Weekly Update!! :)

¡Hola a todos!

So this has been an incredibly busy and productive week. My companion and I had some rough patches but worked them out so our companionship is better than ever! We were able to do a lot this week. We had more RC chats over the past few days that have really made us work. I love the RC! It really makes you think and study on real needs that people have. Elder Harker and I also had a TRC appointment. We both thought it was really choppy and rough but the person that we taught thought otherwise. She gave us a Spirituality Rating of 8 out of 10. This completed Elder Harker's and my goal to increase our rating every time we teach. We were pretty pumped. We had devotional again on Sunday and it was INCREDIBLE! It went over time for about 45 minutes but I learned SO much from it! The speaker spoke about our purpose as missionaries and broke Our Purpose down and covered it piece by piece. It really opened up my eyes to the whole reason I'm here.

As for the language this past week, It's still been a struggle but it's coming along one day at a time. We've learned all the tenses except the Past Subjunctive tense but, we won't learn that until about the 7th or 8th week here. Last week I wrote my first talk in spanish meaning, I didn't copy ANYTHING from PME or True to the Faith. I was really proud of myself. AS I may have explained, every week at the TRC we do something in spanish. Our first week, we did really short contacts (about 3 minutes each). Our second week we did 2 longer contacts (about 7 minutes each). Last week we followed up/extended commitments for about 10 minutes. This week though, we TAUGHT the importance of prayer and how to pray for about 20 minutes. On that note, we taught our last lesson in English yesterday. Next TRC appointment, we will do our prelim. assignment then teach a 30 minute lesson in Spanish. It's going to be tough but it's going to be way cool! It's so awesome how Heavenly Father blesses us when we struggle. I wouldn't have it any other way! :)

In other news, I've been a little sick recently. Sore throat and achyness. It's been going around my district for a while now so it was only a matter of time before I got it. I've also been getting a LOT of pictures with friends that are here in the MTC. It kinda drives my companion crazy sometimes. :) HAHA. But, everything is coming along really well. They released me as District Leader this past Sunday. To explain how it works, the Zone presidency releases/calls District Leaders every four weeks. So, it was time. It was a great experience and I learned a ton! However, the fun doesn't stop there. The Zone presidency called my companion and I to be Zone leaders until we leave on the 22nd of September! We've been shadowing the old ones since Sunday and will take control of those responsibilities this Sunday. So, exciting stuff. It's going to take a bit of time but it's going to be a blast! However, I need to finish my laundry. I hope everyone is ok! I know school is starting back up really soon so those who are traveling: "BE SAFE!!" Keep the letters rolling and ¡Hasta luego! ¡Les amo mucho!