Letter #9

 Hey everyone! Don't have a whole lot of time today, this will be pretty short.

This week was good! I feel like I'm making a bit of progress with spanish, understanding more than I was at least. The area has been good though, we've been finding a lot of people!

Lots of miracles too this week; my comp was sick and so I was at home doing calls (not my favorite, super hard to do in spanish) and I just finished when I decided to call one more person- ended up having 2 lessons, and he came to conference!!! Super cool!!

Conference was absolutely amazing!! I learned a lot about being confident despite challenges, focusing more on Christ, and living every day like Christ is coming tomorrow. Someone once told me that Conference was like Christmas time for missionaries, and they were totally right, it was awesome. If you didn't get the chance to listen, or don't know what it's about, I invite you to find out more! Living what our prophets and apostles teach is life-changing!

Last little thought: never forget that Christ loves you!! There's so much power that comes from knowing our divine identity and knowing that we are loved, don't every forget it. 

Love you guys! Feel free to send me an email about how life is going for you, til next time!!



Cool pics!


I have no words- didn't know ticks made colonies and didn't want to know. Let's just say I've  checking everything a lot more closely from now on


Kinda pricy pupusa place- pero fue fuego


Backyard view

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