I got the news that I will be transferred to a new area called Comun. President is sending me out there to help my new companion to be a leader

I learned a priceless lesson this last week. The whole of the lesson was actually learned in about 20 minutes or so, but I think the Lord has been preparing me for the last four and a half months to get me to those final 20 minutes, in order to teach me the things that I needed to learn. I won't go deep into the details, but Elder David and I have really been having a lot of friction this past transfer (so for the past 6 weeks) but neither of us talked about it. It was kind of under the surface stuff, but it was VERY obvious that both of us were irritated.

Well, last Friday, we finally opened up to each other about all of the things we were irritated with. We used very blunt words to explain what we were feeling, and turns out that we were both feeling the EXACT same thing about each other. The conversation lasted about 20 minutes, but by the end, there was not even a trace of anger or frustration between the two of us. Crazy how we both just sat and suffered for 6 weeks when all we needed was a twenty minute talk to put it past us. Valuable lessons for the future. I assume this lesson might come in handy when I'm married hahaha.

Anyways, as far as the work goes, this last week was GREAT for finding! We have made it a goal to talk to as many people as we can in the streets, and really focus our finding efforts on families. So anytime we saw a family sitting together, or just a couple sitting together, we just walked straight up to them and tried to introduce the Gospel. We ended up finding two families who are very humble, kind, and interested in the Gospel and in what we have to share. We are very excited to see the progression these two families will make. We were able to teach both of them in their homes, and they really seemed to get what we taught and showed that they were very interested.

We also found an attorney! That probably doesn't sound that cool to you guys, but here it's a pretty big deal because all of the attorneys and the lawyers here are VERY prideful and don't want anything to do with us. But we were tracting late one night and found this guy named Edgar Abitria. We briefly shared a 2 minute message of the Restoration, and he told us to come back the next day to teach him in his office. We did, of course, come back the next day, and it was one of the most professional visits that I've experienced here on my mission. He was actually very humble and respectful (asked a ton of questions) but he told us that he wants to hear more about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. Cool stuff right?

Just last night I got the news that I will be transferred to a new area called Comun, which isn't too far from where I'm at right now. I know nothing about this new place, all I know is that it's supposed to be a very beautiful place. I don't know who my new companion is, all I know is that he's a special assignment for me. The Assistants told me that President is sending me out there to help my new companion to be a leader. I guess we will see how these next six weeks go! I have high hopes though. Either way, I'll be home pretty soon, so I plan on giving it my all in this new area.

 Photo with some ward memebers

This is Fred! Hes from Pennsylvania, and he's super cool. We took some farewell pictures with him. He lives in the apartment underneath us. He hates Mormons, but he loves us haha.