This week was really great! Spanish is still coming along
well.... except I can hardly understand anything that people say but oh
well. And everyone says the Spanish in Nicaragua is totally different
down there so.... hahahah but it is definitely getting better! Elder
Williams and I are reading the Book of Mormon in Spanish and although we
can hardly understand any of the scriptures, it brings the Spirit and
helps me with my testimony that I´m supposed to be learning Spanish! I
know that this is where I belong! Our Zone/Branch is huuuge, we have
like 50 people! Every week we add about 150 missionaries and lose about
30 so this place is getting pretty full. I saw Timmy! I have also seen
Connor Clay (Viewmont), Alec Monson, Dallin Anderson, a kid from South
Dakota who knows Dalton and Chris Fulton, and a kid that's gonna play
football at BYU. It's funny because he told me that Bronco has been
talking to them about National Championships and stuff... so we better
be watching in a couple years hahahaha some things just never change :)
I'm really excited to see Billy tomorrow!
Elder Williams and I
have had some real practice with patience down here. And composure.
Which makes me real grateful for basketball and Preach My Gospel!
Hahahah our district has a real issue with wasting time, and it starts
with a certain Elder that we are really annoyed with. Although Elder
Williams and I get off topic occasionally, we usually work really hard,
as do the Hermanas, so it gets frustrating when everyone else hardly
does. Especially as Zone Leaders we have an obligation to serve and make
sure that everything is going well. We've talked about it before and it
didn't help, so we're trying to settle it one last time. I'm extremely
grateful for the chapter in PMG about Christlike attributes. I pray and
strive to incorporate them into my life every single day and I'm
grateful for the Savior helping me with anything and everything I need!
On Sunday we watched
the Joseph Smith movie and it just only helped to strengthen my already
profound testimony of Joseph Smith. Ever since we went to the Sacred
Grove I have known, but I am so eternally grateful for him and all the
work he did. I love the movie because it doesn't just talk about the
things he did, but the persecution he went through. He is my hero.
Thank you so much for
all the updates! The Fourth of July is my favorite holiday so it was
hard, but the MTC did a pretty good job helping with that and I only
have to go through one more of those! I'm glad Ben was there! I will be
shocked if Liz doesn't get lost at least five times down there, but I
hope they have fun! I love and miss you all so much. I pray 5 times a
day for each of you, so if anything I hope the work I´m doing down here
is blessing all the people who have helped me so much in my life. I
truly wouldn't be here without you all!
Love always,
Elder Merrill
Oh goodness I always forget stuff.... thank you for the package! I
honestly hated everything in there but didn't even care because I was so
happy :) so cookies would be nice, but it really doesn't matter :)
Hermano Morales
CCM (MTC) Teacher
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