Hey!  So I have been doing lots of walking, lots and lots and lots of walking. We have been talking with so many people and teaching so much. We have three baptismal dates lined up this month already. It is awesome to see people making changes in their lives and, even though I can only poorly communicate, I can communicate well enough that I don´t feel completely useless!  Hahaha! 

I am still trying to get use to the culture here, it is SO different from everything I was used too. Everything is different here. The smell, the place, the people, the culture, everything. The one thing that has not changed is the Gospel.  It is a nice reminder that Heavenly Father is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

We moved into our new apartment and it is super nice, except it is super noisy. We are on the side of a busy road, so all I hear is cars honking, loud music, motos, everything so I am learning to block out noise when I sleep. Everyone plays their music here, like they blast it from their houses, cars, shops.  It is interesting how much they love their loud music and sound systems.  Hahaha!  But I guess I am guilty because I did the same thing every morning getting ready for school.

People here are already setting up their Christmas decorations. It makes me so sad I am not home to set up the Christmas decorations, but hopefully I can have peace that I am doing the Lord's work and even though we are away for the holidays, we can be in each others hearts.

My Spanish is still improving slowly, but  I get super excited when the people here tell me that I have improved a lot from when they first met me. So that makes me really excited and motivated to hear compliments like that.

These next two weeks I am going to be doing intercambios with other missionaries since my companion is the district leader, so it should be fun to be able to go to a different area for 24 hours. Honestly, it is kinda hard for me because I don't really want to leave my area, because I want to stay focused on the people we are teaching and I don't want to miss the lessons, but I can't get everything I want.

I am not sure what day is Thanksgiving, but I know it is coming up soon. Make sure you guys are being thankful for things! For me, it has been difficult to find things to be thankful for. There is so much to complain about. I have practiced in my prayers giving things I am grateful for, and I found when I tried to focus on the positive things, the negative things kinda get drowned out because you are not focusing on the bad things. I have been practicing thanking God for the challenges and troubles I have, because I know He does not give us challenges if it was not to make us better people. Ether 12:7 makes this clear! That if we humble ourselves before God, He will show us our weaknesses and make us strong! I have been learning, still am learning how to be humbled. I feel a little bit ridiculous sometimes when I feel upset, and then we go and teach someone who has it much worse than I do.  Then I just feel sad because all I want to do is help them.

I had a powerful moment this week. There is a member in the ward who is an old man and he can't walk. He can't use his legs at all. He lives in the poorest part of our area, and when we went to visit him, I was shocked at how he lived. He has a bed and a dirt floor with a TV made in like the 70s with just a bunch of old worn down junk surrounding this tiny little hut. All he wants is people to talk too, and I honestly had to hold back tears sharing a message with him because he reminded me so much of Grandpa McGreer. He acted the same way, said the same sort of things, and it broke my heart to see his situation. And even though he can't use his legs, he still hops on a moto to go to work as a taxi driver, driving around other people because if he can't work he can't get food or medicine or anything. I shared Enos 1:27 with him, which was a powerful scripture that I read in my personal study, and he just, in tears, thanked me for giving up two years of my life for service for the Lord and helping people like him. I was really humbled by this experience and I could feel Grandpa McGreer next to me, comforting me in the words I should say to this man. Honestly, it was a really powerful experience for me. Whether Grandpa was actually there I don't know, but he reminded me so much of him and I just felt so much empathy for him.

I hope all is well and you guys are doing good. I miss you guys so much and remember to always read your scriptures and say your prayers. I have so much love for you guys and I miss you all so much.