Letter #14

 Hola everyone! Como estamos??

Wow, can't believe it's Monday again already, these weeks are flying by. This week was pretty great, just a couple things:

1st: Had intercambios with the ZL's, and I got to go back to Gavidia, my first area!! It was super sick, went out with Elder Gomez (he's a dawg), and got to hang out with Elder Moss again (my first comp). It was a also a really great confidence boost to go back, because I was able to see how much I've grown in spanish and being a missionary in the past weeks! Obviously I'm still not perfect, but always remember to celebrate the little victories!! Also remember that you're growing, whether it seems like it or not.

2nd: Man the rain has been crazy this past week. I've heard there's 1, maybe 2 hurricanes (though I'm not for sure, we don't have Google or news or anything, we're pretty separated from everything, if there’s stuff I'm missing feel free to please lmk😂). But yeah, it's been pretty much straight raining for a week, which is good cuz it means it hasn't been super hot, but it's also bad cuz everyone has been getting sick (including me🥲). Let's just say travel sized tissue packets have been coming in clutch

3rd: Just a little spiritual thought. Something that's stuck out to me this week is not getting discouraged when things go wrong. Out here, things rarely go according to plan, and there's been a lot of days where literally everything, all our lessons, help from members, etc etc falls through, and we don't know what to do. However, something I talked about with President Young is that in these moments, something we can do is just do! When these times come, there's a lot of power in choosing to act, even if you don't know exactly what you're going to do. When we are willing to act and to work, the Lord will lead us in our righteous desires, and we'll be able to see miracles in our lives, I can testify of this personally.

Anyways, that's about it! Sorry if I haven't gotten back to your emails or audios in a bit, I'll get to them I promise!! As always though, feel free to let me know how life is going for you, love you guys, you're awesome!!

Hasta la vista🫡
Elder Bagley

Super cool house- couldn't knock it cuz there was a bunch of dogs, but had to snag a picture

Super cool picture that I totally didn't rob from another email (thanks Aunt Trish😁😂)

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