August 17, 2015

Phew!!  Finally made it to McAllen last Monday  It has been 10 days since I last wrote to you all but now it will be on Mondays just like every other missionary.  First day we met the mission president and wow, he is truly one who has been called of God to lead missionaries in the work of the Lord.  Coming from Chile, his spanish is super clear and crisp, it was awesome to meet him.  My first companion's name is Elder Blackman and he and all the elders in our district are super funny and all hardworking but also lighthearted and very loving of each other and jokesters with each other when the time is appropriate of course. 

We have been working in an area called Donna, TX that was previously closed but now has been reopened and so we only have a few records to go off of to figure out and learn who everyone is and such but we are trying hard.  We have begun already teaching people about the gospel and the work is progressing.  Maybe slow but still going.  

So this mission is one of the few in the world where we are required to be bilingual so there is both English and Spanish teaching and speaking so whoohoo! But dont worry, always ready for Spanish first.

We have already met so many people here accepting us to initially teach them but we have faith that we can continue to help them in all things that we can do to serve them.  Just to name a few, we have met Cruz and Tania and their family of 6 kids, who have always wondered for example what the difference was between all the churches in the world or even in just this town alone.   Bingo, entryway to be able to share with them the truth that we have.  What blessings they can receive if we can continue with them!  

I must be going but wanted to say to all that I made it here safe and that the work has begun practically right away on my second day here.  This is the only time I will say so because it is unecessary to mention but whooooooooo, it is super humid hot here, I thought we werent suppose to go swimming.  But literally as soon as one walks outside, you slam into a wall of moisture in the air and my glasses fog up every time=P  Love it here, wouldnt want to be anywhere else.  TMM esta impresionante!!!