Dang well soooo good to hear from you guys!!! Mainly because you tell me schools starting, so finally i will be getting some boring emails from you and not these sweet emails about boating and all that make me wish i were there... haha but ya sure sounds like all of us have had an incredible summer!! Myself included!! I loooove getting all of your emails too!!! i think my comp thinks im a weirdo cuz every monday as we are here emailing im either laughing really quite loud from your funny stories or im crying slightly from the sweet spiritual reassurance you always send too!! Especially such as the story of matt getting the melkisedeq priesthood this week!! (ive forgotten how to spell melx, melkquis, melqxisedek or however in english, its a lot easier in spanish haha) And dang mom please keep me posted on the stories from Bednars book, hes incredible, i got to see a fair amount of his talks in the CCM and they always blew my mind, hes incredible, and i love reading his talks from the Liahona magazines we have here too!!
Alright the weeeeekk!!! Stories to the world!!! First, haha, did i get chased by a horse this week?!?!?! Hahahah suuuure did!!!!! Ahhh that was great, lemme tell ya, ya dont worry im gonna tell ya, we were walking to an appointment on the far side of town where its even a bit poorer than the typical poor here, and there are a bunch of horses in a few little farm type lots on this side of town, and some dude was walking his horse by with a little piece of rope for a leash tied arounds its neck, and as we walked by the horse started breathing really hard, like Lacy used to do when we would take her on walks and pass by other dogs... And as we got closer the horse leaped out after me!!!!! im gonna rewrite that in caps, the HOSRE LEAPED OUT AFTER ME!!!!!!! I was probably like 15 feet away from the dang gringo killing machine when it lurched out, took the rope out of the hands of the guy walking it, and started running towards me!!!!!!! So what do I do?!?! Yeah i scream haha and take off running the other way!!!!! Hahahaha ahhhh man i wish you guys could have seen it!!!!1 Im not sure what i said, but i think i might have cried for you mom, not sure if it was in english or spanish, but i think i did yell for your help, and ya i ran a good thirty yards probably before the guy, who was running too, finally got a hold of the rope to the horse again and stopped it.... oh ya so the now sweating even more profusely Elder Tenney then looked to his companion, who did nothing to help, and was just laughing his head off at me standing right where we were before hahahaha oh ya that was great.....
Alright story number two!!! So remember the tower in the middle of the city with the big siren, not sure what it means, thats been going off lately??? ya so thats the second biggest tower in the city, and the biggest is a giant pole with cell phone pannels on top, probably 150 feet tall, and the other day we walked out of a lesson nearby this tower, and saw that the streets were flooded with people who were all staring at the tower... Why??? Ya thats what we were wondering too, so after asking around a bit apparently something had broke in the bottom foundation of the tower and it was expected TO FALL!!!!! HAhahaha so ya just your typical day in this crazy country, the streets filled with everyone just glaring at the only source of modern technology in the city that is about to fall and crush half the city... So ya it hasnt fallen yet, its been a few days, but who knows maybe there will be a funny follow up story to this in the next few days....
Alright so ya thats about all ive got for today for the funny stories. Nothing suuuuper big with the investigators this week, but things are going well! Still planning the wedding for the one couple!! They are soooo awesome too!! They are sooo converted, already developing real strong testimonies, and their dad is a member in the ward here and he thanked us real thoroughly the other day, telling us we are transforming his family for him and he couldnt be more grateful, that was cool!! Ok so i have to say, President Pricoli is a calm and quite older man, but he is a silent GENIOUS!!! His weekly letters always blow my mind! At first he was telling us all this cool stuff about being celestial missionaries, and now hes applying all of it to our investigators to make them celestial investigators, ones who will be strong members fast who will hold up the church strong here, not just people who we drag along to church with us, and its been really cool to see how he has helped us aim towards this!! And fortunately we are succeeding in doing it my comp and i!! Weve had to cut off a few investigators, and now we are contacting more and looking for those who are truly ready to hear the message and be strong celestial members and weve already found a bunch!! REally neat!! I know President Pricoli is relay8ing to us exactly what The Lord wants us to do to ultimatley prepare for the second coming!! other cool thing about pricoli, actually two things, is one: there are a number of super difficult and disobedient missionaries ive heard about in this mission, and at first i couldnt picture someone like this quite old man who is our president being capable of managing them, but now most of these difficult elders were transfered into the office this week hahaha where hes got them right under his eye at all times... so ya i think hes a way smart dude and the man for the job!!
So ya i couldnt be happier to do the work here!!! its sooooo cool how strong people can have the Spirit with them at all times on the mission!! I literally receive personal revelation everyday during my personal study from the Spirit that brings me to tears and reassures my testimony that there is nothing greater than this The Lords work to bring to pass our eternal life!!! Even cooler when i find myslef sharing what i learn with others here!!! So si como siempre les agradezco a ustedes como siempre por ensenarme toda mi vida, con todas las detalles sabidas a los hombres, este evangelio!!! No hay algo mas importante a mi y solo quiero compartirlo con los demas a mi alrededor! Gracias por hacerme capaz para hacer esta obra!!! Sigan haciendo lo mas possible para hacer la obra del Senor alli en los estados unidos tambien!!!
Les amo
Nos Vemos
Elder Tenney
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