Day 195

¡Feliz Día de Madre!
Hey! it was so great talking to you guys last night and it gave me an extra boost to work harder here. it was kind of weird speaking English again but i enjoyed it. last night was really awesome for me because after the call we went to a member´s house and learned how to make tortas fritas. pretty easy but it´s really fun too. i´ll have to teach you guys too someday, but can i buy packages of fat in the united states? i´ve never seen it before but i guess we could use the fat from meat. the meat here can be pretty fatty and i get to dissect it like a little surgeon at lunch time. i´m getting better eating the meat and i LOVE it. speaking of cooking, how do i make chocolate chip cookies? we have an awesome horno and i would really like to use it soon. after that we went back to the house and we just sat at our desks and talked until midnight. i asked him about his vision for his last month here on the mission and we are determined to make it the best he has had in the last 2 years. i really expect to see the miracles this week to have baptisms this month and i know we can do it. we also talked about our goals and we made some plans for our bautismos and increasing church attendance.
i´m so happy everything went well with annie´s baby! wow! now i have another little niece and i´m so excited to meet her. its going to be awesome to meet all of my new nephews and nieces when i get home.
i don´t have too much to say this week because we talked yesterday... today, i think we are going to go on a picnic on top of the hill we climbed a few weeks ago. i´m not too excited because i just wanted to go back to the house and eat. we have a nice big table for everyone in our district to sit and eat together but the sister missionaries want to climb a hill far away with tons of flies at the top. should be fun but i think we would enjoy lunch more in the house. i took pictures to show off! we have 2 rooms, a bathroom, and a kitchen. there is a third room but that has all of the owner´s stuff and the door stays locked.
lately, i have been thinking a lot about the heart and what it means to be ´´pure´´´. i really love that word, pure, because of all of the good images and feelings associated with it. i want my heart to be pure everyday and i want to help others feel the same. i loved reading this scripture in the book of mormon a few days ago:
helaman 3:35
35 Nevertheless they didfast and pray oft, and did wax stronger and stronger in their humility, and firmer and firmer in the faith of Christ, unto the filling their souls with joy and consolation, yea, even to the dpurifying and the sanctification of their hearts, which sanctification cometh because of their yielding their hearts unto God.
how do you think we can yield our hearts to God? really, to purify the heart, we need to align our desires and goals with those of our Heavenly Father. we can´t know what He desires of us if we don´t talk to Him and ask.
i love you guys and i will send fotos!!
elder summers

here are pics of me talking with my wonderful family, some of my wonderful house.
have a great week!