Buenos
Dias!
Last
Monday we got together as a Zone and played soccer! It was sooooo much fun. We
have a lot of Hispanics in our zone so I really enjoyed it.
Okay
so I want to start off telling an April Fools joke that was played on us that
BACKFIRED pretty bad. On Tuesday we had this thing called MLC, just a meeting
for all the zone leaders and sister training leaders, well I had my phone in my
bag the whole time during the meeting and when it ended I checked the phone and
I had 2 miss call and a text from these elders in our zone that said "call
us, its an emergency!" so they tried contacting us at 2:15 and we checked
at 3 when the meeting ended. So we called back and they are all like
"Elder ____ just got hit by a car on his bike and we are in the hospital
right now, we already let president know and we are just letting you know as
well... I got to go though.." so they just hung up... so since we
were in a meeting with president we decided to ask him, just to follow up
and see how things were or if he wanted us to check up on them. Well when we
told him about it, he just kind of was freaking out and checking his phone for
miss calls or texts and he had nothing, his wife walked in and he's like
"we have an elder that just got hit" so she's freaking out and
checking her phone. I am trying to call them back for more details but nothing;
President is calling them back but nothing... THEN.... I get a text so I say hey
President they just sent us a text so he leads over to see what it said and it
said... "April Fools, it was a joke".. ohhhhhhh no. President was
just like "Call them back, Now!" so we did, they answered, President
took our phone to talk to them and walked off... they got it pretty bad.. So yeah
next you’re ever try pulling a joke, think and plan it out before! :)
SO
this week I went on 2 more exchanges!! with Elder Alls! he's soooo cool. He's
African American and super funny. He let me barrow his du-rag. We b brothers. I
gave him a haircut as well so I can officially say I cut textured hair now too.
Then
I went with Elder Smith. He's so awesome he plays ball, is from Utah and is
just a super chill guy. We had a ton of fun as well!
This
girl just returned from her mission last week and she's cool. Her cousin lives
by her house and we teach the cousin with her too. It is so much easier when a
member is involved. It really is. So everyone, invite a friend, family member
to be taught by the missionaries! It really is the best. She also served in the
San Diego mission so she knew my friend Mitch Fowler so that's pretty cool. He
told her to look for me but what do you know, she lives in my area and we eat
with their awesome family every Sunday!
Conference
was amazing, like always. I wish I had paid more attention when I was
younger because you get so much out of it. One of my favorite talks was the one
about Joseph Smith's first vision and how important that moment was. How he
prepared to pray for that moment. That just makes me realize that instead of
just praying about it, if I REALLY want to know, I need to prepare for it, be
worthy, be ready and most importantly, ask in FAITH! I love it! I love the
gospel so much. It’s perfect.
I
love and miss you all!
<3/ Elder
Puertas
