March 24, 2016

I love you all, and yeah we came earlier this p-day to write but its hard to get everything in. haha This week has seemed like it flew by. It just makes me realize that I need to be working twice as hard! The temple was amazing! And it was in Spanish! We had cards to read there. P-day is good but at the same time it almost seems too relaxed for the schedule we have been on. This week has mainly been just getting into the schedule and learning how to teach.

We had these one-time investigators here, that are really members. And we were prepared for one type of situation and it was a totally different type of situation and so we were panicking but once we got in there we could feel the spirit and where we needed to go in the lesson and I think that that was the first time that I recognized the gift of tongues because I wasn't worried about the lesson, but I was just trying to express myself. I did not speak clearly at all, but I felt a clarity in my head that I don't normally have. I'm usually freaked out and anxious. This week we also went to a hotel by the temple here and our teacher just told us to start talking to people. It was probably the scariest thing ... I felt so nervous but it went well. I'm grateful for Elder Harding because he helps me a lot with Spanish. We talked to an older lady and she was hard to understand. After she gave us sandwiches though! Haha Then we talked to a middle aged couple who both served missions. Then a group of teens. Now we have fake investigators every day. 

Yesterday we had to go and sign our visas and make it official so we rode a bus into the town and it was so amazing seeing the city! We are on the outskirts of the city and the city was so busy! Lots of run down buildings but also very gorgeous roads! We saw some cathedrals but we were just in the one passport building and that was it. So many trees here. The drivers are crazy! Everybody drives an inch away from each other! Haha. But I think Salta will be a lot different.

I am the senior companion but sometimes I just ask what I'm supposed to learn from this because I don't feel like it. Haha my companion is pretty good with Spanish and putting sentences together, and I'm grateful for it.

Just a lot of Spanish study. I memorized the first vision in Spanish, and I got to use it yesterday on one of our investigators here at the MTC. I definitely felt the spirit more because I was able to recite it rather than reading it from the pamphlet. They want us to memorize a lot which I am not too good at but it is good and I feel like when I do work for it I am blessed to be able to memorize it.

I;m still getting along really well with everyone here. I love all the North American elders, and I love all the Latinos. I had a conversation with one guy the other day. He just asked about mi familia and stuff like that. I was super happy that I could communicate at least a little bit. They still kick my butt in soccer and they probably always will, but I'm getting a little better... haha

Have a great week!

Elder Wolf