hey guys!!!!
hope you guys had a great turkey day!!
sounded like a blast. i wrote a
letter that should get to you just before christmas. i sent it last
monday, so let me know when you get it. love you mom.
this
week i only had three days to work in my sector and only one full day
to work with elder ralda because he had so much stuff to do before he
left. i was on splits with the other two elders that i live with, elder
figgini and elder espinoza. since i wasnt in my own sector very much,
nothing changed from last week, but elder ralda and i had our planing
session on sunday and are planning on having 12 people to invite (or
reinvite) to baptism for the 27th of diciembre. im hoping and praying
for these people to be ready for this date. i have decided that all i
really want for christmas is a baptism. i know that through my
obedience, diligence, and prayers that anything is possible so i am
going to work extra hard to bring these people unto christ and to make
their own sacred covenants and be baptized.
on
saturday we figured out the changes for the next 6 weeks! as you knew
already elder ralda is going home, so im getting a new comp named elder
munoz. hes from texas, and is half mexican, half gringo. he speaks
perfect english and spanish and has been out in the field for 18 months
and will be our new district leader. when i get elder munoz, ill have
had 3 different comps in 4 months, and all three of my comps have been
district leaders and latinos, kinda funny but it has been such a
blessing to have such great trainers and to have learned so much from
each of them. now that im officialy done with my training, elder munoz
and i will be co comps, and im no longer a greeny!!!!!!
im
looking forward to meeting elder munoz and im ready to go to work with
him. elder ralda left last night at 7. and it was actually kind of hard
to say bye to him. i learned a lot from him and we had a lot of good
funny times (and hard times with our investigators) and i learned so
much from him. it was tough to say bye, but he was ready to go, he
served his time and a little extra and he was a great example to me. i
learned a lot from him since he has been a DL, ZL, assistant to the
pres, and just about every other calling one can have while in the
mission.
i got to go on splits with elder
benavides this week, so that was way cool! we worked for a few hours in
rancagua, in the ghetto city blocks, in the pouring, freezing cold rain,
and we were soaked the entire time but it was a blast getting to hang
out with and work with elder b. every time i get to see him, we just
smile the whole time and have a blast together. i hope one day ill get
to be his comp, we would baptize everyone we met. one day, it will
happen.
hey if you guys are planning on sending
a package, could you send my go pro stuff that is in my box of stuff at
home? i need the case and all the other parts that are in the box of my
go pro stuff por favor :) i would also appreciate kit kats and eggnog
from america, (i cant find eggnog anywhere down here, and it just wont
be a real navidad sin ponche de huevo) if you are planning on sending a x
mas package, but dont feel like you have to, its only x mas, no biggie
ha. if you could send me the holloways email, brother filleys email,
olsens email, and logan and hunter walkers emails, that would be super
great!
here is a picture of the sector i was
in while on divs with elder espinoza and elder figgini and here is one
last foto of good ole elder ralda!
love you
guys so much, thanks for all the love and support. good luck with your
surgery dad, and you should have bought the 30/06 by the way (next year
you should). hope you guys have a great week, ill send pictures of elder
munoz and i cant wait to talk to you guys next week! thanks for all the
packages and letters and love!
Elder Benevidas
