Hello all!
So, I have roughly 18 days left! It is getting down to the wire, it's pretty exciting. The Mtc really is great, but I just wanna get into the field. I don't know how great this letter will be, I don't have a lot of time today and it hasn't been a super eventful week.
More than anything that has happened is that we have taught a bunch! But that is normal. I mean we have scheduled appointments every week, but its sweet. We got 2 new "investigators", Marcos and Luke. They are brothers living at USC. They are two Elders from our district, but we have started a new thing where we take on the role of progressing investigators. It is actually my new favorite thing. My investigator is Matt, he goes to UCSF med. school and lives with Riley (Elder Lindsey) who is in the military, and then is taught with Riley's sister (Hermana Coleman), Jessica. It is actually way fun, and i tend to kind of dominate our lessons since I have so many questions. But it really is teaching me a lot because I am starting to see, just a little, what it might mean to be an investigator. I use a lot of Ivelisse's concerns and doubts and then I talk to Elder Hernandez a lot, who used to be Catholic, about a lot of Catholic things, and then Dad sent me a pretty big list of things to talk about that he did when he was going to join the church. So, i get to learn and apply a lot.
So we have five investigators now. Can't wait until they are really actually investigators though.
James is doing well, we had a good lesson on Joseph Smith last week and he was rearing to go on his commitment to pray about him, and then we kind of last momentum on the last lesson we had with him, so we are going to go back and focus on his needs again. Hermano Pacheco has been sick, so we haven't been able to teach him much this week.
We taught Mauricio for the first time in a week and half yesterday, it went really well. We went over his questions with the Restoration pamphlet and then read 1 Nephi chapter 1 with him. We all took turns reading and answered his questions and really strived to show him HOW to use the Book of Mormon right. So now we feel like he is a little bit closer to having the tools that he can help himself to progress.
Ivelisse has been not so difficult, we have had some pretty tricky lessons with her, but lately we have been focus on the simple things and the basic principles, so things have come a bit more easy.
So, things are going great with them. It really helps to haave people to ponder about and pray about and then study for.
Other than that, it has been pretty chill.
We had an awesome devotional with Elder Larry Y. Wilson of the seventy about the Book of Mormon, it was a good devotional.
My Spanish has been steadily progressing, we have learned most all of the grammar and conjugations, so it has been a huge matter of personal study now, which is what it will be in the field. I am going to try really hard on conversational Spanish the next few weeks, because un gospel related subjects are still a struggle with native speakers. But, i do feel pretty confident with the Spanish.
We have become more unified in our teaching and have learned how to teach better as a trio, it is a bit more difficult. I really appreciate Hermana Coleman and love having her in our lessons and studying with her and whatnot, but i will be happy when it is just another Elder and myself.
I feel like this last week has been really great because I feel like my purpose has been more refined and I feel more comfortable now. It is a constant progression, but it has been good. I don't have a whole lot of time left in here, so I am going to hit it hard these last two and a half weeks. Can't wait for Kentucky!
Anyone who wrote me a letter, I am going to write you back. We can only write letters on P-Day, so that it why things don't get out as fast as you send them. Thank you all for your letters though, I really appreciate it and I love being able to see what is going on with everyone.
I love you all, hope all is well in the real world ( i saw a little bit of Obama speaking on CNN, "calling for cooperation" or whatever, (the mailroom people were looking at it on their computers) so I feel a little bit in tune now, not really though). I pray for all of you and appreciate your prayers more than you can know.
The Church is true. As true as the Gospel, which is insanely true. I love my first 7 weeks as a missionary. Love and miss you all.
Con amor -
Elder San Martín
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