Things are looking up from here!

 8/16/21

Hi everyone! Thanks to your motivation I will now be writing something every week so look forward to recieving more {{fairly mediocre}} content... next monday! This week was better than last week, things are improving. And I really worked hard on my goal of listening intently and participating more in the conversation, I'm finally starting to come out of my shell. It hasn't changed completely but I'm seeing improvement. I need to stop letting discouragement attack me. I can do it!First big news, do you remember Felipe? Chances are you don't, hehe. Felipe was our friend who was preparing for baptism and couldn't because of a last minute problem with the word of wisdom, and kind of fell of the face of the earth. Well on wednesday he wrote us out of the blue and told us that he wants to take the lessons again and be baptized! He is back and better than ever, with his 4 notebooks to study, and studying in an institute class with his girlfriend who is a member. We had a lesson with him on Saturday, and gave him a baptismal date for September 3rd, and we're going to teach him three times a week!We found a new friend named Diego who is super great. He is 19 and is the first friend that I've taught in my mission that actually reminds me of my real life friends, he likes books and is really sweet. It's so great because I'm realizing that I want so bad for him to accept the message! I want him to keep his commitments. I want him to be baptized. I want him to serve a mission, go to the temple, and stay strong! I love feeling this desire.We couldn't get anyone to church last week which was a little sad. But we did see a lot of members there, less actives, and members who we've been ministering to.eh I don't have a picture for this week I guess i can give you a selfie of me at the computer with my coat and my hat because im freezing hehe

oh and a low quality picture from zone conference!But that's my update for this week! Thanks for reading ^-^
Have a great week and may the force be with you! 
((this week i wrote a yoda quote in my scriptures, "luminous beings are we, not this crude matter"))




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