Week 67

My Companion, Elder Rojas went home. He cried so hard like everyday it was kind of sad tbh some days he was like super excited to go home and then other days he was like super sad to go home.  But I'm going to be companions with Elder Fagg, he is my homie, he is from Heber, UT. We will see how it goes, haha I'm hyped. 

So it was kind of a sad Halloween. As you know, it's my favorite holiday, but at least that's the last time I'll not be home for it. We bought some witch hats and went proselyting with them on hahaha! There was an activity in our ward that night that we went to. They brought food from all different parts of South America like Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Columbia. It was pretty cool.

On Thursday we had our Leadership Council. It went well. President talked about how we are the "mission presidents" of our zones and that we have the power to do what we need to to help the zone, but we also have all of the responsibility if things don't work out, as well. He talked about how we need to help our district leaders understand the same principle so that they feel the weight and responsibility on their shoulders as well. My companion had his last interview with president after that meeting so that took a really long time....lets just say we didn't get a ton of things done this week. 

On Friday, my companion had lunch with president. I went and dropped him off and then went with Elder Whitby to a training that was going on and they gave us pollo a la brasa to eat, so that was good. We just kinda chilled while the outgoing missionaries were eating with president and we went to the office with Elder Hidalgo and talked.

On Saturday, my companion wanted to organize a breakfast with the zone, so we did that and ate breakfast hamburger-type deals. It was good, and then we did our weekly planning there in the chapel. Then my companion had bought these huge pictures of the zone and wanted everyone to sign each one of them and it took forever. Then we went and ate with Chacarilla´s pension so that he could say good-bye to her and that took forever too, but we ate good food at least. 

Sunday was pretty much a waste of a day as well, as far as missionary work goes. Elder Rojas packed all of his stuff in the morning and then we went and ate at like 12 and then went to church afterwards. We ended up leaving early because he still had a lot of stuff to finish.  We went back to the room and he finished packing and then wrote like a million cards to everyone with his picture and whatnot and then Monterrico came and got us at like 7:30 and we dropped him off at the assistant's room and then went back to Monterrico. 

Today was pretty chill. We had to go to the office this morning because Elder Rojas had forgotten the battery to his camera. So we had to go all the way back to our room and then all the way to the office again to leave it there so that he could get it. Then we went and ate Papa John´s, I am with Elder Beach and Elder Valle right now. Next, we went and cleaned up the room a bit because it was super dirty after Elder Rojas had packed everything up.

I am pretty excited for the new transfer with Elder Fagg, it should be fun. I never thought that I would have an American companion lol. I have a lot of new plans and ideas for what we can do this transfer and it should turn out well. But ya that's about it....until next week. 

Here's a pic from my birthday celebration:  

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Much Love,

Elder Mortenson