"i know that the words of these apostles seers and revelators are inspired"

hey everyone,

this week nothing crazy happened, but we got to listen to elder ceballoz who is probably going to speak in conference, and it was awesome to hear him. he talked about getting to higher, more elevated points in our lives and how we have to climb one mountain only to see that there are others that are taller and bigger, we just couldn't see them from our first point of view. always try to reach higher ways. we got to watch meet the mormons after, and it was so good.

the church recently released this new video called because he lives, look for it and watch it and then share it with everyone you know. its so awesome and a great way to feel and share the spirit of our testimonies with others about the resureccion de cristo in this easter season. 

this week we have changes, crazy how another 6 weeks has flown by, ill let you all know what happened next week. recently i've been praying really hard to stay motivated and excited and to keep feeling the spirit through these past few rough weeks, and this past week has been really great. i just feel happier and more excited to go out and share the gospel with people and serve them. i realized that the power of prayer is so real and that we pass through hard times for a reason. although elder higginbotham and i haven't baptized anyone and don't have a ton of progressing investigators, i'm grateful that we had one of our new investigators come to church and tell us that he would like to come to general conference with us next week!

speaking of conference, i have a challenge for you guys to go into it with at least 1 spiritually minded question about a way that you can improve. i know that the words of these apostles seers and revelators are inspired words and if we watch and pay attention and listen attentively and follow their messages, we will be blessed beyond measure. i love going to conference and its crazy to think that i only have 2 more conferences while i'm in the mission! hope you guys enjoy conference and get answers to your preguntas!

questions:

we fill you in on a lot of details of fun stuff going on at home.  Do you like reading about all the vacations we go on etc, or is it distracting?
keep the updates coming, i love reading them

do you still have a retainer for your teeth and do you wear it?
i haven't seen it in a long time, i think i lost it

what is the best advice you've been given about staying positive? keep praying and serving those around you

how often do you have district meetings and what did you do at your last one?
every wednesday, i taught a lesson on how to see others not as how they are now, but as how they can become  

what is one of the best things you've learned the last 6 weeks.
the power of the book of mormon while reading it and preparing to teach my classes

how do you keep all your appointments organized? 
we have agendas with hourly plans

are you good at being on time to meetings and church etc? 

ha. ya 

is it the middle of summer still in conty?
the mornings are about 50, the afternoons about 80 and the nights about 60

are the short sleeve shirts coming in handy?
yes thank you so much, i wear short sleeves everyday

tell us about any fruit you've had for the first time and what it's like. we had this weird cactus fruit, kind of like a prickly pear cactus. its an orange little ball about as big as an apple and its super soft and sweet. you peel the spiney shell off and just eat the whole thing after

alright guys, love you all, hope you have a great week. mom if you could throw in a pair of size 10.5 shoe insoles in the package with shireen, that would be great, thanks mom. love you all, tenga una buena semana!!!

love elder pacheco