Hey Mom, that was an awesome email you sent me. Sorry for being such a hastle haha. I do remember the short stranger thing and also the speed bumps. I think thats why I like going over the speed humps so fast now... :) I love ya mom.

Hey Family this week was crazy.
So my mini missionary arrived (more like mini-me. Elder Benegas does almost everything I do which has been pretty fun haha) on Wednesday and Elder Leany left. As well as the 2 other elders that they stored in our pensión for the last two weeks. So that was great. So what happened this week that is noteworthy....
-Cristian Perez left for his mission on Thursday and he had a huge farewell on Tuesday night that he invited us to, so after Elder Leany and I got done saying good bye to everyone (because he was leaving and he only has one more transfer left in the mission) we stopped by and said goodbye to the currently Elder Perez.
-We visited an older couple in our ward that had been on vacation to Chile for about a 2 months and when they came back the Hermano had something like a heart attack.... He is totally fine now, but we stopped by to visit them one tarde and to introduce my new companion Elder Benegas (who is from San Juan, a state of Argentina that pertains to our mission). One of the first things they told me was, ´´Wow! te has engordado un montón!´´ (You have gotten WAYYY fat). Later in the conversation, the Hermana hinted that they might have broken the word of wisdom on their trip home (which wouldn´t have suprised me, because there seems to be a little bit of confusion amongst the members on things like coffee and tea...). It was what she said next that kind of surprised me... ´´We did a little coca to help with the altitude sickness...´´..... I guess the coca plant (where we get cocaine) is used to help with altitude problems going all the way back to the Incas... But it was just the last thing I expected to hear from this matronly sister hahaha....
-We have given blessings everyday so far since Elder Benegas came. I think its pretty inspired because he has given his first blessing here and its been great practice for him and me.
-CLAUDIA GOT BAPTIZED!!!!!!

It was a wonderful service and I will always remember the smile she was wearing after she came up out of the water. The Lord can do miracles with our hearts when we decide to follow Him. It was truly a wonderful day. The next day she got confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. That same Sunday we had a pretty awesome day. We left with the High Priests Group Leader of the ward (who is truly a stud member. 85 ish and still leaving with the missionaries to find the lost sheep) and started looking for a few families that have apparently disappeared of the face of the earth. But a very miraculous thing that happened is that two families that we ended up talking to (looking for the others) told Elder Benegas and I that they want their whole family baptized and they have been waiting for someone to come and teach them. It was really an awesome experience because missionaries sometimes avoid working with the less active families. I feel like it was the Lord´s way of saying ´´You two elders need to help this ward. I will help you find those of my children that don´t know me yet along the way.´´

Well I am 20 years old today. I realized that this morning as I was eating my corn flakes, oat meal, yogurt and milk.....that I am no long a teenager. That is weird. Welcome to the ´´roaring 20s´´ :) I love you guys and hope you have an awesome week. Happy Birthday to Elder Abutaa this week. Love Elder Daybell