This week was awesome! So I made it a goal to just work harder than I have ever worked before, and to really push myself and push my companion. And I have to say, even though sometimes it may have been a little bit of a grudge, I went to sleep exhausted but happy that I could say I gave it my all. I hope I can keep up the excitement here in the Lord's work to give it my all every day.
We had changes!!! So I got a new companion, Elder Baque from Ecuador. He has about double the time that I have in the mission, just 10 months, but I am so excited to work with him. I am staying in the same area, so I don't get a change of scenery, but I have high goals for this area and high expectations and I am going to give it my all to put in the work a lograr estés metas (achieve these goals). It is going to be awesome, so I can't wait to start seeing some of the miracles. Not gonna lie, I was sad to say goodbye to Elder Padilla. We had lots of fun together, but he is now in Cajamarca and he is going to kill it over there. He will probably be the only companion I will get from the States, but that is okay because I need to get better in my Spanish. I can understand a lot better than I can speak, so I need to work a lot on that. I still can't roll my R´s to save my life. That is the most difficult thing ever.
Speaking of miracles, I met Jesus. Literally. There is a Venezuelan that we contacted, and he looked golden. He was so nice and wanted to listen to us. We taught him the restoration and we came back the next day and he said he read the whole pamphlet and wants a Book of Mormon to read and we left him with a Book of Mormon, and I hope that we can keep up his ánimos (courage) and I can't wait to see where it goes. It would be awesome to say I baptized Jesus.
Another miracle, I made it a goal to work with the members a lot more and to really get references from them. We had a family home evening with this big family, and we got to meet this elderly couple that they knew. They are the cutest couple ever, but they can't hear to save their lives. So we have to yell for them to hear us, which is a little weird because it feels like the spirit leaves when we start yelling, but they are so awesome and want to learn more and more. The husband was even asking how he can come to church and all, so I have some hopes for them. I also learned that I really love family home evenings here. I love just being with the whole family and sharing a gospel video or two and having fun with them. The families here aren't usually just the intermediate family. It's the whole shabang, and they all live in one house. Which is actually kinda fun.
We also had a mission activity!!! We all got with the future elders and we went on splits with the future elders to give them a taste of mission life. I was with three young guys and we went out contacting and to a few citas. It felt a little weird to be the most experienced of them all, and when it was time to contact they would all look at me as to what to say which boosted my confidence and it was just awesome to get to participate in the activity with them and teach them a little bit about the mission. We also start teaching some English classes on Wednesdays, which will be super cool to get to help people here learn English and hopefully will help me better learn Spanish so I can better understand more of how a Latino thinks. And it is also a great missionary opportunity to get people to come to the church and be surrounded by other members. Lots of times we have problems getting people to church, but maybe if they get familiar with it, we can make them feel more comfortable there!
I haven't gotten attacked by any dogs lately, just scared many times when we pass by houses and the dogs FREAK OUT when I pass by. Like they are on the other side of the bars, or whatever, but they are terrifying.I can't get too close.
I got my camera and took some pictures because I feel bad for how bad my picture game has been. Hopefully the pictures help make up for it. This last change with Elder Padilla flew by, it doesn't feel like it has been a month and a half with him, so I didn't get many pictures, but its okay.
The church is true and it is awesome!! I love the gospel and it makes me so happy to get to share it every day!!! I love you all!!!!!
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