The Best 18 Months!!: Week 2 down and on to 3...

Hola! ¿Como estas?

I can't believe that another week has gone by! Seriously it's just crazy! The days are super long but yet it still seems like there's not enough hours left in the day to get everything done.

So this past week I was sick for a few days which was not good but I'm feeling better. I went to the infermeria to get some medicine for my super bad sore throat and they gave me Tylenol...I was like really...My throat felt like someone had scratched it with sandpaper, stuffed cotton balls down it, and then set it on fire. Tylenol wasn't going to help. But several of the Elders in my district offered me medicine and Elder Dahl gave me some Emergency Vitamin C stuff so that helped. I also said prayers and I am feeling way better!

So I think in my last letter I told you that for sacrament meeting we all have to prepare a talk in spanish on the given topic for that week and then the bishopric just randomly picks people to speak. Anyways last Sunday I was a nervous wreck because I wasn't fully prepared and I was worried I was going to be picked. Well I prayed and pleaded with the Lord that He might spare me the embarrassment of getting picked and I promised Him that I would prepare for next week - which was this past Sunday. Well Heavenly Father kept His end of the deal and so did I.

So this past Sunday in sacrament I saw that the bishop was trying to read my name tag from his seat. I was sure he was going to call on me to speak and what do you know...he did! I'm so glad I prepared! It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be either and several people told me I did a good job. Also that Sunday Herman Bown and I were called to be the new Sister Training Leaders!!! How exciting! Also our District Leader, Elder Dahl, was called to be the new Zone Leader so now Elder Macdonald is our District Leader. I know I said this before but I love my district! I am learning so much from all of them and they are so patient with me and my horrible spanish. Haha!

On Sunday we have two devotionals and then a spiritual video we watch. Then at the end of the day we gather as a district and discuss them. At one of the devotionals we watched one of Elder Holland's talks on missionary work. I had read the talk before coming here but it was great to be able to actually see him as he was giving it. One of the points I really liked that he made was that when Christ asked his apostles to drop their nets and follow Him, it was forever. So we need to do the same thing. We need to always continue to share the gospel and be examples of Christ. We also watched the video Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration, and it was just amazing. I could watch that over and over again.

This past week some new missionaries arrived so we are no longer the newbies! Yeah! Moving on up in the CCM!

Oh and this week we found out that our Zone wants all of us to have our additional study time that we have at 7 AM to be in the classrooms. That means Hermana Bown and I have to be dressed and in class by 7 AM!! We did it today but it was no easy task. We don't get to bed until like 11 PM and then we have to wake up so early to be ready on time. But like they say this is the Lord's time and not mine.

We also have another teacher that teaches us in the afternoon and his name is Hermano Monroy. He pretended to be an investigator and we taught him a lesson the other day and he accepted our invitation to be baptized!

My spanish is still no bueno but I can pray in spanish!!! They are simple prayers but hey, it's a step and they are heartfelt.

I love and miss you all!

Lots of Love!

Hermana Soliz