Happiness

I think that the whole point of the gospel is that even if things aren´t perfect, or even if we´re not perfect yet, we can have peace.  And then there are lots of times where you can just be happy.  I´m just dandy right now.  Stupendous.  Is that right?  Anyway, things are good.  Not perfect, but I really am happy.

Today we went up to Pico Bonito, were there are some super sick waterfalls.  Way cool.  We went with the other zone, where my brother Elder Amendola is zone leader.  The whole thing was a blast.  I´ll send pics.

Story time!

We had a great spiritual experience with an investigator named Salamaleco.  In the lesson, we answered some questions, then he asked about the gift of the Holy Ghost.  We explained how the sun is in one place, but we can feel it´s heat here.  Everyone can.  Some scriptures were shared, and he seemed to get it, but there was just something missing in his depth of understanding.  I knew that he wasn´t comprehending exactly how the Spirit feels like.  I told him that his questions were obviously inspired by the Spirit, and that it was him that illuminated his mind to ask them.  That seemed to really click with him.  Then as my companion was testifying, the room just lit on fire.  I stopped and said, "do you feel that.  I can feel the Spirit right now."  He confirmed that he felt really tranquilo, and we could then tell him that that´s exactly how God will answer his prayers.  It was one of the best lessons I´ve had on the mission.

We were teaching a kid named Coco (his real name is Paul) and he´s way cool.  Way pilas.  Went to church and everything.  His friend is the ward mission leader´s little brother Daniel.  So Daniel loves lifting weights, and everyone was trying to lift the weight.  So... I decided I would show them what I´m made of.  There are two type of people in this world.  Those who are humble, and those that are about to be.  I did some bicep curls with it, and then some tricep stuff.  No big deal.  Now they all know I can lift it.  Cool.  So I squat down to drop the weight... BOOM!  My pants totally make an explosion noise, and they rip from seem right below the groin up the back about five inches... so yeah.  Big rip.  And that was my last good pair of pants... so while those get fixed, I finally broke down and bought two more pair today.  Good times.

This is the Lord´s work.  It´s awesome!

Love, Elder Thalman