August 25, 2015

So first off... I didn´t recieve an email. But I forgive you. :) No pasa nada. But I hope that all is well in that fam. Fuertes, Sanos , felizes. :) So I got a new comp. :) His name is Elder Mendoza. He got here to the mission the same time as me. So it is pretty cool to be with a brother of my generation. He is a great Elder! He's really calm and ready to work. So I thought that I was going to be able to lay low my whole mission but this change they called me as District Leader.... Sigh... I really thought that I was going to make it without that but ni modo. It´s alright, I am going to take advantage of the opportunity to better my teaching skills :) and to serve the other Elders. So it should be good. Pray for me to be able to help them! :) The funny part of this week was yesterday in church. Sister Blanca went again (the wife of Bro. Juan Antonio.) He was getting confirmed so, we went up on the stand to confirm him. It was awesome. He looked really really happy. But when we were walking back to the bench, he turned around to me and started singing "I FEEL GOOD! da na na na na na na" and I started laughing. It is so great to see the change in this family. Since we arrived, everything was super sad because of the death of his son and now being super funny and happy. Obviously still with their problems, But happy. :) #thegospelcures Anyways! Something that I want to share in this time of going back to school is something from the story of Nephi. Something that we would say if we got the opportunity to talk to him would be this. [ ¨Man Nephi I have a ton of respect for you. You always obeyed the Lord and your parents. And you never ever complained. I complain about my blessings and you never even complained about your problems. for example, being beaten, tied up for three days, hungry, through all of that you never complained.¨ And here I am Elder Slade, like man this sun is SUPER HOT! and man we are being super rejected today... Nevertheless the mission is a blessing beyond belief It could also be like I have to wake up sooo early for... whatever. Or I am SOOO Busy! with blessings. But BUSY! Haha Let us all remember that we have WAY TOO MANY BLESSINGS to be able to complain about them. And we should try to give thanks more. Turn our complaints into prayers of gratitude. IMAGINE how many more blessings we can receive! :) I love you guys! Have a great week! EVERYBODAY!!! Elder Slade