What a difference a week can make!

This week was a pretty productive week. We have started finding more people to talk to and we have been a lot busier than usual. We Have been teaching Maira Kasada, most of her family is members except for her so we have started teaching her and she has a very strong testimony of the gospel. She has attended church a few times and we are going to see if she can get baptized this week. We have also been teaching Juan Medina who seems a little bit too smart about the gospel for his own good. He loves the Book of Mormon and other books of the church. He read Gospel Principles in three days and was interested to learn more about the contents. He does have a little problem with the WOW, though but he seems to be progressing really well. 

Also I had a recent change of companions this past Thursday. My new companion, Elder Vargas, is fairly new in the mission His mission was actually in Brasil, he had only been there two months and he got bronchitis and had to come back to his home country of Ecuador for a little bit of time, they sent him to Cuenca to acclimate to the colder weather and then he will be able to go back and finish his mission in Brasil. 

This week in my studies i was reading in the end of 2 Nephi where the Lord is talking about how in the last days His word, His gospel, and He Himself will be rejected by the people of the world, but how when they decide to follow him, change there ways, obey his commandments, his hand will still be stretched out waiting to help them along. It does not matter what we say, what we think, or what we do. We will always have the opportunity in our lives to turn our hearts to the Lord and he will still be there waiting. I really liked comparing this to the story of the Prodigal Son. The son leaves and goes out and does dumb things, but when he comes back his father welcomes him with open arms. The Lord is our father who always is there for us and always wants to help us....we just need to let him in.

Love always, Elder Jesse

So sad no pictures, but he did tell me that his convert Marina, tailored 4 pairs of his pants, he said he wanted to send a picture of him in pants that fit, but it took her longer than he thought and he didn't have time.  He also told me he is getting more comfortable with the language it was quite a change going from an English speaking companion to a native that speaks no English, and his attitude didn't seem so good so I was worried. His new companion is saying that he has really good Spanish for someone who only has 8 months in the mission. That's good news considering two months ago his mission president didn't want to hear him speak Spanish because it was so bad!  I love hearing from this kid!!!  Today is a good day!!!

I love him very much and my testimony increases each week as I see him grow!!