This week was crazy! We had an elder go home, because of problems at home, everyone has been getting really sick, and a lot of other things. They fumigated all of the rooms and they thought we would be fine to sleep in the building right after they did it, but after they did it everyone was coughing and it was hard to breathe, so everyone had to evacuate the building for about 40 minutes before we could go back in to go to sleep. Me and Elder Nielsen had an amazing experience this week though, we were randomly asked by one of the supervisors here to give a lesson to a less active member, and we were given about 10 minutes to prepare, I was extremely nervous, but we gave the lesson and the spirit was so strong I could understand most of what was being said and I was able to explain to her why I was on my mission and bear my testimony to her in Spanish. She said she would start going back to church and that she could really feel the spirit. We might be able to talk to her again sometime so I am really excited to hear from her. Everyone is getting really sick so they have told us that we are not allowed to shake hands anymore, and they have been testing the food and the water, but I still haven't gotten sick yet. We told the new group of elders that I am related to the prophet and they still believe it, It is really funny. We teach about 2 lessons a day to mock investigators and they are going really well, because my companion is extremely good at Spanish and they might move him to the latino group in a week or 2, so I might be put in a threesome companionship. It sucks, but it will be better for him, even if he doesn't want to. I am still terrible at spanish, I am the so bad even a couple of the new missionaries are better than me, it is very frustrating, but everyone says to just have patience and work hard. We play soccer pretty much everyday and it is really fun playing with all of the latinos.
- Elder Monson
