¡Feliz Cumpleaños Colton! Que sea los mejor 12 posible.
Dang, that last paragraph made me trunky, dad hahaha Kimball in Cali, Nate and Andrew are old in the mission, Seth leaving to Honduras (we're all going Spanish-speaking!), Austin putting in the papers... wow I remember when our we were all so much younger in young mens. Soooo weird!!! Steven and I are getting pretty close here to the end... BAH! Don't want to think about it!
That's totally fine about the trip! No problem at all, it will be a lot less stressful for us all I think. Just let me know how many days we'll have and I'll plan accordingly. It is going to be AWESOME!
Ya, the ash has reached Uruguay pretty bad, but nowhere as bad as Argentina I'm sure. Today with the cold and humidity, the ash has blocked the sunshine, though. It's like a big gray cloud-filled sky. But, it comes and goes with the weather, nothing really falling from the sky or anything. There's been a lot of research here in uruguay since the earthquake last year in Chile and they say there's a big fault here thats never erupted right through the heart of the country. The only time it ever shook was in the 1830s and it was very very minor. So... just like everywhere else in the world, everyone is paranoid hah I can only imagine what's on the news these days...
Congrats on the job, dad! One less thing to worry about!
This week was wonderful! No baptismal service to plan, so we just worked hard to prepare the others for this month and find a lot of people. We found 2 AWESOME families that of course neither are married, but accepted everything and we're going to work on getting a marriage date taken out this week. We had a priesthood activity of a ping-pong tournament that had a pretty good turn out. Its a lot easier to get investigators to activities than church haha We've been working a lot through activities and making a lot of effort to get investigators at evening things such as baptismal services and it helps a ton. Sometimes, going to church at 9:30 am on a Sunday is something they just won't do unless they understand truly why they need it so much.
Orlando is officially off smoking for 1 week. 100-0 in 3 days IS possible. He's having such terrible reactions, though, hehe he's constantly scratching his neck and face and has marks to prove it! Poor guy is suffering pretty bad, but after 10 years of fighting for his answer to his prayers, now that he has it, he's not letting anything hold him back. He's such a good example!
The Ferreira family is doing great, too. They came to church again this Sunday, and are excited for their baptism the 25th. Today we went fishing all morning with them, Hugo, and Orlando. I caught the biggest fish, the biggest I've ever caught in my life! I didn't have a reel or anything, just the line wrapped around an aerosal can (ghetto, but it worked great haha). Elder Stevens caught a bunch of little fish for bait and I landed a huge sucker alright, hes not HUGE, but for a river fish from just the bank side, it was a 10 pounder Dorado with teeth like a Piranha haha Tonight we have FHE with the Ferreiras and it's on the menu.
This week Elder Foster of the 70 is coming in town for Zone Conference. We have some stuff to prepare, but it will turn out really cool. I'm excited to see what we learn new. This last week we had a training for our weekly planning. We are planning in one go every hour for the entire week with a back-up. It takes a LONG time, but saves time during the week thinking what to do next. I constantly wish I could start over the mission knowing what I know now! MAN!
I love you all so much and am glad everything is working out. Give Seth a big hug and see you in 2 years hehe. Keep working hard enjoying your vacations!
Elder Magnusson
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