This week was even better than the last! Elder Villegas and I set some pretty high goals when I first got into the area, but those goals have unfortunately not yet been met by us. But I can say with absolute certainty that we are doing everything in our power (physically, mentally, spiritually) to continue to reach those goals. It helps us think harder, plan smarter, and work with more urgency.

This week has been full of just straight work and finding. Some days we don't even have full time in the mornings to get ready or to study because we are excited to rush straight to work. I love Elder Villegas because he loves to work just as hard, so we get along real well. In our work we are serious and diligent, but we are also very close and love to joke around with everyone. It's a really good mix that we have in this companionship.

Honestly, I don't really know what to update on here. I'll just slip in some personal thoughts.

Last week we met a man named Emilio. He claims that he has no specific religion, but he studied at a religious seminary for ten years, so he knows a lot about the Bible. He started by telling us that he had only ONE question for us, and that if we could answer it, then he would listen to our message. He asked: If Adam and Eve were both white, then where did all of the different races in the world come from? We were pretty unsure if we should answer him or not because we felt like he wouldn't accept our answer, so we just told him that we didn't know. He proceeded to tell us that back in ancient biblical times, angels came down from heaven to marry people here on earth, and the angels that married women and DIDN'T return back to heaven because of their disobedience were cursed with black skin. We tried to explain to him that the answer to his difficult question can actually be found in the Book of Mormon, but he absolutely refused to receive anything that came from the Book of Mormon.

We were pretty speechless after that because his claim has absolutely no realistic basis...

Weird stuff right? But it pointed out, yet again, that no matter how much knowledge a person has about the bible and religious things, if they don't accept the Book of Mormon to be the word of God, then their knowledge pretty much levels out to nothing. This man continued trying to make endless points on doctrine that is very vague in the Bible, but is so clear in the Book of Mormon. If this man would have only accepted the Book of Mormon, he would have the answers to literally all of his questions. We laughed about it afterwards because most of the primary children in this church know more about God's plan for us than Emilio did.

In conclusion, the Book of Mormon is true kids! Read it! That's it for this week, thanks for tuning in, stay classy ya'll ;)