So the Hermanas and the Elderes in our district are currently at war with each other, a gift war. One day, out of the blue, they surprised us with some candy and some motivational notes, so we had to return the favor. On this past Día de San Valentin (Valentine's Day), we gave them a bouquet of chocolate roses courtesy of Elder Law's mom, as well as a bunch of candy and some notes written on some origami hearts courtesy of yours truly, since that's all I'm good for. So that's a fun time.
This past Sunday during sacrament meeting I accompanied a special musical number sung by the guapos Elder Ward and Elder Muñoz. We performed "Savior, Redeemer of my Soul" and it went pretty well.
Elder Stephen and I also taught our first non-member "amigo" a 25-min lesson... en Espanol! Boy was that difficult, having only three weeks to learn a language and reciprocating everything that you've learned to someone who's never heard of the message your teaching. So that's a fun time too.
Finally, last night we were blessed to hear from the man, the myth, the legend Jeffrey R. Holland, a member of the quorum of the twelve, at our devotional last night. Holy moly is he a great speaker; I have never taken so many notes in my life. Most of the messages had to do with missionary work, but one of the things that he mentioned that stood out to me the most was that in the story of the sacred grove, right before Joseph Smith tried praying to God to know which of the churches he should join, the most powerful thing that the Adversary could do to prevent one of the most historical events since the Atonement of Christ was to swell up Joseph's tongue so that he couldn't speak. Satan wins if we don't speak. He wins if we don't communicate, don't talk about our feelings or don't follow promptings to say something. He wins if we decide not to talk to a specific person on the bench that needed to hear an uplifting message. So open your mouth. Speak uplifting words and hopeful messages.
Other than this, everything else is still routine - just learning, studying, eating, sleeping, and repeating.
I'm excited for what's to come.
Elder Terry
One last thing, Amy Hatfield, the girl I went to Mormal with senior year (pictured below), just reported to her mission in Japan. I was great to bump into her at the MTC
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