So basically that was a miracle

Hey!

It does seem like it was forever ago that we did the Drowsy Chaperone. Seriously, it's freaking me out.

And it's super exciting that the girls from my Sunday School class have put in/are working on their missionary applications!

So, this week went pretty well. We still didn't get up to the 20-lessons goal, but we did better than last week, and I feel like we've been doing a lot of good work. I'll just go through some major events of the week:

Tuesday we were able to see a pretty less-active family. They're super great--they have like seven kids, and the contrast between them is pretty great--The littler kids, which are a pair of 4-year-old(?) twin boys, and a seven(?)-year-old girl, have like literally infinite energy. Usually when we're there, they are sprinting around the house chasing each other. Then, the older kids are just super like sedate, but also pretty awesome. Anyways, we're trying to help them understand why it's important to come to church, and really get them that motivation to come.

Wednesday, we got to go to the Temple! It was super great, as always. We also met with a family of investigators that are pretty great. The problem is, there's something stopping them from coming to church, and we haven't really figured out what it is yet. So, hopefully we'll be able to help them with that.

Thursday was a pretty great day. We did service all the way up in my former area (we're allowed to go up there because it's part of our ward, and we wanted to kind of shake things up), so it was pretty fun to see some familiar sights and do some familiar service, up at this place we went to a couple of times called Kidz Quiltz. Also, we went looking for this one less-active member. He didn't live at the address given any more, but then we were actually able to talk to the people that did live there, and they let us in, and they came to church on Sunday! So basically that was a miracle right there.

Saturday, we went on exchanges, so I was with our district leader, in his area. That was pretty cool, to just see the way other missionaries work, and find things to learn from that. So, for "excercise" in the morning, we went to a park nearby their apartment, and threw this boomerang that the district leader somehow got. It was pretty dang fun, but the really interesting thing is: While we were throwing it, some guy who was walking his dog came up to us and asked if he could try--he ended up asking us why we were out so early, which led to us talking about how we were missionaries, and now he's a potential investigator. He's English speaking, so I probably won't ever see him again, but it was a really cool experience nonetheless.

Anyways, that was pretty much the week. Pretty great, and we're going to maybe have an even better week this week! The Spanish is still hard, but I feel like I'm improving--I feel like most of what's holding me back is just myself. I need to build self-confidence in myself so I can really have the confidence to just speak up when I need to. So still improving on that. But things are going well.

I love you all, and miss you.

Love,

Peter