Colombia MTC ~ 11/1/13

Well... things have been very different here in Colombia. The MTC Is SO much stricter here than it is in Provo. A lot of the people who work here are very condescending and rude and they treat us Americans like idiots haha. One of my teachers called me and my companion ugly haha. They treat us like prisoners sometimes and they smile while doing it. but I didn´t come on a mission to complain...I came here to WORK!

Truthfully, things aren´t all bad...The food here is really good (Courtney would be jealous) but super unhealthy and....let´s just say it doesn´t digest very well haha

I am learning a lot though. I´m not going to lie, I was feeling very down for a little bit, but reading everyone´s letters they sent me in provo really lifted my spirits. I need to focus on the work. It´s not about me, it´s not. It´s about The Lord and His children.

I´m working hard and I think I´m making some really big improvements. We went proselyting on Saturday and it was AWESOME. It felt so great to leave the gates they keep us locked in haha. Bogota is beautiful! it´s really colorful and the traffic is crazy. It´s so cool here. Me and my new companion, Elder Gallagher went and talked to people, it was really hard to get people to talk to us at first, but we decided to pray and after that we had some success. A lot of people believed in the trinity so, they didn´t want to hear anything haha However, we got 2 very promising contacts and we handed out a lot of pamphlets. We even gave  out a Book of Mormon to a guy who seemed really interested! It´s amazing that The Lord can use a gringo like me to communicate with His children and spread the truth. Some people were really hard to understand, especially with the traffic, but we were still able to get our message across. So overall, not too bad.

There ar e really cute cats and dogs all over. Brooke would love it! haha

I got to the Bogota temple and it was beautiful. It was such an awesome experience! I gotta admit though, when it came time to enter the Celestial room, I really had to mumble my way through it haha!

My district got split and all the new people are really cool. They all have such inspiring stories of overcoming challenges in their lives through Jesus Christ. It[s incredible.

Hey mom, thank you so much for the pictures and for all you[ve done. it[s really made everything a lot easier for me.

The Lord has been guiding me and teaching me. I love being a missionary! There is nowhere else I[d rather be.

Sorry I only get my camera once a week and there´s no wifi. so no pictures for now. 

Look up granadia it´s a really weird fruit down here. Some people love it, I´m not a major fan haha.

P.S. on Tuesday I get to tour the city and ride a llama, I´ll be sure to take TONS of pictures! Love you!

Also, I get a Latino companion on Wednesday, so that should be interesting.....

It´s just been such an adventure! I can´t wait to serve! I´m so excited for Tuesday because we get to tour the city! Things are going very well, The Lord has been molding me every step of the way! I Love This Gospel!

aaaah, I miss halloween :( Thanks so much for the candy, I love it!