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Letter #51

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  Funny little picture (says "coffee, the fountain of life for El Salvador" ) thought it was funny, the majority here are addicted to coffee, some to the point where they give coffee to their little little kids instead of milk Heyyy everyone!! Como están?? Happy 4th of July!!! To celebrate, surprise surprise, an email 2 weeks in a row!  Here's a couple things that happened this week: 1. We've had a hard time getting friends to church this week, but this Sunday we fasted to have our friends come and not only did some come, but 2 friends we have never met came out of the blue!! Fasting works!! 2. It's my last week here in the mission. It's insane, I still can't believe it. But this past Sunday, a member from Las Cañas (my old area) came to see me and say goodbye, it was super cool and sweet of her (even though she went up during testimony meeting and told the whole ward I was going home soon ) 3. My companion is tired . We've been working super hard, he ...

Letter #50

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  Hey everyone! Thought I'd get an email out, here's a couple things going on! - Victor was baptized! He's the first person to be baptized in Tecoluca (a group, even smaller than a branch) for years, it was awesome!! - Tried cafe de maiz (coffee that is allowed) and it did not live up to the hype  Guess we'll be sticking to non-coffee beverages Honestly, that's about it. Lots of miracles here in the work! To finish off with a quick spiritual thought, I loved a talk by President Nelson called "The Lord Jesus Christ Will Come Again." He sharded: "When Wendy and I were on assignment in a distant land, armed robbers put a gun to my head and pulled the trigger. But the gun did not fire. Throughout that experience, both of our lives were threatened. Yet Wendy and I felt an undeniable peace. It was the peace “which passeth all understanding.” Brothers and sisters, the Lord will comfort you too! He will strengthen you. He will bless you with peace, even amids...

Letter #49

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Elder Rodriguez, first day in the field   Last little bit with Elder Godfrey Exchange with my last brother in the mission (shoutout to Elder Moss, our trainer ) Thought this was hilarious, keep in mind we're in the middle of a city Hey hey everyone! Como estan?? Worked up the animo to send an email this week, sorry it's been a minute. But here's been some stuff going on Transfer news: My first kid, Elder Godfrey was transferred out. Not going to lie, it was a bit sad, it was a blast with him. But he has a Latino comp now to teach him spanish, so it'll be good for him Andddd (drum roll  .....) I'm training once again! My new companion is Elder Rodriguez from Nicaragua, he's a beast. When I first got the news about training, I was a bit bummed ngl cuz I wanted to work as hard as I could and run and fast as I could (figuratively and maybe literally speaking ) with the little time I have left. But my companion came super prepared, I hardly feel like I'm training...

Letter #48

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Oyyy! Buenas tardes a todos, como estan? Perdón que no he escrito, pero aqui estoy!! First off, happy Morthers Day!! Hope you all had a great one, thank you to all those that are mothers for your hard work and love The last couple of weeks have been awesome! Full of miracles of finding people, people coming to church, and our friend Justin was able to get baptized!!  The coolest part of the baptism was His friend (our recent convert) was able to do the baptism. It was his first time, and he was super nervous, but he did a great job and it was really special to see We have a couple more friends on date for here soon, please keep Marciel and David in your prayers I think I'm pretty used to being a missionary now... I'm finding that nothing quite satisfies me anymore like having a really spiritual lesson or being guided to find really cool people. Is there such a thing as being a spiritual addict? The funny:   - A drunk guy started running after us on exchanges with the DL, secon...