Last Zone Conference

This week we had zone conference and it was my last one ever :( So sad to think about right?, ha-ha. It was really good too and I learned so much and I know that everyone else there did as well. We got there early to help finish setting up the chapel and stuff and to practice the musical number that we were going to sing. I got to sing with four other elders and it turned out pretty good. And I got to sing with Elder Keeler again which was something special since we also sang the same musical number together in the Madrid MTC. We started together and ended together. Not bad, ha-ha.

Elder Call and I also gave a presentation during the conference that went pretty well and then for about half the conference I had to go translate for a sister missionary who doesn't speak any English. I honestly love translating! It's such a neat experience hearing and understanding in English and then having it flow out your mouth in Spanish. It's just a really interesting sensation to have it flow so fluidly and easily and I hope that I don't lose that ability as I get older. I'll just have to keep up studying I guess :).

Overall the week went really, really well. We've been finding a lot of new families to teach and we're really excited for them. One is a family from Bolivia that consists of the mom, dad, and daughter who's probably around 6 years old. They're really nice and we'll see how things continue. Another family whom we are teaching are doing fantastic. I love them so much. The husband is less active and his wife isn't a member but they both want to come to church and go to the temple someday to be sealed as a family. The wife knows what she has to do in order to go to the temple and she said that she wants to do it and so we're helping her prepare for baptism and everything else. They're incredible. We had a Family Home Evening with them last night since they work a lot during the week and they loved it. I also said my first real goodbye to some people that we knew here. We taught them months ago and their daughter was baptized but they all just went back to Peru to live there now. And so they invited us over to say goodbye one last time, which was pretty sad. I hate saying goodbyes. The mom, Lucía, said that I needed to go visit them in Peru, ha-ha. She said, "Don't worry about food or housing. We've got you covered. Just the plane ticket", ha-ha. So I might consider the offer sometime :) Wouldn't be a bad little trip.

Everything is going so well. I'm excited for this week because we have a lot of new people to see and teach and we've got lots to do. Just can't stop moving!, ha-ha. If you do, you miss out on all the things that the Lord has for you to do.

We went to seminary this past week to help out in the class. We were pretty tired the rest of the day but it was great. And we'll probably be having to help out a bit more in the coming weeks. But we'll see...

I love you all and hope that everything is going great now that school is in full swing. Thanks for all your love and prayers. They really do help.