Week 17~

Another great week here.  I am feeling really comfortable with spanish these days which is awesome.  I am even starting to understand the people from the Campo, which is a miracle in and of itself.  So I have one week left of my training and being a new missionary and I feel like the time has flown by.  I still feel like I know nothing and have so dang much to learn, but the good news is that my desire to learn more has continually increased.  I have started to really hunger to read the scriptures and look at knowledge of the gospel as the most valuable thing we have.

Since Elder Saez leaves for home next sunday, the new Branch president (my new companion) came to Feliciano a week before transfers to get situated here and learn how to be branch president in a week haha. So I already have my new comp! His name is Elder Cac and he is from Guatemala! And yes I know the name is pretty funny haha. The bummer is that it is very similar to the word for poop in spanish.. But he seems like a super cool guy. I can already tell we are very different and I am going to miss how similar Me and Elder Saez are. But I think we will have a good transfer together. He only has 10 months in the mission so he is still pretty young, so we will both do a lot of learning together and I will have to take a lot more of the initiative which I am actually kind of excited about, it will be good for me. But yes he is from Guatemala, close to where Grant is serving, but not in his mission. But he speaks one of the tribal languages that they speak there called Quiche, I forget how to spell it, but I am going to try and learn it from him. He has a book of mormon in the language and its crazy haha but I want to try and learn it. So this week we are in a trio and I have been sleeping on the floor which has been prettttty sweeet.I think I might go to La Paz for the week with my district leader where there is a bed for me while Elder Cac gets trained by elder Saez. 

Edgardo 

This coming sunday we finally have a Baptism. With Edgardo and his wife Eva. We have been working with them for a long time and really making sure that they are ready. Plus he had to quit smoking. He was smoking a pack and a half a day and now doesn’t smoke at all. Pretty awesome. Its amazing how the gospel helps people in every aspect of their lives. I have seen it and I know its real. I love that I can have complete confidence in what I share with others because I have witnessed it for myself. This will be an awesome Baptism because its a family so they can go to the Temple a year from now which is super exciting, they are awesome. Well thats all the news I have for this week. Everything is great! I love the mission. I do get sleepy sometimes but thats all haha its worth it.

Edgardo & Eva's home