This week was transfers and I am sad to see
my comp go. I know I ripped on Elder Velasquez in my hand written letter
but I love the dude now. We had our differences, but I was really sad to
see him leave.
Anyways, yep I have another
transfer in San Fran. Dang - I'm going to have at least 6 months here!! I
love it here but want to see the beach! My new comp se llama
Elder Cedeno and is Dominican. He's just such a classic dominican, big
build, super tall, plays baseball and just super goofy. I have a tonnnn
of pictures but my adapter is too big to plug into the usb port.
But to have one area, three latino comps lets gooooo, its super awesome. I'm basically Dominican now haha. My comp lost one of his bags so we don't have much time to write. It's a bummer and we are both really hot right now!
Anyways
life is going super well. I have finally gotten over my solo in Stake Conference. This week I remembered something very important Kirby told
me in the temple. It was simple advice but it hadn't really hit me
until this week. He told me to just lose my self in the work. Its A LOT
harder said than done, but God works miracles when we lay everything on
the table. It's crazy to think that I am coming up on 6 months in the
mission, one quarter of the way there. Basically it feels like I blinked
and am here. If the next year and a half go by as fast as these first
sixth months I'll be home before I know it. This has really puzzled me:
the velocity at which time passes. I can still hear Kirby's words in my
head, just lose your self in service. I don't think there is a greater
example of this service than Ammon from the Book of Mormon. And I think I've learned here on the
mission that this work really requires every ounce of dedication, love,
service that we can give. It's hard to give it my all every second of
everyday but I just try to think of the great people and examples I know
of missionary service.
Anyways gotta go!
I'll write a better letter next week with pictures and everything!
Love y'all!
Elder Blake
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