News from the 'front':
So in a devo this week, we had a super musically talented guy who has a doctorates degree in piano. He played a bunch of songs for us, and in between songs he would tell us a little bit about his experience when he was on his mish. One thing he said that really touched me was when he was talking about the hard times in his mission where he didn't want to get up in the morning, or when he just wanted to get on the next flight home, he would always say to himself: 'how much do I love the Lord?' I really liked that because now when i have times where i'm just so exhausted, i think, 'how much do i love the Lord?', and things really do get easier throughout the day! This mission is really not about me and sometimes i get stuck in thinking about myself when what i need to do is think about others. We also watched a talk by E. Bednar a week or so ago.. idk if i told you about it but it was called 'The Characteristics of Christ', and apparently they watch it all the time here. It's an amazing talk that kind of chastises people who are just thinking about themselves when they are here on the Lord's mission... it's really good!
So, teaching my teacher (H.Vargas) has finally been going better. For some reason he likes to pretend to be some kind of really closed off person (when he pretends to be an investigator) which is really hard when you're trying to teach him! But this last lesson went really well with him cause we focused more on teaching the person, not teaching a lesson. We asked a lot more questions and it went soooooooo much better! Right now we are teaching 5 "investigators" in COMPLETE Spanish!!! it's crazy! One thing that I find a little difficult here is that the people in my district have the gospel down to a science! They know the words inside and out and i barely even know the scripture masterys... literally i only know where like 3 are... but it's giving me a bigger desire to work harder and to really try to convert myself before i try converting other people :)
My other teacher, Hermana Johnson (aka Luz), is soooo awesome. She seems to have energy all the time, i don't even know how she does it haha. She was talking to us one day about Argentina (cause that's where she served) and she told us that the meat is to die for and that once we come back, we won't be able to eat meat again cause nothing will ever be up to the Argentinian standard!
My companion and i are in the choir and it is super fun!!! i LOVE it!!! Also, it helps that it's on the same day and at the same time that we have 'service', so we can do that instead of service.. haha ya, that's how i roll :D
Another day, we had a deco and i can't really remember it right now, but i know it was good. it was by Neil Anderson and he talked about the Holy Ghost. Afterwards, we had a discussion with our district about it, and wow... it was so good! It was crazy how strong the spirit was, and even though the elders are always joking and goofing off, they weren't this time, and dang... the change in the atmosphere was amazing and it reminded me that THIS is why i'm here. This is what i want to share with others! :) But ya, that was my life this past week lol my time is almost over here too, i only have like 2 1/2 more weeks left here!!!! Wooooooot! then it's off to Argentina!!!! SO CRAY CRAY!!!!
loves, H. Alldredge
This is my teacher, Hermano Vargas doing a weird meditation thing on his chair lol he's a cool guy, and oddly, very flexible.
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his is Hermana Whitney and her love of drinking ginger in water lol gross!
this is also our whole roommate people being together, as we do every night, and pigging out on stuff we buy lol.
