Hey mom this last week has been great! I sent you mail twice this week and only one letter too grandma so hopefully you get them soon. Sorry about last week but it's been crazy since they put me in as the zone leader. I don't have much time to do my writing and stuff like I used to now. You'll read more about my zone leader stuff in your letters. I also have been teaching investigators in all my free time because our teacher asked me and my companion to teach a friend of his that really is not a member! She is really nice and she is really interested in the gospel!!! It's a great experience but is slightly stressful because we teach her in all of our free time and when we aren't teaching her we are teaching our other three scheduled investigators and preparing for our lessons. Spanish is going really well for me and I love it, but the food is getting worse.... we keep finding hairs and one kid found a band-aid in his food.... other than that I am really happy :) My flight plans will be here this Friday (hopefully) and I'll let you know how that looks. No one has got a visa yet but that's okay because most guys get it three or four days before they leave. I'm going to send this and hopefully you'll get it by the time I finish my second part. I love you mom. I'm sending more of a message don't worry.
Anyways... what else has happened???? um... this last week has just been crazy hectic and I can't really explain how blessed I am. When will my package be here? a watch would be nice... :) um aside from the usual study, teach, eat, sleep, exercise routine things are pretty normal. I'm enjoying all of my study time more than I thought I would! It's amazing what I am learning and I love the spirit we feel during our personal study time. I'm a little worried for the 22 new missionaries that I'm in charge of when they get here since I'm the zone leader but they'll survive me I think.. :) All the missionaries here know me as the redneck elder... I guess they don't think it's normal to see someone walk around in shorts, camo shirt, ball cap and long socks doing laundry... It's kind of funny because they see me later in the day and are like "hey! your the redneck elder we keep seeing aren't you???" It's strange to think that so many of these people are nothing like me or my family and yet I still love them. Yesterday in our lesson with Naielli I had a strong feeling we should change from the topic we were teaching and talk about the plan of salvation. As we taught she started to tear up and pay lots more attention and then when we finished she told us how she had a little brother that died when he was little and their preacher said he was in hell and could never have another chance. We ran out of time at this point but she really really wants us to come back tomorrow night and finish. The spirit was so strong and my companion and I just jumped and hollered after our lesson because it was so AMAZING!!! I love the gospel and I love all of you guys!!! I hope things are going well.
Anyways... what else has happened???? um... this last week has just been crazy hectic and I can't really explain how blessed I am. When will my package be here? a watch would be nice... :) um aside from the usual study, teach, eat, sleep, exercise routine things are pretty normal. I'm enjoying all of my study time more than I thought I would! It's amazing what I am learning and I love the spirit we feel during our personal study time. I'm a little worried for the 22 new missionaries that I'm in charge of when they get here since I'm the zone leader but they'll survive me I think.. :) All the missionaries here know me as the redneck elder... I guess they don't think it's normal to see someone walk around in shorts, camo shirt, ball cap and long socks doing laundry... It's kind of funny because they see me later in the day and are like "hey! your the redneck elder we keep seeing aren't you???" It's strange to think that so many of these people are nothing like me or my family and yet I still love them. Yesterday in our lesson with Naielli I had a strong feeling we should change from the topic we were teaching and talk about the plan of salvation. As we taught she started to tear up and pay lots more attention and then when we finished she told us how she had a little brother that died when he was little and their preacher said he was in hell and could never have another chance. We ran out of time at this point but she really really wants us to come back tomorrow night and finish. The spirit was so strong and my companion and I just jumped and hollered after our lesson because it was so AMAZING!!! I love the gospel and I love all of you guys!!! I hope things are going well.
I saw Elder Franke before he left!!! :)
Elder Dalton was the only other redneck here but now he's gone to Mexico... sad day. :)
And... this last one is what happens when the food here sucks... you microwave a party pizza. :)
I think I've mastered the selfie thing. :) we go to the temple every single Wednesday.
I also found MTN DEW!!!!!!! that is a tender mercy from above :)
I love you!!! I'll tell you my flight schedule when i get it :) Love you mom!
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