Aug 29, 2012

alright awesome week.

friday, elder christopherson, of the 12 is coming to the chapel next to our property for a mission conference and it will be awesome. im singing in the choir, and it should be an awesome meeting. apparently he speaks perfect spanish, so they will be getting a translator for us.

futbol is stinking amazing here. the latinos are unbelievably good soccer players, and its a ton of fun playing with them every day!! im getting pretty good if i do say so myself.

while they may be good futbol players, they wreak havoc when driving. holy crap thought our bus was going to roll, flying around the roundabout this morning on the way to the temple. also, a semi nearly hit us, but thats not news haha

I love my roommates!! the latinos are amazing people. check this out-- elder condori, 21 years old, from cuzco, is totally a dj there, and djs big dances with a ton of north american tourists! how cool!! i talk to him about music. he loves bryan adams, and the spirit stallion of the cimmarron soundtrack! But i love those elders. Condori brought three ties on his mission. three ties. so i gave him two that i don{t care for too much. im learning so many lessons about what really matters in life. (hint--not money)

also, prayer works. the spirit is powerful. the gift of tongues is real. and the church is true. haha a few things ive learned this week.

umm... im joining a latino district for these last two weeks. that means that in class, it will be 100 percent spanish (for real because no one even enderstands english) and it will kick my butt but i am very pumped and very ready to trust in the lord. a couple other elders in our district are doing it too, because we feel like we need to push ahead. If the teachers sign for you, they allow elders to do it, so we got signatures and jumped in the deep end. well see if i can swim.

but please pray for me. Because this is not for me. this is for the people i can find. if i can speed up the language learning process, of course i would do it. So i will try. Ill be getting a latino companion also, so... please pray for me. 

ill let you all know how the elder christopherson thing goes!! oh and next wednesday we go on a tour of the city, and elder nash is probably coming!! so pumped. 

yo sé que esta iglesia es verdadero y que jesucristo es el salvador. cuando tenía preguntas y problemas in mi vida, y cuando quería saber si esta iglesia fui verdadero, he recibido una respuesta cada vec--sí. Le amo el Señor y sé que Él me amo tambien. por favor oren por las personas que encuentro en el campo de misional. Por favor oren por yo tambien, por que necesito mucha ayuda del espíritu santo, para que me ayuda aprender esta idioma. yo sé que jose smith fue un profeta de Dios, y creo que Él tradujo el libro de mormón para nosotros en este tiempo. ¡Les amo mucho!

Elder Hartvigsen