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So that title has absolutely nothing to do with this week.

So I have been blessed to exercise a little more patience this last week.  I only hit my companion two times.  --Just kidding mom I was speaking sarcastically--  

We had a lot of fun this week and we brough 13 people to church this week, and let me tell ya that is a lot harder that it sounds.  So we are going to have our first baptism of this transfer in two weeks and we are planning on baptising I think it's 8 people.  So that will make up for the lack of success we have had lately.  

Elder Garcia teaches me a lot, he is a very relaxed guy and an even better teacher.  He is teaching me to relax more to, and let me tell you that is very, very hard and for those of you who know me well, you probably understand how nearly impossible that is.  But little by little I hope to have learned how to really relax by the time I hop off of the plane in August of 2017.  

So one thing if I can express anything to any of you is read the scriptures CAREFULLY.  To be honest I don't think that our Heavenly Father cares if we read everyday if we aren't reading with a purpose or to get anything out of it.  Especially the Book of Mormon, and I am not talking like this young missionary trying to express the joy that he finally has because he is finally applying himself to the gospel.  I am talking as the person who really doesn't like to read and is really lazy when it comes to the matter.  But if you really want to feel the spirit you can do it so easily by carefully reading the Book of Mormon.

I think there are four steps to really studying the scriptures effectively.

1.  Remove yourself from commotion. 

In order to focus on the words that you read you need to be able to almost shut the world out, I think finding a quiet place is the easiest place to receive personal inspiration.

2.  Pray (Obviously)  and ask Heavenly father to help you read and understand things with his help that you would not be able to understand without his help-- pray to receive personal revelation.

3.  With every passage, generally every couple of verses, ask yourself why it was included and what God wants us to learn from it. 

This is literally when you can receive the feelings of the Holy Ghost testifying to you that what you are reading is true and has purpose for you.

4.  Do as Nephi and liken all scriptures unto yourself.  

Take time afterwards like 5 minutes or so to just think about the things you read, try to fit all the puzzles into place, you will be surprised what you learn

Anyway yeah and seriously I'm not like saying "Oh yeah look at me Mr. Missionary enlightening everyone" I'm saying you can really take advantage of you time reading the scriptures in this manner, and evade wasting time and the feelings of the lack of importance that we sometimes experience when we think about church and stuff like that. 

So oh yes, I woke up friday morning wanting to die because I got food poisoning.  Lemme tell ya that is just a lovely experience when you are finding yourself praying that you can throw up to be able to relieve the pain in your stomach at 2 in the morning.  

And don't think those prayers are silly.  They were answered and to be honest yes I did feel better after puking... lots and lots of times.

Well im having fun, and didn't really have a lot to say today, but hey, don't waste your time when you read the scriptures read with a purpose and gain a testimony.  

Love you all and thanks for the emails, you all are the best.

 

So while at church the bishop came asked me to take this horse that got loose out of the parking lot because it was acting crazy and scaring everyone and bucking and kicking. So I went outside and yeah basically saved the day.  It was pretty intense at first but I thought we got along quite well.   Here is a collage of or getting to know each other. 

Needless to say, I really miss being around horses.  

 Elder Garcia and muñeca the golden retriever

So Juvencio the dad of a big family we are gonna baptize in two weeks found us one day while out selling fish on his bike... he´s a really cool and good guy.

The Elders in the District and the two zone leaders during district class.