Mason's Mission: Un Misionero pero un Gaucho

Day: almost Halloween (ish)

Pushup Count: 148

Que tal mis amigos? Highlights from this week:

- Last week my district had a p-day activity at Red Rocks state park where I got to run around on rock formations that looked just like St. George

- We drove to the furthest person in our area book to see if they were interested and they were so nice! They gave us a giant bag of apples and told us to come back

- We were driving on a paved road when all of the sudden it dropped off and changed to dirt.... We were going 50 mph so we kinda almost died

- We had a ton of lessons fall through

- We visited an inactive member who's nietas (granddaughters) were visiting. They spoke better Spanish then me... But they got us doing cartwheels and somersaults and stuff and it was so funny

- I learned "if, would" statements in Spanish, which is pretty complicated stuff so I'm kinda proud

- I cut Elder Westerby's hair and he doesn't hate me now, so I count that as a success

- I made stir fry that was absolute fire

- We went to the ward trunk-or-treat and someone told us we're the first missionaries to ever do that we're making progress

- Remember that baptist church I mentioned a couple weeks ago that sings in the park? They were there again this week and they asked us to share something with them! We used a mic and testified of the Holy Ghost and the power of prayer. My Spanish popped off, and the people were so engaged - lots of amens and "gloria a Jesus". Absolute highlight of my week

- "Everyone's a metal head, they just don't know it" - Joel Brandon

There's a ton of work to do out here and not enough time to do it! We're praying that we find some new people to teach and that we can help get the members more involved. My Spanish is getting better, but I still don't get many opportunities to use it. I appreciate all y'all's prayers and emails, keep it up!

Pensamiento Espiritual:

We've been talking a lot about covenants this week and how they connect us to God. As wee discussed this, Joel shared something with us that I'll never forget. He said that covenants are like a rudder that keep us moving straight through life, but in order for a rudder to work you have to be moving forward - you have to actually put in effort. In the same way, we have to move forward and try in order for our covenants to guide us. We promise things to God, and if we don't do them, He can't help us. So turn to Him, he wants to help you because he loves you so much!

Love,

Élder Page

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