Day 293

¡¡hola familia!!
i think this week was the only week that i only received letters from my parents... oh well. i guess it´s fair to say that my parents love me the most but i don´t want my awesome family to get out of the habit of writing a quick happy note! (at least, ¡por favor!). things are going very well, as usual, and the weather has been improving a lot. still lots of wind, but the sun is getting warmer. i´m pretty sure that we are getting closer to springtime :) . finally got our heater fixed. working well.
to answer questions- all of the missionaries here walk, except the assistants to the president sometimes drive a car. i guess there would be problems with people stealing our bikes all the time but here in zapala would be pretty easy going with a bike. i think i could probably ride across my area in 5 minutes, all of Zapala in 20. it´s a very small town but it´s great. i really love being here and i´m not looking forward to leaving... the last transfer, i was talking to my branch president about staying and he said that it´s only going to get harder to leave the longer i stay and i agree with him.
i think that i would be able to skype for christmas! that would be so awesome and lots of fun too. i don´t know if a computer ciber would be open on christmas but i´m sure we would be able to. sure, why not? i think my only pedido in a package would be another stain stick for my white shirts. that thing is great. cocoa packets would be great as well. i might be in another area when it arrives so i don´t know if it would be cold or not. i could be in the mountains, in the neuquen province still, far south with tons of wind, or close to the ocean somewhere.
i´m starting to get sick... i think i´m going to spend my pday napping during the siesta because i don´t feel like running somewhere today. we got everything that we needed done. we got haircuts, we bought enough food for the week, cleaned the pension, delivered letters to my district, and now we are writing to our families. it has been a good day so far.
this week i gained a testimony of our daily study time. i decided to be more flexible with my study and just do whatever i felt like i needed to and now i am actually using the things i am studying a lot more during the day. it´s been very interesting how i felt inspired to read a certain talk, or study a certain principle and find myself using that information later the same day. i know that we are being guided in the work and i´m grateful to know that we are never alone.
my scriptures for the week.
1 Thessalonians 3
12 And the Lord make you to increase and aabound in blove one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the acoming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his bsaints.
these are the things that really stood out to me this week because i have been thinking a lot about our responsiblilites that we have in this life. love has stood out a lot in my studies this week, maybe that means i need to improve a bit... but everything i read talked about how we can purify ourselves through our love for others and the love that we have for our Heavenly Father. i know that He lives, and i know that He is counting on us to really try and be the best that we can. we can´t let little distractions get in the way. usually the reasons that we have to get frustrated are pretty lame anyways... pero bueno. that is my pensamiento para la semana. i love you all, i´m going to eat lunch now. have a great week!
con mucho amor y animo
elder summers