New Transfer!

This week is the first week of my second transfer. I got a new companion Elder Truman and he is a good missionary. It's different for sure to have a new companion but we have a lot of things in common. It has been a little but of a crazy week because of change but overall it was good. The past few days have been really cold and windy here like 5 degrees and -10 wind chill with a little snow but it has been warming up so that's good. We have been teaching a family of 5 from Ecuador that's been in the US for only a month. They will get baptized soon and they have a lot of friends in the ward so it's only a matter of time. Another guy we are going to teach is named Manuel. We sent him a text last year in like October for the church time but he never came. In January he showed up at the last year's time but it was the English wards time. But we talked to him and told him that the Spanish ward was at 11:00am and not 9:00am. So he was a little miracle and now we have a time set up to teach him too. Things are improving my Spanish and teaching but overall I still have a ways to go and I'm excited for the future. We went to the restaurant today to La Mexicana and we get free food so its awesome. It's crazy that I'm already in my second transfer it moves quick. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers! Thanks also for all the Happy Birthday wishes! Love you all!

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