Hello Family!
There is a clock counting down on my computer so I will have to type fast haha.
They say here that days are like weeks and weeks are like days and I completely agree. The past couple of days have been so long. It's like EFY on steroids here. From 6 30 am to 9 30 pm we are doing church stuff. Constantly studying and reading this and that. I would be lying if I said I was having fun here but I think as time goes on I will get better and get into the groove of things.
I have seen Max and Zack king here. I also saw Emilee's sister Alicia here and that was fun, she is going to Spain. I am loving getting "Dear Elders" like every day (mainly Lauren of course haha) Everyone is jealous because when mail time comes I am getting most of the mail. I had a letter waiting for me on my first day from Lauren. Am I lucky or what? I have already gotten two packages from Lauren and I think I got one from Brittany. I haven't had time to open it. I need her address so that I can write her! and Oh, I need my camera usb cable to I can upload pictures. I might have it but I haven't checked my suitcase.
My companion Elder Jones is pretty cool, we get along well. We are reading the book of Mormon together and Spanish and it is slow going right now because we stop and try to translate everything we don't know which is pretty much everything. We have been practicing and learning how to pray and bear our testimonies in Spanish. Our teachers literally speak zero English to us. Its nuts! We also taught our first investigator yesterday and we had to do it in Spanish and we bombed it. We did so bad, I was way too nervous but luckily she was a volunteer or we would have lost the investigator right there haha.
I got to play soccer which was really fun, I enjoyed being in the outside world. Most days we have spent 6 to 8 hours sitting in a class room. My butt literally hurts right now from sitting so much. I believe they make the chairs really uncomfortable so that you do not fall asleep.
I feel like this email is really scatterbrained but I am pretty much just writing everything that is coming to my head and not taking any breaks. My companion and I are now our district leaders, ugh, talk about more work already!
I feel like we are in prison. Our windows do not open, we spend all day inside, our room is kind of ghetto, and we are confined to an area that is less than one square mile. I am trying to not say anything negative but that is most my thoughts right now. Everyone tells me the first week stinks and then it gets better so I am really banking on that. I have already had to prepare a talk, teach an investigator, and do plenty of other things. They work you hard that is for sure. I have a hard time feeling the spirit and that has always been a problem for me in life but when we sang in Spanish I swear I felt it. Every time that I can remember feeling it in my life has been while singing and everyone knows I really do not like singing but now I am taking every opportunity because I really need to feel it to get that confirmation that what I am doing is the right thing. I did get a good feeling when I said I know my savior lives and loves all of us when I was giving my farewell talk. People here like mike said they wanted to read it so if you could forward my talk to the family blog or something that would be great.
I wrote half my thank you letters today and I wrote Lauren. I assume you will forward this to her. Hi Laruen! I love you! I have ten minutes left which actually a lot of time and now my brain is starting to slow down a little. Random question for Lauren- In her dear elder she "I just got the news... Eric is an AP now!" what does that mean? My mind may just be blanking but right now but I really don't know what that means.
I am writing in my new cool journal every night and we pray in Spanish together as a companionship which is really cool. Right now I still have to open my eyes sometimes and read what I want to say but I figure it's still something good to do.
I am a little homesick but not too bad because most of the time I do not even have time to think about it. I have Halli's picture she drew me saying "I don't know what this is but it looked cool and I thought you would like it" haha Halli, you are so random, I love it. I brought Brittany's card saying 18 reasons why she thinks I am awesome. I brought a few cards from Lauren and I am saving everyone I am getting from here and that makes me happy but I need stuff from Lexi and Taylor! write me cool cards and send your favorite picture of yourself. I want/need more pictures of my family and of Lauren!
We recite our objective everyday in Spanish which is on page one in preach my gospel. Everything we do here we try to relate to that message. The message of inviting people to come unto Christ through the restored Gospel, repentance, baptism, the gift of the holy ghost, and enduring to the end. That is why we are here. To tell everyone about our objective. We are strengthening their relationship with their father in heaven. I will try to not break out in testimony every time I write but I have a feeling that it will happen a lot since that is pretty much all I do every day here. Keep writing me letters! I need that encouragement. I miss you guys. I hope all is well at home and that you can still have fun without me. I am already on my 4th day. Hopefully time goes quickly and I become a good missionary. I am worried but I go forward in faith. Pray for me! I'm sure you already do and know that I am praying for all of you as well. Until next week which will probably be on Friday!
Love you guys!
Elder Romero
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