Week 4

First off, thanks for the pictures.

Second, send little gatorade things I can pour in water.

Lets see...I sent an e-mail to the blogger last week, so I don't know. And I have no idea how to accept the blog invitation.

This week we had an awesome devotional. There were a lot of signs leading up to it, like some guy who is always at devotionals reminded us that we don't stand to sing, but we do for Apostles and the Prophet as a sign of respect. When we got in there, the screen normally show who is talking, but they didn't this time. So by now you probably have figured out that it was either an Apostle or the Prophet. Quick, any guesses??? Its one of my favorite people...

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It was Elder Jeffrey R. Holland. It was such a great talk. And I was like 40 feet away at the most. I can't really talk about everything, so I'll write in the letter I send today but the basic run down was to give everything we have to our missions, and don't slack for a minute. He told us how to be better missionaries and then added at the end how as disciples of Christ, we'll feel some of what he did. And the collest part was he didn't have written text. It was totally lead by the Spirit. And he talked for like an hour.

As District Leader, I basically get mail and go to meetings, but I also have to make sure the District is on task, and make sure everyone is reaching their goals. Its not that hard actually. The meetings and training sessions are no fun though. Our District is speaking a lot more Spanish, and we have a lot of fun with it. Now we have to teach the lessons in Spanish, so things could get interesting at the TRC. Which I had a lot of fun with this week. The first part was acting like we we're helping them move, and it was all in Spanish. I got to "vacuum" and "move" furniture. The only bad thing is that my comp kinda blanked so I had to do a lot of the talking. And as a District we set a goal to speak Spanish basically anytime and anywhere we go. We'll see how it goes.

This week was pretty chill for the most part other then Elder Holland coming. Not a lot to report. Nothing exciting. The days are running together and it had been a slow month, but at the same time fast. I don't know how to explain it. Our district is beginning to lose our minds. We had a couple of guys go Steve Urkel yesterday for a bit. Pants real high, pocket protectors, big glasses, goofy smiles, carrying a ton of stuff. Most was as the day was winding down, but some happened in the building where we have class. We remember thinking when we got here how crazy everyone was. Now we are the crazy ones. And I have pictures to prove it.

Yo puedo hablar español mas mejor ahora, pero yo necesito practicar mas. Español es muy divertido a hablar pero is muy frustrado. Yo sé mucho frases y mucho verbos, pero es duro a recuerdo todos las cosas.

Yeah, so the Spanish is coming, but I suck as spelling and grammar still. I know words, verbs, and frases, but ask me to spell or how to make it gramatically correct. No bueño.

Devin- That does hurt for the future. Weird things all around with him. By the way, I'm a terrible goalie. I got scored on 7 times. IN my defense there were a lot of 4 on 1 and 3 on 0, but no excuses really. I let some cheap ones in. But my team did score like 6 or 7 as well. And I had some goals and assists this week.

Erik- Thats great Jenna got a job and can be your sugar momma now. Haha. She'll have to tell me more about the job. And glad you love the new lap top.

Jamie- As you can see the language is coming. When I get to El Salvador I'll try to write you in Spanish a lot.

Dad- Not a whole of English I think from now on. Lets see how it goes. Could get interesting.

I love all of you guys and miss you. I don't know how the blog works mom, You'll have to keep working on it. I dont have a g-mail so that might be why. Even though this is powered by g-mail. Who knows.

Hasta luego.

Love,

Elder Gilreath