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Hola mis amigos y familia!

Esta semana voy a empezar mi correo un poco mas espiritual y luego escribiré cómo la semana pasada fue para los persones que les gusta leerlo.

As you can see my Spanish is improving a little bit! This week I want to try something new and start of with a more spiritual message then get into the daily happenings.

So this transfer I have been studying how to be a better teacher. I came across the manual "Teaching in the Saviors Way" which says that in order to teach like Christ we have to first become like Christ. The five main points it gives in the introduction are

1. Be full of love

2. Seek after God's will and teach His doctrine

3. Be completely committed

4. Use the scriptures to teach

5. Live what you teach

It has been made known unto me through the spirit that if we follow these five things that we will be as close to how the Savior taught and be able to have His spirit round about us as we teach. The spirit is the real teacher and I know that by doing these things we can help lift others up! I had an experience this week that demonstrates this. I had studied the plan of salvation on personal study for one of our lessons. I had it all planned exactly how it was going to go. What questions I would ask and like every detail. We got into the lesson and I forgot it all. I ended up still teaching what I had to but it wasn't according to how I thought it was going to go. It went according to how God planned and what things He needed me to say or do so the Spirit could be there. Really humbling experience and I am so grateful that I have this time to be on a mission and become more like my Savior and gain a closer relationship with Him. You can do the same too! Read your scriptures, pray, look for the tiny miracles in your life, you have so many!

Now to get into the week!

Monday we had a noche de hogar and it lasted forever. We got home at like 10 and the Zone Leaders had to wait an hour for us to get there so we could let them in to their apartment because they locked themselve out. But we saw Optimus Prime on the way home.

Tuesday had a very uplifting Zone Conference. President's last one. My companionship got called on to do a role play on using family history as a door approach. Then after that we went to an appointment for one of my companions. Then we got permission to go on splits so Elder Jensen stayed at the church for English class with a member and Elder Fox and I went to teach Jenny and Michael and their children. Michael was taking online classes so he wasn't there but we talked about baptism and invited the children to be baptized and they said yes but they are going on vacation for a month so we are trying to get a date before they leave or we might just wait til they get back. The lesson was in English because one of the children only speaks English so that was a plus. I actually felt like I could teach!

Zone Training

Zone Conference

Wednesday went to GKTW and I did delivery so I answered phones and delivered food on a go kart. It was super fun. We started biking a lot more too cause we are in car share. Anyway had time to do finding and found 1 former.

Thursday we had to go to another appointment but this one was a lot farther away. I was fasting that day too and they went and got Café Río but I couldn't have any (not that I would have cause Costa Vida is better). We found one person today! Elder Jensen is sick and got me sick :( Also received an email that said my visa had made it to the consolate in Arizona so that could be coming soon!

Friday helped a ward member move some of her things to her spot at a flea market. She tried sneaking 50 dollars in my pocket but I moved away too fast for her. We told her she can feed us instead of giving us money. Then we biked again but his time it was like 4 miles away. I got some nice sun! We ended up being way late and staying way late so we missed our next lesson. Then ate at the Londoños who feed us every Friday.

Saturday helped a family get stuff out of a storage garage because they are moving. We biked 2 miles there then helped them move for like an hour. It was super hot and sweaty! Then we went to an appointment with Adrian and Rosa. Taught the Plan of Salvation. The Clavels helped out too and we invited them to church. Then after that Elder Jensen wasn't feeling well so we did studies and then knocked in our complex and met a very nice lady who has been to our church but is of a different religion. She also has 2 daughters that live with her. We invited all of them to church.

Sunday Rosa and Adrian were the only ones to come to Church. We went with the Clavels to pick them up and give the a ride. Then after church we went home and did studies all day while Elder Jensen slept because he was not feeling well enough to go out and proselyte. The YSA missionaries told us that Elder Soares came to our building just after we left so just barely missed him!

Le quiero mucho!

Elder Tolman

Dinner with Obispo Palomino and fam