Hey Again!
So it was really nice to talk to everyone on sunday! It was dee Best (that's for you mom - nacho libre). But anyways, it was good to hear all the stories and that pretty much everything is the same, haha, from when I left. oh, but thanks for sending the boxes of stuff you guys are the best I love you! k but so as for today i am not sure really what to write since i told you everything on sunday and its only been a day, haha. but i guess, oh i can let you all in on a thought in my hard glass breaking head though. So during this whole transfer plenty of people have asked me what my vision is for my mission and I'm like shoot i have no idea. I mean I know that i want to baptize people and to be able to learn the language, and other general stuff like that but then they didn't like that answer and i still dont think i have a specific vision. but i was thinking about this and then i remembered i watched this video about President Monson, it was called On the Lord's Errand. super way good movie. I gained a lot of respect for him. he's a stud. well of course we all know that because he was called of God. but the whole movie talked a lot about how throughout the whole life of President Thomas S. Monson, he always followed the Spirit of the Lord and he was always in the right places blessing people's lives. And so i think that pretty much sums up my whole vision probably for my whole life, haha. But I have always wanted to try and follow the Spirit and just do the correct thing so that God knows he can trust me and that when there needs to be something done that i can do that. and that's what i really want to do. I mean i am sure that's what everyone wants to do. but yeah so i was thinking about that yesterday.
So yeah but yesterday, was a good day, I think we had the best lesson we ever had this transfer. it was at HNO Palma's casa, he is a recent convert. it's pretty interesting because he lives with his mom and his mom talked about his conversion story and told a lot about how it happened and the background of her whole family too because her whole family are members of the church. She was baptized first though and her whole family except for Oscar (HNO Palma) was baptized after she was. so she had a strong testimony of the gospel it was really nice, but really long too like dad, haha just kidding. But so it was really nice, oh yeah i forgot to tell you about a new investigator we got. her name is Gladys. Pretty sweet ah! So that was really nice. and then another part of the day we went to go help out some English elders out in our area. nice guys, they always want to hang out with us. we are actually going to the zoo with them today. how's that one ah mom? pretty good yeah? so i'll write a letter about all the animals haha next week. but yeah so we were helping them out and we went to this brothers house and did some service and he reminded me of you dad it was hilarious. he was big in the stomach area, haha, just kidding, but he always had the dumb jokes you always do. oh you would have been laughing so hard. and then we played a little badminton. now that was a lot of fun. don't judge me haha. i guess i just like weenie sports all of a sudden, I dont know.
but yeah. what else? oh mom sent me an email that said you sent some money in the boxes, what are you thinking! haha i told you i am alright though. because i want to see if i can survive on what i have, that way for once in my life i dont have to be spoiled. plus i am trying to make my own survival story too. oh okay shoot i totally forgot to tell you about this story a couple of weeks ago my companion just reminded me. so here it is: So we were driving one day and then he starts speeding up and then cranks a hard turn and then parks the car and here i am first surprised at the sudden move of action and surprised that he is doing something exciting (remember he likes chess and video games, haha) and so he gets out of the car and grabs his bag and pretty much starts running and I am like trying to follow him and I was like where the heck are we going? i was like what did he see? a first edition Chess set made out of koa wood and handcrafted back in the 90's or something? i dont know man. then he chases down these two spanish ladies and says hola como esta and then looks at me and i looked at him, and i was oh shoot so i started talking to them about families and Jesus Christ and the Church and then i asked when we could come over and talk more about our message and then one of them said oh well my husband has a meeting with the bishop and but i think later that night we have you for dinner on the calendar. so they were members... oh i hit my companion after that one, haha, but it was pretty funny. alright, peace out my family.
Love you all! thanks for everything and good spanish on your email mom, it was funny. i'll take pictures today and send um!
Love, Elder Thomas
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