Nogal- Week 5

January 12, 2015

Hey, guess what, I have a new companion! His name is Elder Ch. He is here now, because he got sick, and his old area was very poor and far away from everything, so they put him here with me. He was in the hospital all last week, so since Saturday, we have worked very little, and I am being his nurse. He is from American Fork, Utah and has 5 weeks in the mission and is 18 years old, the 4th of 7 children. So, that ought to allow you to form a general idea of his character. I don't like speaking English all the time. I like Spanish, and people look at us weird when we talk in English, but he doesn't speak a lot of Spanish, so that isn't really an option yet. But, just as soon as he is able to we will do that. It's because I've been with Latin comps since Elder Cluff way back in like July, so now I'm missing speaking Spanish all the time.
Oh, and V.M is an investigator we have. Her mom and 16 year old son have been baptized recently, but she would have to be married before she gets baptized, and even though she has 12 years with her current spouse, she thinks that if she marries him, their relationship will change, because he will be in charge of her too much or something. So if you want to subtly, very very subtly tell her how awesome being married is you can do that. (She just sent a Facebook friend request to me that I accepted.)
And well, about Bishop Clawson's challenge about reading the Book of Mormon, that sounds awesome. We as a mission are supposed to finish it before the 25th of February or someting like that soo... I've got my hands full of that. You'd think I'd have a lot of time, since my companion is only able to work about 3 hours a day, but he talks a lot, so I have less study time that I had anticipated. But that is about all I have to say. I don't know how that will make you all feel, but its weird that I have a new companion one week before the change, and he will probably be with me until the end, unless he isn't better by the end of the week. Then it kind of sounds like their thinking about sending him home, because he has been sick for like 4 weeks, so we will see how that all works out. But I will let you know next week. Okay? I love you all! Bye