I ATE WEIRD FOOD April 7 2014

HEY EVERYONE! 

     So I ate octopus. It was very gross and I hope I do not have to do that again. It smelled weird and the tentacles got stuck to my teeth a little. There was shrimp too and that was really good. It was a huge gift from a member that took us to lunch, so I downed it all. And then there was more food. I did my best to eat all that I could. Weirdest thing ever, and I think they just prepare seafood weird here. Like all the fish still have heads. I would like the chicken please. ;)

     SOOO Conference was amazing!! I especially loved Elder Uchtdorfs talk, when he said that what we needed was gratitude I honestly did not expect that. It gave me a really neat perspective on what it means to be grateful in your attitude, not just for things. I really loved that. Other points that stood out to me, and were really said a lot, trust God, be willing to follow the prophet (which is also trusting God) and be in the world and not of it. AH I love conference. I am so glad I got to watch it in English. Me and Hermana Terry in a little room with a laptop:)

      So we have been blessed to teach an amazing family, I am pretty sure I have talked about them before. They are so willing to do anything to be on the path to righteousness. Fermin, the father, told us about how much faith he has and asked us if he needed to shave because he noticed not many have facial hair in church. I told him no, my dad has a full beard:) They have gone to church in their nicest clothes possible for the past 2 weeks, and this week they showed up to conference all in new sunday clothes:) it was something that really showed their devotion to this. I love them so much and it is really great to see their progress. 

      We have a few new people we are teaching. One of them is this older guy- we have only taught him through his window a few times. I was trying to figure out what it was about him. I knew he was spiritual but in a very different way. After a lesson at his window, my companion turned to me and said "hippie" and I knew that was what it was. He said something to the affect of Jesus is in everyone. I am very excited to teach him about the holy ghost.

     So, PRESIDENT TREVIÑO GOT CALLED TO THE 70. I am very excited about this. He is going to do very well. I wonder if he feels worried about the language like I did when I got my mission call. I am sure it is a very different feeling but I like to think that I can relate to important people sometimes:) I love you all, pictures to go on my blog!