Email 06/19/12

AAAAHH! THE DAYS ARE ALL MIXING TOGETHER!!!! hahaha today I thought it was Friday and it's already p-day!! I guess time flies when you're having fun!! This week has been such a good one because my Spanish has improved so much from the first week, without even realizing it I just started speaking Spanish! I honestly love it so much, the feeling that I've improved and have grown is one of the best feelings! Sin embargo yo necesito continuar con la obra! It sounds like you are all doing really great and I was able to receive your package!!!My goodness it is huge I couldn't even believe me eyes! I was super excited to get it and it was filled with lots of great things!! My companion and I were talking about how excited we are to fill with a bunch of Book of Mormons and just go and find people! Thank you so much for it and everything in it. It has truly been a blessing for me because I have been dying for American candy!! The candy here is strange tasting so I try to stay away but sometimes it's hard when they like to see you try their food.I was also able to see the Humphries family and Elder Humphries!!! It was nice to see and talk with him about the work and all that he has been up to! He has so many cool stories and I can't wait till I am able to have some cool experiences like him! He has changed a ton from the last time I have seen him! It was kind of funny watching his parents interact with the natives because I look at them and I think back on the first week I was here and I was probably the exact same way! Just not really sure what to do and what to say to people! hahaha However in such a short time things have just become natural and I am able to be more confident! I don't understand all of everything but I'm trying my best! One thing I have been doing is writing down in my planner all the goals I have for the day with my language and for the people and that has helped me improve the most! Each day I finish my goal I am able to come that much closer to being more of a disciple of Christ!  I want to be more diligent though because there are times where it is super hard and I feel like I can't do it but then there are other times where I work super hard so I want to figure out how to work hard and be like Christ which is having long suffering! I haven't baptized anyone yet because there are a lot of problems with the Word of Wisdom. I don't think I have ever seen so many drunk people in one area! One family was almost torn apart this week because the husband decided to drink and he got mad at his wife and he hit her and pushed her to the ground and so they almost were going to separate and me heart was filled with sadness because of how special they are to me and how beautiful their family is! Things worked out and we were able to use prayer and scriptures to solve the problem and they are headed back in the right direction. I have had such a great time with the people of Nicaragua because I can now interact and talk with them and they truly are such nice people. They have big hearts and the would do anything for you in a heart beat! i have grown so close with them and I can hardly believe it!! I feel like I am helping family and it makes me even more happy hearing how much me being here has helped you all! I am so enjoyed by this work there are some days when I get back to the house and just be so sad because it is one less day I am going to be here! I have never thought I would love so much, I was talking with another elder and I decided I wouldn't be able to serve a mission in the states and I would only be able to serve here in Nicaragua! The Lord truly knows me and who I am and he knows what I can become, I just need to follow his way and he will lead me to joy and happiness!! I LOVE YOU ALL AND HOPE THE BEST sorry for the letter so short we didn't really have tons of time to write. I love and pray for you always!!!