teach to "cover" the lesson, rather than teach according to the needs of the individuals. When we teach with love, it helps us teach like the Savior, and according to their needs.

3. Doctrine is the key: doctrine unlocks hearts and minds so that the spirit is poured out amongst all

4. The spirit is the teacher: we should not try to "cover" the lesson, but uncover the lesson that is already inside the learner. (totally true because I feel that I haven't done anything for my converts, they already knew it!) "if we want the spirit to be more evident in our lessons, we simply need to invite them to live a principle of the gospel more fully."

*potential of each learner: gospel learning and teaching is not about learning and mastering facts.. but mastering discipleship. When we begin to acknowledge the magnificent potential of each learner, we begin to see as God sees.

Mum, thanks for your letter! your pretty much awesome. Don't worry about Christmas.. Just get me a cool tie and save the money for when I`m back or for a rainy day.. :) I haven't got the package yet but I assume this week:) I love you!

Pops, Love ya pops! stay riding on the bike and have fun hunting!

Austin; you are such a stud. Way cool you homecoming king guy:) cool that you want the other kid to win and you put that in your slide show:) and what indy song did you use? are those bands cool? love ya bro! have fun!

Ellie; sounds like you are making the greatest decisions! keep making them and keep a mission as an option, if you don't get married really fast:) love ya!

Brynn. I want you to ALWAYS stay happy! just keep those sodding teeth showing all day long! you have such a good life! I love ya! SALU!

Thanks for everything fam! SALU!
Elder TTT

Versalle-Week 58

HELLO!!

SO this week went well! Even though we didn't baptize.. I went on divisions with one of our ZL`s......  he did the interviews (in a semi truck) and came out and told me that the investagtor needed an interview from the president.. crap... so the other two siblings didn`t want to be baptized without him, so we are waiting for an interview for him... he was supposed to do it yesterday but apparently couldn´t find the church... but you know... whatever.... so we have to wait a bit on those baptisms... they will for sure get baptized... I will just have to wait patiently.... jajaa. I was a bit frustrated with that situation yesterday... jajaja-

I got my papers renewed this week to be in the country... I walked into the booth to find a girl... then she was like, "whoa, vos hablàs como nosotros! no como los demas!".... jajaja... Translation for you gringos ,"whoa! you talk like us! not like the others.." jaja so that was kinda cool I guess... my comp says I have a french accent... that I don't talk gringo... so that was kinda cool... I like french... the band Phoenix is french:) Today I got my haircut in a place that cuts hair in like the same way that mum cuts hair.. it was nice because it was like a cosmos... not like a hole in the wall place... jajajajaja.. (i am trying something different cutting it short on the sides and leaving the top a lot longer... but she took too much off the top:)) anyway... there is a girl that's in there apprenticing the lady and she thought I was from Spain... nice... 

On Tuesday we had a training meeting with the Pres on planning and goal setting... it was way legit and I learned a lot and we are putting all that stuff in practice. I`ll have to tell you about that stuff some day:) jajaja

The Bomb (aka working with members) has really exploded. I mentioned to you last week that the ward has called a new mission leader and 10 new ward missionaries that are ready to work. They planned an activity for last Saturday that was fulfilled and had success. The object of the activity was to bring people who are not members to know a little bit more about the church and try and get less actives there to help them feel the spirit and get active again. All we had to do was show up with our investigators. We were able to bring two families that we are teaching and they really enjoyed the activity. But that's not even the crazy part. Our wards attendance normally sits around 80. Yesterday, we had 118 in Sacrament meeting. It was very cool to see and I hope that it lasts. I hope that people don't forget what they felt at the activity and that they realize the responsibility to fulfill the commandments of the Lord.

One family that came to the activity was the Familia Franco.. the husband is that guy that I told you about that has always wanted to talk to missionaries but they would never talk to him?... remember? anyway... he came and her daughter... they really enjoyed the activity and he said that he would like to come to Church one of these days... the young women of the ward came and took the daughter to do their mutual activities, which was awesome... sometimes people just say hi and don't include visitors.. but they did:) they are awesome:) But anyway... their daughter is freaking gorgeous. Probably the most beautiful I have seen in the country. (Unless I have the mission goggle effect...) just kidding.. shes 17 and already finishing up her first year in college in law... it was funny in the ward council because we were talking about that family and a few of the returned missionaries were talking about their plans to "fellowship" her... jajajaa-... hope all goes well with all that!

The picture with the flag is me with Hermano Ramos... or the Ramos family... They are definitely such a cool family. (they looked for me on facebook).. they are always willing to give us food and help us out... he has so many toys... from antique cameras to interface mix boards.. to.... other cool stuff... jaja... he said that he is going to get me a cool pair of fake ray bans and he said that if I want, he can get me a real pair for like 20 bucks!... so we`ll see about that... its something that would be cool... but its not really a necessity right?jaja..

One last story; so we have been teaching this lady(the one with the awesome questions) and we asked her how her prayers and reading has been going... she said good.. then we asked her if she had received an answer yet.. then she said "Yes, I must be true or I wouldn´t want to keep reading the book, right?"... very awesome... she came to church yesterday;)

Mum, sounds like Utah was cool! I wish I could get out of the heat for a few...minutes... jaja... I kinda got a little baggy seeing those fotos at the race... don't know why! one of these days I`ll be on the bike again:) you guys look great! I love you!

Dad, funny you should mention that you are using my account for my mission, because I had written down to tell you to use that because that's what it was for! So its good that you are using that up.. that new freedom kit is probably the sickest thing I have ever seen in my existence! jaja... it sounds like the race was way fun and I`m glad that you did so well in it! Sounds like it was a blast! keep riding the bike pops! love ya

Austin,,, keep on keeping on! sounds like you had it all under control last week;) hope the shoulders good! love ya

Ellie, freak you need to serve a mission... I am always amazed when I get you letters! they are freaking awesome! te quiero y salu!

Brynn, stay super super happy siempre! "don't worry, about a thing, cuz every little thing, is gonna be all right" love ya y salu!

I want you all to know that I know that its all true... that I am where I need to be. Thanks for everything and all of you prayers and support! It is well appreciated and needed!

SALU love ya all

btw... got some of my pants fixed and skinnied up:) legit:)

TTT

Versalle- Week 57

HELLO,
This week went so darn fast! Monday, p day... always fast.... Tuesday, I had to go into San Salvador like for all day because something was lodged in my eye... so they took that out and found out that it was a wing of a bug and it had suctioned itself perfectly on my eye... so I got that all fixed up! Wednesday, divisions and a meeting with pres for all the trainers, which always fly by... then the rest of the week that flew! time is so crazy. 
My legs have been itching like crazy from the hike we did last week running throught he corn... jaja...
So we have a high baptismal goal for September; 7.... I hope that we can get that taken care of... we should have three this week. Such a miracle.. we have only taught them like 3 times... trying to get all the lessons in... on Saturday, we did the pre interview and they passed! They are 2 brothers and a sister... we are working on another sister and the mom still.. but the one brother that is 20 wants to serve a mission con todo! So that will be awesome.. its that kid that I told you about last week that said that he had already prayed and already knew that it was all true! way cool... I hope that all goes well this week.. we are going to help the sister tonight... because they dont live together... jajaja
So we had a meeting with president on Wednesday and I saw Elder Winter! that was way fun... the meeting was way good as well...  I learned a lot. I asked him what was the difference between the natural man and temptation?... he kinda explained it OK... but still some mystery with that... study up on that!!!
I had divisions with Elder Lopez also from the DR and is actually my grandkid.. in other words.. Elder Brose trained him... (yep... still in zacamil...jaja) but it went well... learned a lot and he is a good teacher... the thing is that the best teachers teach simply.. Dallin H. Oaks told Pres Glazier in a college thing at BYU when he was training to be a lawyer to "drop the adjectives" its way more powerful with less words... we are trying to focus on that in our district. We´ll see how that goes.
The BOMB has taken off.. we have a mission leader and the ward has ten new ward missionaries... We have a missionary activity this week and we are planning one for every month for like the next ten months.... it should be awesome! I am stoked. The ward is really working... (more than half my baptisms have come from the ward in one way or another) so yeah... its important.
So one time, I knocked this door... the guy said that he was catholic so... salu... but I kept talking with him and by the end of the whole thing he was like, "I am not really catholic, I just said that so you would leave, you can come back another day..."
Anyway, hes a really cool guy and got some different beliefs but we are working with him... this week we visited with him and he was liked "its not that I like talking with the Mormons.. I like talking with you guys... and especially you" and he pointed at me.. "because you are the one that convinced me to let you in... one of these days I`ll be coming to church with you guys..." he is one of the older guys that I love listening to... jaja!
Mum, thanks for your letter! that's way cool that all that news has been happening in the ward:) I love you and have a good week!
Dad, good luck this week with the P2P! I hope everything goes well with that! so I was thinking... if I were to buy a bike when I`m back, I think I would get a road bike? because in Flag, I would only be able to ride a road in fall into mid winter? Because the trails would be all covered... what do you think? If I even have money after my mission.... jajajaja....anyway, I hope it all goes well this week! love ya!
Austin, dude that little poem thing is sick... but there is something huge that you missed... you say that you would show that to people on your mish... that's not just for your mish... that's for now... you can help now... help someone out of the whole now! invite someone to mutual... to even go to church.. its not like you are going to lose any relationship out of it... try it and see! love ya bro... I am proud of the person you have been becoming and the person you are...
Ellie... sounds like you are loving school! sounds like cheer is awesome as well! just remember whats really important OK? read your scriptures every day.. pray morning and night and always keep the spirit with you.. love ya! salu!
Brynn! sounds like this week went better than last! just a suggestion..... just be happy... it doesn't matter what everyone else thinks.. just be happy with who you are and live your life.. love ya!
Love ya all! thanks for everything!
SALU,
TTT
2 Tim 2;10

Versalles- Week 56

HELLO.
So this week went by fast! I`m glad Noah was able to get a hold of you guys... he is a way cool guy. Yeah, we had only had like 3 changes where were not in the same zone.. just for my first zone I never saw him...jaja.. way funny guy:)
I had vertigo this week.......whoa
This week I had divisions where I did 4 interviews. Way awesome!
So I have a new motto for goal setting... under committ, over deliver. Our baptism goal for Sept is 1.... but we have 8 that could very possibly get baptized... I am stoked:)
This morning we tried to find a church on top of a mountain. Yeah, we go lost going up the hill... so we didn't make it... hahahahah.
Congrats for Scott! He is going to be such a good missionary!
We started looking for people in a different area.. they seem to be very receptive... the people.
Had some cool experiences this week.... here it goes!
Last Monday night, we were searching for a house.. of a family that had come to church out of the blue... they had given us the wrong directions... so basically I was praying my heart out to somehow miraculously find the house. then-........ the daughter walked by... yes..... so we talked to her and she led us to the house:;) legit
After finding that house, we found this one lady that had some of the best questions anyone has ever asked me in my mission. Like when we were describing prophets....she asked " are there prophets today?" When we talked about prayer towards the end, she was like "how do I know if it is the holy ghost or just in my head?" I was like.... I have had that question for almost my whole life....then read some scriptures to help her to know...  way sick... I am stoked for her...
We got a member reference that wants us to come by this Saturday and he already wants to be baptized. He already wants a fecha to prepare for.it:) blessings and miracles:)
Teaching one of that guys family members(at church yesterday): we told him to pray about it all... and he was like.. I already did! I know its true! that's why I´m at Church today! ...... first lesson was yesterday...
We found this kid that's going to college. He is studying science. ("!i don't believe in God, I believe in science)(Nacho Libre)  and he said that he was starting to lean towards atheism. That's a first down here south of the border... at the end of the lesson, I was asking him like what he studied and stuff.. he talked about a bunch of stuff about biology. My major.. he started explaining Charles Darwin and stuff like that... then I just explained to him..."look.. I love science. I was studying the same thing when I was in college.. science and God go together. You cant have one without the other. Evolution is real... but on a micro level.. not macro. They go together! God is real! and Science is real! and that's how Darwin thought as well"  Darwin gets thrown under the bus sometimes.. he was a monk before he was a scientist.... fun fact for the day:) I dunno... it was just really cool to be able to use something I studied from college in my teaching in El Salvador..... weird---- never would have thought!
This week a family that we are teaching invited us to dinner. It is a very nice family and interested in the message. They are reading and praying, but haven´t come to church yet. When we were at dinner, he told me a story that brought tears to my eyes. He said that years ago, he worked next to one of the offices of the two missions in El Salvador, and whenever missionaries would meet there, he would stand in the doorway and wait for someone to talk to him. But no one ever would. He said that he was so curious to know what we taught. But no one would ever talk to him. So he thought that the Mormon missionaries just don't talk to anyone. Later, he had always seen them around, but they never had come to his door. So he thought that we must have our houses that we visit but we don't visit any others. Then he looked at me and at my companion and said, "It really has been a pleasure talking and sharing with you. When you came to my door, I was so excited. Thank you." I Hope that I can always talk to and discern who is ready and who needs to be talked to. :)
Mum, thanks for everything! I love you! I think I will only be with my comp until October... by the way... I hope you are not already thinking about Christmas... just send me like a tie and save the rest for when I´m back:) I love you! salu
Dad, sounds like everything is going good for point to point in a couple weeks! I cant wait to be on the bike man.. i get antsy... I just want to pedal!!!!!-  anyway. love ya pops! salu
Austin, I got a scripture for your hernia.(deut23:1) look it up and you´ll laugh! dude I´m bummed for you about surgery and all that... just listen to some good music for me:) I´m glad those bands are sick and weird.. I´m sure I´ll like them... I have always like bands that break the music rules:) hahaha love ya bro.. keep your head up
Ellie, sounds like things are going good with school and all that stuff! stay safe and be nice to everyone! love ya!
Brynn, sounds like this week went a little rough, but just keep your head up and be happy.. and make being happy  a habit... love ya!
I love you all! thanks for everything!
How sweet the joy this sentence gives: I know that my Redeemer lives!"
ELDER T

Versallas- Week 55

HELLO!!!!
Sounds like this week went well for you guys! This week was exceptionally ordinary. My comp is doing good.. he is a lot like Escalante.. likes to talk a lot and can't sit down for too long.. jaja I think for almost all Latins, they can leave at 18 years old... but apparently he's turning 19 in Oct. but you know... whatever... Mum, about the moleskin notebooks, ask Elder Cook about them... I decided that I don't want those notebooks I bought at NAU. :) jaja... they are not very practical.
Yesterday, the BOMB took off with the rip tear (Lesson I had planned). I made some modifications to it and everyone was all set to start helping us all out. It was a little bit of a machete but whatever... .
On Tuesday, we had a leadership training thing.. it went well I really like those things.. plus I got to see Elder Mehr and Elder Winter:) The subject was about being an example to the other missionaries in our districts and zones. It was way sick... Elder Winter had a good quote... Attitude is a habit. its way true. Anyway it was way legit. 2 Nephi 2:6-8
So Umbrella by Rhianna came on in the cafe.. remember when I use to sing that at the piano? jajaja:)
So I have been getting to know and Elder Long in my zone.. he is from Florida and was in a band.. he is a way good guy and a hard worker... he is the other district leader.
So we had a sick FHE with a way powerful family in our ward.. The person they presented us to has cancer and has to do a lot of procedures things.. I hope she will be able to come to church. We had another FHE with the language(teenagers) and it was just as powerful as the first.. the person totally got the message and was like "so I need to read the scriptures and pray, go to church, and get baptized, right??" I was like.... I was like... affirmative. jaja
So we started teaching this hermano, and I think that he might be a pastor. He really likes to contend with and argue. We tell him that all he has to do is pray and read the Book of Mormon. He has been reading it a lot, but he has been reading it to find all the contradictions that it has with the bible... it doesn't have any... but according to him it does. What would you suggest that we do?  He is reading. He says he is praying about it. But he is reading to prove it is wrong, not to prove its right.
I find it so hard to find a positive family.. I make it a goal everyday to find a family, but it seems we only find positive widows and widowers. We started teaching 3 widows and 1 widower. What can I do to find a positive family? I don't usually talk with women unless I am knocking doors. I don't look to talk with women on the street, only men. What can be done?
The stake I am serving in right now sends the most missionaries out than any other stake in Central America, and we had two farewells from 2 language(teens) yesterday.. we had a lot of people at church and a lot of non-members, that means we wrote down a lot of references:)
It's been wet wet wet wet wet wet wet wetwetwetwetwetwetwetwetwetwetwetwetwetwewetwetwetwetwetwetwetwetwetwwetwetwetwet..............wet lately... whatever right?
So I don't know if you guys ever met Shannen Olsen, one of my friends from NAU that helped me a lot... anyway.. way cool girl... but we have an investigator that looks exactly like her! It is so weird... I think when people think about Central America, they think of dark skinned people... but they are many many many light skinned people... chellies they call them...jajaja... but anyway...
Anyway... I love you all! Thanks for all you letters and whatnot...have a good week!
Elder TTT

Versallas- Week 54

Hellos!
Sounds like Utah was sick as ever, but now ending right? That sucks... jajajaja!
This week went well.. we had changes.. I am still in my area but......wait for it.......................I am training again.... I am very grateful for the chance to train again. Honestly, I didn´t want to do it. I just wanted a good trained missionary that was a good teacher, because I have never really had that since my trainer. Then I realized that I was being very selfish and prideful. I realized that I was only thinking about myself and I needed to be thinking about others.

So my comps name is Elder Ventura and he is from the DR.. He is 18 yrs old... he talks like a Spanish black guy.. jaja.. he is a cool guy and I am looking forward to working with him.. Elder Mehr got changed to be Zone leader... that stud... Elder Cook knows that you would be out of town until this week... He is from Gilbert and took home some stuff for me.. when you see him for the first time, just say "whip grips" he`ll know what it is:) So when we found out we were training, we had to go to the presidents house were I found out that Elder Winter is training also... so that was cool!... way fun to meet up with that guy again:)
This week went really well. My first day with Elder Ventura, we found an hermana that let us in and has been having some personal problems. We invited her to come to church and she accepted. So on Saturday, my companion was thinking about her and said that we should go by. We confirmed that we would come by to pick her up the next day and she came! I have found very few people that have come to church the first time you invite them. It was a small tender mercy.
Last night, I don't know why, but I felt dis animated. I didn´t want to do the contacts that we had left. But once we started, we had another little tender mercy. We received nine references in about 45 min. I was amazed at the people that were so willing to let us come back. We weren´t changing much. We always bear testimony, I think the Lord was helping us out last night to give us some animation for this week.
So I got to talk with Elder Rivas for a bit and Stanly and Ruth are preparing to go to the temple next year! super active:) and those two kids Noe and Gladis are giving references with their mum like crazy! I got an email from Tito this morning and says that everything is going great in Valle Nuevo!
Elder Brose is STILL in Zacamil! he hasn´t left since I was their with him... he will have been there for 11 months! so crazy! I guess he mas o menos started teaching hermana Elizabeth's brother who is just as awesome.... after they challenged him for baptism, I guess he was like "of course I will get baptized if I find out its true... that's why I am investigating the church! duh!" bien pilas:) Also talked to Elder Escalante... I grew to love that guy..... I have been blessed with comps.. I have come to love them all... this past change was hard... but whatever... :)
Last week we had a family night with a few of our most positive investigators... they are youth that are really good friends with a group of friends in our ward. And like half of them are returned missionaries and the other half is preparing to leave... so that family night was super powerful... So they call each other "language!" (but in a Spanish accent) and the girls "languagecitas" its kinda funny... they didn't really know what language was until I told them... but they thought it was cool! Now whenever they see me they yell LANGUAGE! ... and they call me elder language... jajajaja...
Yesterday I made preparations for the rip tear... that's what I named the whole tearing papers up in front of people lesson... getting ready to excited the ward with the BOMB... I will tell you all about it next week after it happens:)
People have just been coming to Church which puts some pressure on us! blessings.
DyC 138... crazy deep... how important temple work and more importantly family history work is... did you know that we will not be exalted unless we work with family history? that means we better get going on that!
so like all my pants have been coming apart at once.. so I am buying another pair today... otro $30... but this will be the last pair for a while:) so the pants here are a little bit different in style.. and I like them a lot more.. they are more skinny which I love... and they are a little more form fitting... which really makes my butt look bigger...not sure if thats a good thing?......
So at my cooks house, they have a computer so lots of members come over to use it.. some chicas we nonchalantly asking if I had facebook... weird because they never even tried to talk to me when I was first there.. which is more preferable.. but.. anyway.. its probably the pants and the butt issue... jajajaj! just kidding... but its cool though.. my ward is really cool! but whatever! jajaja
I love you all! thanks for everything! hope all goes well this week! say hi to grandma!
SALU!
TTT
bands from elder winter to austin.. they are all indy bands.. which are normally the best ones!
Broken Bells
Local Natives
Miike Snow
Beirut
Fanfarlo
Cloud Control
Fleet Foxes
Department of Eagles
toro 4 mo 1
Arcade Fire

coconut records (i have had a song by them stuck in my head this week... "West Coast":))
CHECK EM OUT! HE SAYS THEY ARE ALL WEIRD AND INDY! BEST GENRE OF MUSIC:) says that if you like the shins, vampire weekend and band of horses, and phoenix.. you`ll love these:) love ya bro!