HEY EVERYONE!
HOWS EVERYONE DOING? I DONT HAVE VERY MUCH GOING ON HERE. JUST THE SAME OLD EVERY DAY STUFF. I WOULD LOVE TO HERE FROM ALL OF YOU. MY ADRESS IS:
146 S. WASHINGTON #15
CASPER, WYOMING 82601
SORRY ITS IN ALL CAPS. THE COMPUTER IM ON THE CAPS LOCKS BUTTON IS BROKEN....
SO EVERYTHING IS GOING GOOD. HAVING TONS OF PEOPLE TO TEACH IS NICE AND WE ARE PLANNING FOR A COUPLE BAPTISMS THIS MONTH SO THAT IS AWESOME. BUT NOTHING EXCITING HAS HAPPENED. MY LANGUAGE IS DOING OK BUT I HAVE GIVEN UP ON DOING MY PORTUGUESE BECAUSE IT IS CONFUSING ME LIKE CRAZY.
I WILL SAY A WORD IN PORTUGUESE BECAUSE I DONT KNOW IT IN SPANISH AND THEY WILL ALL LOOK AT ME LIKE IN NUTS. WHATS NICE IS WE HAVE AROUND 50 INVESTIGATORS AND OUT OF THOSE WE HAVE AROUND 25 PROGRESSING INVESTIGATORS AND ABOUT 2 OF THEM SPEAK ALITTLE ENGLISH. I FEEL SO BAD FOR ELDER JUAREZ BECAUSE WE WILL GO AND TEACH AN HOUR LESSON AND I WILL SAY A COUPLE WORDS THAT I KNOW AND THE CLOSING PRAYER ( WHICH IS SO SHORT) AND THATS IT. IM TRYING SO HARD TO JUST LEARN MY TESTIMONY. BECAUSE OF WHAT I KNOW IN PORTUGUESE I CAN SOMEWHAT UNDERSTAND WHAT EVERY ONE IS SAYING BUT I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO SAY ANYTHING BACK. IT TAKES ME THE WHOLE TIME THAT WE ARE AT AN APPOINTMENT TO COME UP WITH A SENTANCE AND SOME OF IT IS IN PORTUGUESE. THE LORD IS REALLY TESTING ME. IM UP FOR THE CHALLENGE BUT IT IS JUST HARD RIGHT NOW. TUESDAY (TOMORROW) I GET TO GO ON EXCHANGES WITH OUR DISTRICT LEADER AND HIS COMPANION SO I GET TO TRY TO SHARE THE GOSPEL IN ENGLISH. IM FREAKING OUT ABOUT THIS BECAUSE ITS MY FIRST TIME TO DO SO AND I DONT KNOW ALL THE WORDS TO SAY IN ENGLISH. THEY WANT US TO HAVE A "PREACH MY GOSPEL" VOCABULARY AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON JUST SAYING SIMPLE WORDS IN TWO DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. SO I HAVE BEEN READING AND MEMORIZING AS MUCH AS I CAN FOR TOMMORROW IN ENGLISH. ITS GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT EXPERIANCE.
THE BEGINNING OF MAY, ONE OF THE MEMBERS IS STARTING A SPANISH CLASS FOR ME BASICLY. SO HOPEFULLY AFTER THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO HELP ELDER JUAREZ AT LEAST ANSWER THE PHONE. BECAUSE I CANT DRIVE YET WE HAVE TO PULL OVER SO THAT ELDER JUAREZ CAN TALK ON THE PHONE. I WISH I COULD HELP.
ONE EXCITING THING THAT HAPPENED IS THAT YESTERDAY AFTER CONFERENCE WE DONT HAVE TO WEAR SUIT JACKETS ANYMORE. SINCE LAST OCTOBER CONFERENCE THE MISSIONARIES IN THIS MISSION HAD TO WEAR ONLY SUITS TIL THE APIRL CONFERENCE. IT DIDNT EFFECT ME AS MUCH CAUSE I ONLY HAD TO WEAR MY SUIT FOR A COUPLE WEEKS BUT IS NICE TO JUST WEAR A WHITE SHIRT AND SLACKS. SO THATS PRETTY NICE.
CONFERENCE WAS AMAZING. WE GOT TO WATCH IT IN ENGLISH WHICH WAS NICE. WE WERE ABOUT TO HAVE TO WATCH IT IN SPANISH WHICH WOULD BE SO SCARY. SOME OF THE BEST TALKS WERE IN THE SATURDAY SESSION. I TOOK SO MANY NOTES. PLUS I DID MY NOTES WERE I WOULD DRAW THINGS THAT I LIKE OR STORIES AND SOME OF THE MISSIONARIES THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY COOL.
I CANT WAIT TO GET THE LIAHONA (ENSIGN IN SPANISH) AND READ ALL MY FAVORITE TALKS IN SPANISH.
TODAY IS GOING TO BE TONS OF FUN BECAUSE ME AND ELDER JUAREZ FINNALLY CONFENCED ALL THE MISSIONARIES IN OUR ZONE TO PLAY SOCCER (FUTBOL) INSTEAD OF BASKETBALL. SO ITS GOING TO BE A BLAST. AND THEN TONIGHT WE ARE HAVING A FAMILY HOME EVENING WITH OUR SPANISH BRANCH AND MOST OF OUR INVESTIGATORS SO TODAY IS GOING TO BE THE BEST.
I LOVE YOU ALL.
BELOW IS JUST A COUPLE PICTURES OF ME AND ELDER JUAREZ
-ELDER TOMLINSON
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