I got my trainer! His name is Elder Silvestre and he´s from Spain, so I get to speak Spanish practically the whole day and I´m loving it!! Currently we are teaching a lot of less active members but we´ve had a lot of service opportunities as well. The people here have incredibly humble homes, and it makes me extremely grateful for everything that I had while growing up. Ther are also many incredible people here, and probably the coolest person I have met yet would be Abraham, who is an 18 year old joven (youth) in our ward. He is the only person in his pamily that attends church, is planning to serve a mission next September, and always helps us out when wqe need him.
I had my first Chilena completo (hotdog) and it was amazing! They`re food here is pretty different from the U.S. and they eat fruit with about everything, but the fruit is all amazing so it`s good. I´m learning to like a lot of different varieties of food, and some missionaries have had tough times addapting to the foods here, but it has`t bothered me yet.
Elder Silvestre really knows a fair amount of English, but usually he doesn`t use any of it unless I don`t know how to say a certan word or phrase in Spanish and need a bit of help, but he told me that he was very surprised with the ammount of Spanish I am able to speak. Usually I can understand people but I deffinitely have a lot more that I need to learn. However, wioth diligant studying and a lot of practice I think I`ll be pretty comfortable with the language by the end of my first transfer.
We are actually in a biking sector of the mission so that`s pretty awesome. We cover a pretty good amount of ground in little time and can teach quite a few lessons in one day. But contacting people is also a lot harder on a bike so it`s got it`s ups and downs.
There are probably a lot of questions as to the specifics of what`s all hppening and how I`m feeling, but truly There isn`t really a way to describe it haha. I love it here and I`m so grateful for everyone that I`ve met and have come to love already. Especially my mission president who has already helped me more than I can possibly describe, my companion, and all of you and your prayers, thoughts, and e-mails.
To end I`d like to share a scripture that has helped me a lot this week. In Romans 8:31 we read: "...If God is with us, who can be against us?" and Paul goes on to talk about nothing being able to "seperate us from the love of our God, which is in Christ Jesus, our Savior." This chapter has helped me feel the hand and love of God in my life so much more personally and I would encourage each of you to read it as well. If we has faith is Jesus Christ, nothing is impossible. I know that my Savior lives, loves me, and suffered for my sins and those of all the people on the earth. He wants us to live happily and to attain eternal life, and we have that oppoirtunity if we work for it. Never forget the love and pland that our Heavenly Father has for us, because it`s the onlñy thing that is certain in this life. God is always on our side, even when nobody else is.
Love and pray for you all!!
Elder Conger
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