This has been a really great week for me. I think my favorite moment was being able to go on exchanges with my dad, or my first trainer who is now the district leader. So basically my responsibility was to go and train my trainer on all the things he trained me on, but it went really well and had a great time. We even made more hot Kool-Aid! I was out in Ottawa with him which is way out in the boonies of Kansas. We taught some great lessons in some run down trailers and drove through miles of fields. As for our own area, we have been working a lot with less active members because the people we were teaching all kind of dropped off the face of the planet.... but we found most of them all again this week which is great! Some of my favorite moments this week were meeting with some of our Spanish members. I don't know if I've said this before, but the Hispanic culture is incredible, and now that I can pretty casually just converse with people, I love just getting to know people and laughing together. Spanish is definitely a far better language than English, and I feel like it's starting to come really quickly. I know carry around a little notebook to write down vocabulary and phrases I learn or need to learn, and it helps to just love the language and love the people. We also had a great Stake Conference this Sunday, and Elder Sexton of the 70 spoke about avoiding the deception of the world, and to head the guidance of the prophet in order to keep ourselves safe from danger. Afterwards, I was able to have an interview with President Love which always fires me up. The biggest things I've taken away personally is just wanting to increase my joy even more, not to simply be happy myself, but to show that love and light to others. Not to "light a candle, and put it under a bushel," but to "giveth light unto all that are in the house"(Matthew 5:15). Speaking of candles, I recently reread the devotional by Boyd K Packer "The Candle of the Lord," and as a missionary, it seemed to mean even more. Heeding the promptings of the spirit and being led in all that we do is truly what brings the most joy. I'm excited for the week ahead and to see the ways the Lord guides me in order to spread the light of the gospel. Pongase las pilas!
P.S. This is a picture of me contacting while we waited for a train.
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