December 5th 2011

well its me again, I know, SURPRISE! haha Back with a week that is not too shabby
I had intercambios this week with Elder Petersen, the new zone leader. He is one funny cat! haha He gets very excited about the work which I love, but it kinda dies when no one is there to talk to. But I made myself proud cause we were working in my area, and so I got to plan the day, and I just planneda pretty normal day-- goingto all the farthest ends of our area, and using the biokes, nothing TOO hard. I found out that he said he was a farm boy, and I was very happy about that! No complaints right? WRONG! I found out he is a Utah farm boy, of 50 acres. So at least he knows what work is, more or less. haha when we started on the bikes I asked him if he knew how to shift thegears, he kinda laughed and said of course I do! Fantastic! and you know what!? He didnt... in fact he jumped his chain TWICE in the frist 15 minutes! hahaha ya... So we continued. It started out rough, we got ose on our cita, and he is a go go go kinda guy! So we went went went! haha I dont think he knew what he was in for! I wore him out! Thats what made me happy! I totally toook it to him how a real farm boy does! Just for a side note, he is a great guy, no problems with him! I loike him a lot, but boy did it bring a smile to my face when we was DRENCHED in sweat, worse than me, and just exhausted at the end of the day! I know I worked him! haha and yes, I heard ho0w much his behind hurt probably more than I needed to. But over all a good day! haha

I also have had 3 major comments to me lately the first " your face looks fatter" and the other two "Your face looks MUCH skinnier" So I had to decide for myself, why would that firstlady say my face looked fatter! Its quite simple, she is crazy! The other two are good members, and the first lady really is a little bit crazy. I dont know if I have put on weight or lost weight, but I asked some other people, they said my face is skinnier. so there ya go! haha

We took a collectivo the other day (taxi more or less) and we were well, flying! haha He was CRAZY! haha going fast, shar coners, kinda fun really! I looked at the spedometer and saw it on 120... 120!?!?! holy moley! then I came back to my senses and remember they drive km/h cars, and I was a little more comfortable! Wow! Its funny sometimes with things like that!

Alright, also we have this thing as a district. Its our hot potato, but you can only pass it when you get a new investigator. Well last night we got a call about 8:30 saying we had it. What!?! hour and a half to get rid of it! So we went to one house we thought for sure would get it, but they were gone! NOOOO! so we tried a bunch of other people, with no luck still. Then I thought of this girl that we tried the other day, and we went and to our luck she was home with her mom! so we stepped in and taught her a basic principle and how god works in his own time. She was very knowledgeable. and has met withthe missionaries before but not for a while! The spirit was there SO STRONGLY but she just was a little earie (sp?) So we went through and got a return appointment and her member boyfriend is going to join us. the good thing is he is preparing for a mission and she will have a great influence there! yes! and all in time! we left and gave the other missionaries a call (elder Dipaz and Alvarez) and they had 15 minutes! Yes! Wow it was a close onethough! haha I love it!

We also had Gabriel attend church yesterday!!! Yes!!!!! I was so happy and he stayed and went to all the classes! we got acita with him and we are just hopeing that we can reanimate him, cuse he is struggling with colegio (high school) at the same time. It was fast and testimony meeting and I forgot, but I got up and bore my testimony and wow, its hard in that big ward! haha especially in spanish! but I did well and sat down. I was especially glad I did it since gabriel was there. Ihope that maybeI helped him in someway!

Well I think that is really all that happened this week! Ialso got my package from my momma and holy cow! yes! american food! haha havent made anything, but a deliecious bananabread! yes! haha well may the spirit touch you all! and a good challenge that we are doing here: get a book of mormon from a bishop or the missionaries and share the gift of CHRISTmas before christmas! lo0ve you all!

Elder Marvin

psmy comp leaves in 3 weeks, he got his "trunky papers" but I dont think he wants to leave! its better than him being all giddy to go home! haha chow!