as for my health, I’m not sure what to say about that. I have been taking the pills and I’m not sure if they have been helping or not. some days I feel great, like I was never sick. other days my stomach hurts really bad but I’m constipated. other days my stomach is killing me and I am constantly in the bathroom. I might be going back to the doctor this week so ill keep you updated more. I know I’m in your prayers but please pray for my health!
things here other than my health are good! we have a baptismal date for a man names Oscar this week, the 8th. I hope he keeps going the way he is going and we can actually get him baptized and confirmed. I hate seeing people that are progressing very rapidly then they just stop, it breaks my heart. I wish I could knock some sense into them and tell them what they are missing!
holy cow conference was amazing this time, as it is every time but man I really got a lot out of it. this was my first time actually paying 100% attention to it and taking notes and it was worth it. I got to watch it in English in the clerk’s office, with air condition. and believe me when I say I might have broken that ac bc I had it all the way up! haha it was really cold in there for the other Americans but it’s ok it was the chapel in my ward!! I loved elder Holland’s talk, that was another powerful one by him. he gets so worked up when he needs to be blunt about something and I love that about him. he always makes many great points.
the spirit is amazing in its promptings. we have made it more of a goal of ours to listen to the spirit more often bc we can learn a lot from it and also so can the people we are teaching.
nothing really big happened this week, which kind of stinks but were working hard! one cool thing was that the beecha, its girl in Spanish, that I baptized brought a friend to her baptism and that was her first time in the church and after she told us she wanted to be baptized...we were like ok we need to teach you first and she said ok with a smile on her face but we haven’t talked to her again bc she has been sick so I’m hoping soon we can.
a couple areas in our zone are being shut down because they are getting too dangerous. people keep getting mugged, sorry missionaries keep getting mugged among other things that I won’t mention. it’s sad how people are so desperate they will stick a guns to someone’s head for $5.
one thing that I know has already changed about me is my thirst to learn. I’ve never read so much in my life and enjoyed it. right now I’m reading the search for happiness, the book of Mormon and true to the faith. I’m almost done with all of them but true to the faith, that’s a very long book. I never thought I would say this but I really miss school and the learning aspect of it. I have a lot of learning to do in the gospel principles but I miss the other kind of learning. I love to read, those are 4 words that I never thought I would say haha
Spanish is coming along. people still tell me I’m doing really well but I don’t feel like it. I don’t think I’ll ever feel adequate enough with my Spanish but I can get my point across slowly now, which is how were supposed to teach it to people.
that’s about it for me this week. oh a funny thing...the people here that don’t know like any English know a couple words and say things like “ohh freak”. they love the word freak here for some reason, I know my mom would love to hear that all day!
I hope all is well with everyone and I can’t wait to hear how things are next week. ill attach some pictures too!
love,
Elder Herman