Heyyyy ive got week two under my belt!!! And almost two months as a missionary!!! Cant believe it!!!! K first off Dad you are MY HERO for sending me that quote!!!! My mission prep teachwer at BYU showed us that and i thought it was in preach my gospel, i think it might still be, but i ve looked and havent found it, but YESSS you sent it thanks so much I love that quote!!!!! K im gonna be real with you guys, my first four maybe five days here (befor my last email) were indeed pretty hard, but now I am sooooo happy here!!!! Seriously, dont worry the slightest about me, im safe and looooving being a missionary and naturally having a constant smile on my face!!!! My second day here in the field, teh zone leaders came to inspect our house, and one of them is a gringo and he told me that if i was worried at all to just give myslef some time, that it took him weeks to finally start really enjoying the mish, but after just a few days i started getting to know the people well here and my comp and i started working great and all is well!!!
Alright so really not much is new this week, just typical life in Colombia!!! But typical life in Colombia is nuts haha!!! So the main street here in our little townis always a blast, especially at night!!! its just loud with tons of comotion, and at night its all lit up with neon lights and salsa music blasting from every store haha!! K so the music is INSANE here, like everything esle too though haha, but ya its no doubt this is the salsa capital of the world!!! Every single house, even the poorest ones with blankets for front doors, has giant speakers and we will be in the middle of a lesson and the house next to us (that doesnt exactly have sound proof walls, or really anything proof walls, just a few sheets of plywood and maybe some bricks) will start blasting salsa music and we have to finish the lesson almost shouting everything we say... So ya its crazy haha but i think it keeps things fun and exciting!!! nothings ever boring in this country, thats for sure! And of course the music makes it a bit harder to invite the spirit, but even with the music, we still manage to do so and its really neat to feel and to still teach with what we know to be the power of The Lord, despite whats going on in the crazy world around us...
So ya i couldnt be happier here and weve had another great week!!! My comp really is great!!! He teaches real well and works real hard and helps me do the same!!! Weve got a good number of investogators right now too and the work is going well!!! So i sent some funny stories to will and mark, thinking id have time to send them to you too, ut i dont, so have them share the stories with you, they are pretty good! And again, i cant thank you guys enough for being such incredible paretns!!! All the time i find myself in lessons teaching something that you guys taught me, and i always say so too in the lessons, i say ´well, my mom and dad once taught me this...´ and its always something that really helps these investigators and my comp has said to me several times that you guys must be super smart, and ya its true!!! Im glad to hear that you are doing well and that Jared is doing better! I know you are the most capable parents there are to continue helping him, so keep it up and keep enjoying your summer, and take good care of teh boat!! That things gotta last at least two more years!!! Those pictures you sent are great haha!!!
Alright so im getting the dear elder letters here on my email but not printed, so idk how those work exactly, butim gonna talk to my president in my interivew this week and ask him how exactly it works... But i love you guys tons and will talk to ya soon!! you guys have nothing but desires to do good and to do The Lords work, and with that, He will enable you to do it, he has me and he will you too, so keep workin ghard in all you do!!! And thanks for teh prayers, i feel them every day and they are very apparent here with my constant smile!! ok and maybe the good six inches of height and white skin help me stand out too, ut the smile is definitely a good factor!!
Les amo
nos vemos
elder Tenney
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