The Best Two Years- Nogal- Week 10

Yes G got baptised. L says she needs a little more time, so that is going to be the big focus on the next two weeks. Ummm, I don't know, it's hard to think of great things to say to you, because all day I was just going to tell you about how great of a zone activity we had. We went to Parque Fundidora. It was really fun, but fairly tiring, We played ultimate Frisbee, rode bikes, walked around a lot, and then went and ate. It was awesome because we got to run around in normal clothes all day and I love wearing normal clothes. It is so awesome. Here are some pictures that we took while we were running around down there.

One is Elder Rincon and I in front of Cerro de la Silla. The other is Chadwick, Rincon and I in front of Cerro de la Silla, and the last one is la Hermana Burnett, la Hermana De la Zota, Elder Chadwick, Elder Rincon and I on a bridge. I tried taking lots of pictures, just cuz it was my last zone activity. Also, I was just thinking how much I will miss all of these awesome hills and mountains when I go back. On beautiful days like today that the air isn't full of smog, I swear that this has to be one of the most beautiful cities in the entire world. And I decided that I am most definitely going to miss it when I go home. But its okay.
I don't have the picture of the  baptism because it is on another memory card, but I will get them to you someday, Ummmm..... I don't know.
I think I'm not a very reflecting person, And I'm not sure I can sit down and tell you about the most influential people or experiences or things I've learned or anything like that. I think that all my life I'll be remembering things (from my mission), experiences and people that apply to certain situations. I think that we can learn from everything and everybody. Like I couldn't just tell you that I've learned only from mission presidents and bishops and other church leaders, because we can also learn from alcoholics that we contact in the street, or less active people who have sworn never to go back to church for some stupid thing that somebody else has done. We can learn from any and every experience good or bad, and I think that it is the Holy Ghost that helps us learn from each and every experience. Through the spirit I think we can hear more than just the slurred words of a drunk man. We can hear about his life experiences, his hardships, his bad decisions that have led him to his drunken state in the street right now. It may not be something he says, but there is always something we can learn from everybody. I know I'm just kind of reflecting in general here, and maybe you'll call it spume, but these are just some thoughts. I think an awful lot and will probably have plenty of time to reminisce and reflect and tell you about my meditations when I get home, But suffice it to say for right now that I am very very very very very very very very very very very happy with my mission. I remember one time somebody asked an elder if they really were the best two year. He said that they were the best two years for learning, but that they weren't really the best two years of his life. I thought it then and I think it now, He said that because he was here just wasting his time, in part at least. That's why he didn't really love his mission or think that it was the best. I will say that these have been the best almost 2 years of my life, I feel like I wasn't really even living before. These last two years have been awesome, and I think that the most awesome thing about them is that they don't really have to end. Life can keep being awesome. There is no rule that says that only missionaries can have fun or that being a missionary is the best. I think that there is a reason that the point of all church activity isn't to end up like a monk or a catholic priest who lives his life separated and all alone. I think that a mission is awesome, but there is a reason we aren't full time missionaries forever. That isn't really the best. We just think that missionary life is the best, because here we are living like we always ought to live. If we can take the same attitude that a missionary takes into his work into our lives, i think we can live "the best two years" our whole lives long, So, I'm not 100% sure of all that. I haven't tried or tested it or anything like that yet, but I think it's true, and I think it ought to satisfy you as far as reflective letters go.
And don't worry about me being a looser these last 2 weeks. I believe that the scripture in Alma 34 that says that the same spirit that possess our body when we leave this life will possess our bodies in the next life applies to missionary work, too. The spirit we have as we finish a mission is the same spirit well have as we go home, So if you're a looser your last two weeks, you'll be a looser at home. If the opposite, than the opposite. So there you go, there you have it. I hope you are happy with three lovely pictures and a super lengthy letter, Animo!!!!! Love you all, talk to you soon!