21 November 2018

Life over here just got crazy. I just got assigned as a trainer, which means my companion is fresh out of the MTC and it is my responsibility to show him the ropes and be a good example for him, as well as a good friend. Which is crazy. Usually, when a missionary gets to the field he will feel a little homesick and everything, but my companion doesn't seem to have any of that kind of problem. He was baptized in the church just a little over a year ago and he came to the mission for the right reasons: to bless the lives of others.

Yesterday, (which was his first day in the field)  in order to give him a good example and help him overcome the fear of talking with strangers and teaching them, I started to talk to everyone on the first bus that we took, and I mean everyone. When I finished talking with one person I moved on to the next, I think I actually only talked to five people, one of whom was something like a missionary of a different religion. And it felt super great!

I don't usually talk to that many people on the bus, but that time I did. More than anything to help my companion understand a little bit of what the Lord expects of his missionaries.

I don't share this to brag, because I know I'm not perfect. I have so many faults it is ridiculous. But in this case, I gave it an extra effort out of love for my companion so that he can be a better missionary than I am. And in that process, I felt the spirit which told me that what I was doing was the right thing, which makes me feel super great.

My new companion is named Elder Lojano and he is from Ecuador. I think next week I'll send you'all a picture of him. I believe I will still be with him when we do the video call at Christmas, so you'll get to know him.

anyway, I love you all, keep being awesome.

14 November 2018

A few weeks ago I bought a new camera cause the other one that I had stopped working all of the sudden. So I'll try to send you some pictures.



There's one of a pair of twins who live here in the area. They are preparing to serve missions and always help us visit the investigators.

One of Elder Cordón from the Quorum of the Seventy and his wife. (Maybe Grandpa Berg remembers them) They came to a multi-zone conference in our mission. Sister Cordón asked me twice where I was from. I imagine that she recognized me from somewhere but couldn't place it until I reminded her that we met once in Nauvoo the summer before I came to the mission. They really are some nice people though.

There is also a photo of my handsome mug...

and that of my companion. His name is Elder González from Honduras.

Anyway, I love you all very much, keep being awesome.