Week Three!

A lot of stuff happened this week so hopefully I remember it all. I was called to be 1 of 4 zone leaders in the MTC two days ago. Its crazy but I am super excited to perform this assignment. All the older missionaries left yesterday so it was really sad to see them all go, they were missionaries I looked up too and helped us out in our first few weeks. Im passing along that kindness to the new missionaries. My companion and I woke up at around 3 AM last night to welcome all those who were settling in. I remember how I felt the first day and how stressful it was so we went to everyones room and greeted them and gave them advice. It feels strange because Im like super young and I feel like Im giving missionaries who are wiser than me advice and guidance. Hopefully I can grow as a better leader these next three weeks. Its so much fun meeting new people from all over the world. The new Latinos are awesome as well. Its been super busy here but I feel like I accomplish so much in one day, Ive gained 8 pounds which is awesome haha. We work out a lot but its annoying because the MTC workers keep telling us that their grandmas can do more pull ups than us with just their tongue.  We went to the Lima temple last week and are going again later today. Its a really small temple but man its gorgeous, we went through in Spanish which was interesting. It hit me that Im actually a missionary when we were at the temple and a bunch of little kids pointed at us and said Misioneros!!! I cant really explain how it feels to be on the other side haha. Earlier in the week we had a missionary go home which was really depressing as a district leader but it brought us closer as a district. I gave away a lot of my ties to the Latinos who are now in the field. Theyre so happy with how much they have and I loved getting to know all of them.

We had an Earthquake! It wasnt very big but soo many people have never been in an earthquake before that came from the U.S it was funny. We are all learning how to cut hair so a lot of the nights we have a barber shop going in the bathroom so thats a lot of fun. We teach a LOT now. Im at the point now where I can answer questions they have about the gospel in Spanish but its still very difficult to know every single gospel spanish word, but Elder Wells and I have discovered that we are not there to teach lessons, we are there to teach people. 80% of the time we just throw our lesson plan out the window and teach about what they want to know and off our knowledge of the gospel and Spanish. We had one investigator start crying about how her parents were dead and how she doesnt think God is real because of the trials shes going through. Its crazy how real it feels and how good of actors they are, but its really good for us and very eye-opening. Our room wakes up early to study Spanish and just get a head start on the day, its really nice because its so quiet and you get to actually just sit there and think with no distractions. Theres barely anyone in this MTC but it feels like theres a lot because its so small.

In the pictures Im with Elder Moreno holding a flag from Colombia, with Elder Snyder- He was zone leader before me and he is from Oceanside California which is where I was born so it was nice to have a fellow Californian among us haha. And then my companion and I in front of the Lima temple. Alright well I hope all of you had a great week  and if someone isnt on this list I really hope this gets forwarded to whoever wants it. Have a Happy Halloween!!!!

Alma 53 20-21      Sorry for my grammer this Spanish keyboard is ridiculous and I cant find anything.