Hola mi amorosa Madre! Wow sounds
like lots of crazy news back home. I feel bad for Dave. His grandmother and
then his grandfather. I send him all my love and support. The firing range
sounds very fun and I would love to do that. I heard about the ice rain. That
sounds absolutely crazy. I cannot believe the weather that Utah is having. Ice
everywhere and lots of snow. It sounds like it all came a bit late and is going
to stick around for a while. I can’t believe what the pioneers did either.
Truly amazing people. Nana and Grandpa are also amazing with all their service
and love. So here a lot has happened. Changes were last week and we were happy
there was none here, that Elder Guerra would be my last comp. We get along
really well and have fun. Well Tuesday the office called and said Elder Guerra
has emergency changes. It was super sad and he cried at lunch when I told him.
He really didn´t want to leave here and didn’t want to have a different comp.
They sent him to the heat of Tikisate. I got a new comp Elder Fernandez. We had
these changes because Elder Fernandez and I are going to organize Rio Blanco
and another area called Serchil into a zone and we need to determine where they
will put more missionaries and where we will have our meetings. It will be lots
of work to get everything ready for March when we are a zone and have 12
missionaries. So I called the post office about my packages. The package that Nana
sent in June was signed for by the office in July and your package was signed
for in November. So the packages that I thought the post office had somewhere
are in the office. But there is bad news that made me very upset. I called the
office and no one can find them. They told me they looked but found nothing and
they are sorry. That is not a good answer to me. They were responsible and lost
it and that is money and things from my family. I’m going to write President
about it today. Who knows what will happen. What did you send in the package?
This week we went to Chorjale in our area and heard there is a shortcut. We decided
to try it for the first time. Turns out the short cut is go down a very steep
mountain side that has no trail and is pretty much sliding and falling down the
mountain. I got super dirty and don’t know how we made it down. Next it’s cross
a river and go up another mountain that is steep and crazy. As I was going down
the mountain I felt like Bear Grylls from the discovery channel, but in a shirt
and tie. Then when we reached the top it was a long walk. I don’t think we will
us that path again. We did have a baptism Saturday. I was so happy to see the
change in him. I know his daughters are so much happier than I am. His wife is
not a member and when we talked she said she couldn’t go but the day of the
baptism she came. I was filled with so much joy. The water was ice cold. After I
was talking with Romulo and he said the water was freezing but after he came
out of the water he felt a heat in his body. He shared a great testimony saying
how grateful he is for Elder Guerra and myself. Sunday he also shared a great testimony.
I now want to teach his wife and other son that is not a member. After the
baptism we had our Book of Mormon activity. Many members came. We did a word
search I made and the members really loved it, it was challenging. Then we did
two teams that answered trivia questions of the Book of Mormon. Then I gave the
certificates that I made for reading the book in 3 months. 12 people finished
reading and get ready for this, one is not a member. We need to teach her for
sure. The last game was balloons filled with parts of a scripture. Each team
searched for their color and when they popped the balloons without using their
nails they assembled the scripture and said where is the reference. Our team
won. Each person that finished the Book of Mormon gets a scripture case with
their name and a pic on it. It should be really good. I’m very happy. Yesterday
the office called me for something else. Only one missionary is coming in Feb
so there is no change meeting. That will be very different for me. They gave me
the option to stay 3 weeks more for the next change meeting but I said no
thanks my mom would kill me hahaha. No I’m ready for Feb. Can’t believe how
fast it is going. I get travel plans this week so I will let you know as soon
as I know. Love you Mom so much and I’m getting extremely excited to see you in
5 weeks. Stay safe and happy. Tell all the family I love them.
Love your baby boy
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