Okay this week has been good.  Nothing too exciting.  A lot of hang my head days but it is all okay.  My companion for three days we had to go to the hospitl for her back.  They said she has two options to swim to straighten her back or to not walk a lot.  Yeah sure? those are the only options.  Anyways I am in charge of telling sister dyer the updates in englush because her spanish is really bad, you would think after two years it would be a little better.  Well...anyway I call sister dyer and tell her what the doctor said and she says those options arent good so you need to find others.  My companion waas stubborn and didnt want to search for other options and so it is the end of the week and sister dyer needs another update. I tell sister dyer that my companion says there arent any other options and then sister dyer on the phone says well then she needs to go home for awhile.  I ask sister dyer if president could talk to my companion about this because I dont like being a middle person.  The funny thing is after we left the hospital I told my comp "there are other options-for example people will wear a brace around there stomach/back to help when walking...we just need to tell the doctores that those other options wont work but my comp didnt want to" well I pass president to hermana ortuno and he says you need to go home if you dont find other options-hermana ortuno quickly says oh there is another option..I know people wear a brace around there back when walking.  Oh my stuborn little companion needs president to tell her that before she changes.  

I cant judge her though she comes from a humble backround.  I guess the week before she left home they didnt have anything to eat.  So she doubted if she should go on a mission or help her mom vend.  It is humbling.  She also sents some of our mission money to her family-which isnt easy when it comes to the end of the month because we dont have any money left or only a tiny bit...Technically I should mentino this t our district leader but I dont know a part of me thinks what would jesus do in this situation...I think he would go not buying snacks or when we are in charge of our own lunch let her buy what she wants and I buy crackers...  Sometimes you need to have a broader view.  I think christ had a broader view on life.  Hopefully I can become more like him even if is means sacrificing a little on my part for someone else.  

I am healthy still which is really nice! I am glad that I havent gotten sick.  The water here I will put in my bottle but for some reason even with the filter bottle it still gives me pretty bad stomach cramps so I need to find another solution even if it is only juice as an option. But overall I really am more healthy here than I was at home! 

We did a service project the other day for the conselor in Relief Society and we butilt a part of her house.  It was a lot of shovelng dirt.   It is interesting though because everyone boñds there own houses.  The thought of hireing something to build a house is really strange.  

We had lunch yesterday at a strong members house.  At church you dont notice how poor they are but when you get to here house and see that they have sheep and there one room is literally the size of arides room and the bathroom is a whole in the ground you realize that they dnt have very much but because they have a strong testimony you dont notice it because we are all one in purpose right! 

This week we are teaching three people a mom and her three childeren.  One of there childeren has a baptismal date and we will put the otheres with a date the next time we visit them.  They are super humble people.  They dont have anything. The mom is leaving to go work in fields for over a year to bring in money for her kids so we are hoping to get her baptized before she leaves. We are also working with a part member family..it is hard though because the dad is drunk a lot and so I dont really like going there very much but everytone is gods childeren right? 

We are also teach a person named david.. He is good but has some pretty hard questions..that I am definitelly going to have to study up on more.  He is a boyfriend of one of the girls in our ward.  So the work is progressing a lot faster this transfer than the last which is nice. 

We have a new elder who eats lunch with us.  He is a gringo and has only been here for a week.  I like translating a little bit for him it helps me to know that my spanish is coming.  But it is getting more discouraging because I am understanding a lot more it is just difficult for me to speak.  But it is coming. I will get there hopefully when I talk to you on christmas it will be a lot better! 

What else...Overall I am doing good..I just keep on hanging in there...I am excited for when I have more time on the mission and I feel more comfortable.  To be honest though..my temstimony has groun so much of the gospel it is a pretty amazing feeling to know of assurity that this gospel is true. I was reading  the talk by elder holland the other day about the book of mormon.  I like how he said " No wicked man could write such a book and...no good man would" this is true.  The book of mormon is true and is the word of god. I know it with all my heart! 

That is super cute that carolyn is going to be a pumkin!!  And hinckley and charles having the debate they are some stubborn kids! :) It makes me sad that I am not there.  One of my regrets is that I didnt spend more time with the family and was always busy with school. To be honest this regret is weighing really heavy on me now to say the least I have had to pray really hard to ease that regret I have.  Eveything is important but the most important thing we have is families and the gospel.  That is probably the biggest thing I have learned on my mission so far is the importance of time...and how we dont have a lot of it with our familles on this earth.  The other day I asked heavenly father.. I said I feel so selfish now.  I left my family to help others and find myself when I never really helped my family back at home...mindy was always the one helping me but what did I ever do?  How can I help others when I didnt even help my family at home or spend that much time with them these last couple years...I hope with all my haeart that me being on a mission is helping you...and that I can work my hardest to not have any regrets.  Time is short we dont have any time to waste.  

I love you all a whole lot! 

Funny story...yesterday in church I was smiling at a baby sitting in front of me and then the baby started crying and people started laughing during sacrament...haha I guess babies they arent used to seeeing a gringa face :) 

Love you! the church is true! 

Kirs