January 19, 2015

Wow this week was definitely a little bit different than the last 6. It is always different getting used to living with someone else. Especially after you were such good friends with your other companion. But my new companion is awesome and we get along great and work had so everything is good. 

This week was awesome. We worked hard all week with the families we are teaching but this week we tried to have a member family in almost every lesson with them. It was a lot better than just teaching them alone and the members helped us out a ton. And it paid off because all 9 of them came to church yesterday. R and L are pumped for their baptism on the 31st and are progressing really fast. I love teaching them because they actually want to learn and prepare themselves for their baptism. A lot of other people are just there to kinda listen and nod their heads haha. C and L are also progressing a lot. They are reading and praying and everything. We just need to keep working on all of the papers and stuff so that they can get married and get baptized on the 28th.

I love Talara. I love the people here. I have made so many good friends since I have been here. Especially with the families that we are teaching. We are always having fun and there is always an awesome spirit felt when we are with them.

There are a lot of new missionaries in our zone and everyone is working hard and it is awesome. The Talara zone is going to be seeing some success over the next few months and I know it. I am so happy to be here. I have been feeling that this is where I am supposed to be and this is what I am supposed to be doing more than ever lately. I am so thankful for my mission and the opportunities that it is giving me. 

Today we went to Lobitos which is a beach about 15 mins from Talara. We played football and soccer and all that stuff. I put sunscreen on but still got freaking fried haha. There were a ton of gringos there because there are some really pretty beaches around here that people always come to visit. 

Well that’s pretty much it. Love you guys!