End of Week 4!

Hola Familia!

Well, in the MTC bubble the news of the reelection of Obama came quickly which is not the greatest outcome, but as our branch president said, "This too shall pass." haha Sorry to you guys but I won't be living in the country for the first two years of this term!

Our district continues to be super strong because we are so small. We had some leadership changes this week, so the other companionship in my district got called as zone leaders on Sunday and I got called as our district leader, so I pick up the mail, which is a very exciting experience and I get to feel like Santa bringing gifts to mis companeros. 

The Espanol continues to come and we are beginning to speak in coherent sentences! In lessons sometimes we repeat what each other has said because we don't really understand what they said and our investigators, who are also our teachers, say, "Yeah I know he just said that," which is pretty funny. Hermano Herman, or Cesar when he is our investigator, never can keep a straight face in our lessons and always smirks at us when we are struggling to understand him.

We're are learning every single day and one of the Elders remarked the other night how it is a rare occurrence when we don't have a spiritual experience during a day or class period. He also remarked on how grateful he is that we are all able to invite the Spirit so we're good friends but we are also brothers in the Gospel, which is something that he hasn't ever really had. Basically, we're being humbled and realizing how much that we need to rely on the Lord, not only during this mission but throughout our lives, and when we do that, He can perform miracles through us. The MTC does feel like prison sometimes, but at least I know that it is temporary!

In the first chapter of 1 Nephi, he talks about being blessed of the Lord but he still had many trials in his life. Just because we are having a hard time and feel like we are alone, we can still be incredibly blessed of the Lord. When we rely on the Lord, it doesn't mean that the trials will be lifted, but we will be better able to endure them, and even make them strengths in our lives. Alright well there is the spiritual thought for the week. I love you all and I'm grateful for all of your support.

Love,