thanks it sounds like you are all doing good. this week was a good one. I learned some things I never thought about before, like some cool counsel I received and some deep doctrine stories I heard. Anyway we have some people that look like they are progressing, one person named A is a little girl that will most likely get baptized, she is really funny and her aunt seems to be reactivating also, I am happy for them it is cool to see them progress as a family, they are fun to visit and teach. Another person we found this week came to Church she just needed a little help and a ride to Church and she hasnt come in like 2 years, she is older but she has an awesome testimony that she told us, where she described how she died and they sent her back, she had prayed that she would be able to raise her kids and so she had, now though it is a bit sad because she is separated and we noticed she was crying a bit before we dropped by to visit, she feels bad sometimes, she cant do a lot by herself and probably feels really alone. we explained the obvious, how God doesn't leave us alone, and I think it helped her but her coming to Church was really great for her. Church was cool for me too, I really have to think hard to feel good sometimes, and it just shows how much I need the Gospel, in the second class we had I was trying to really enjoy things and focus on what the Lord was saying, It was cool how the Spirit testifies of simple things like ´´the Lord can change a heart´´ that is something that stood out to me in the lesson because I think that is what I needed to hear. and that little phrase helped me feel and understand better the Atonement, that stuff is priceless it is impossible to teach with out the Spirit.  this week was a good one, we had a good time in Church, just a bit at a time the Church here has been growing 

The Gospel is the way to live happy

my Sunday was good, it rained a bit but it was good. I like the rain just the Paraguayans dont like it very much even though it rains pretty often. this week was all good I think everyday was a good one, we found some interesting people, one is named Lalo and I bet they will come to Church next time, it is just that it rained. They are cool one is really nice but hasnt accepted anything from the message yet for some problems he has with one of the commandments. He told us he has read the pearl of great price, d and c and the Book of Mormon already. He is actually pretty smart yet he just needs to pray about one of the commandments. the other named Lalo is super cool and he understands fairly well the Bible and wants to pray about the Book of Mormon. He says so that will be cool to see if he does. It was fun explaining to them how I know the Church is true, I just explained the prayer part, I started sorting things in my head and sort of just put everything I knew on the line and I really wanted to know if God wanted me here in this Church and if it really is His Church, He told me when I put in a bit of faith and prayed sincerely, I just felt really good then a bunch of cool things happened later that showed be the Church is true and why we need the Church. 

That knowledge must not be perfect because I have had to have faith but I can say I know the Church is true the things I do know fit together well. 

The Gospel is the way to live happy, this week I have been focusing on that a bit, and how to really help people in the best way. I am getting better at what I say but there is always room for improvement I think. I am learning better what is repentance by experience now, sometimes my prayers are really intense and joyful, I feel like the Lord wants me back in His presence a lot and like everything I pass is for my good. I found a cool scripture about that in my study this week it is in doctrine and covenants 38;2,7,8 but yeah that is what I was thinking then I found that it is a good scripture and something that helps me want to change and be better is thinking of how I will feel as I finish life. well I know that the Church is true love you guys  

 I liked the General Conference  one thing I liked is how it wasnt overly general it seemed like they made it specifically for all, to me they said some things I can use to improve, one thing that really caught my attention was when they talked about obedience and part of it is attitude, it isnt enough to be a robot, life is a test but the biggest part to pass might be did you love me? well yes or no, we will be judged according to our works and the desires of our hearts, for me personally I am working on that, obeying yes but with a happy heart. 

so this week was cool, we found a lady and she has been passing some challenges but the Lord is looking out for her, -example she lives right by a member and although the member had not given us the reference ha the lady just started talking to us as we left the members house one day, she said hey what do I have to do to join your Church, well uhhhh then we went to here house later and taught her and she came to conference yeah also another cool little investigator that my companion has been teaching was able to attend with her family and the conference yes, we watched it in HD on a plasma screen in our apartment, just kidding no it took us like fourty minitues to hook up internet and all these confusing computer cords and stuff to get it running good but anyhow it was a good spiritual time for us and those that heard. The conference has helped me a lot, it was really awesome to hear some solid true and the Spirit was there.  

 well this week was a really good week.I feel like one of the reasons I am here is to value the good. I learned some new things. one thing I liked about the General Conference is how they talked about self improvement and initiative, it has helped me look for guidance from the Spirit a bit more and I have founds some things I need to improve that I never knew, I think on of the conference talks that called my attention most would have to be the one by Elder D Todd Christoferson, just a really cool theme, really but even better than that something interesting happened during the prayer before, there was a big pause as we just sat there in prayer formation waiting and I started to meditate, which can be considered a form of prayer, I started thinking about a time on my mission when I started doubting certain parts of my testimony which I can never remember a part of my life when my faith was so low yet I remembered when things were better, seemingly more easy to have faith and how when I was like 13ish I prayed with a lot of faith not knowing a lot about the Church but choosing to believe and seeing so many cool things later which had brought me to what I had said in the mtc that I know the Church is true and I was sure then as I am now, all thanks to that desire in my heart that led me to pray, gaining my testimony of the Church here in the mission was hard yet incredibly simple and I although only lost my testimony of the Church for a long hour it was hard to learn how to exercise faith all over again for some reason it taught me to value the things I know even more and become much more converted, anyway there I was sitting in the prayer just meditating on that, something that woke me up was when Elder Jensen said ´´your testimony was so good in the ccm Elder Seffker´´ and now I can say it is better, I do know, and I feel better, I have grown a lot here in the mission. then the pause stopped in the prayer and the person praying said something like ´´we thank thee for our religion which can exist because we can have prayer. then D Todd Christoferson talked about the Church and how it is an organization that allows us to follow Christ, with the Priesthood, it was really cool.

 Once in a while Nate has time to doodle...wow to be able to draw like that!

Shoes ready to be shined up for tomorrow! 

we are precious

thanks, I feel really good here in this new area, it is also cool to see you are doing good. I really feel like this area and companion will be able to teach me a lot, it makes me feel like I am in a test, you know like a game. but more serious like  a socialist society like that lame book me and Mike read called hatched but a lot cooler, something that I am already learning now is to love the people more and do things for the right reasons always, ``obedience is the first law in heaven but love is part of the first great commandments`` that is not a quote but it is a good summary of things I have been learning, so also something cool is my prayers are becoming more cool , I mean it is easier now to have faith without thinking too much on that, there are always good challenges though. I feel really happy now thinking of the valuable things this short time and effort has taught me. So to be clear I am in an area called P I dont know why I wrote that it means nothing to you well I guess if you really want you can all look up P on Google and see it, its a small city I think, a big area for a missionary, we have like half the city or something, anyway I know the things I am learning here are important, the people are extremely important to the Lord here, I mean it that is something else, maybe one of the bigger things I am learning now is that to God we are precious so be sure to remember that in case you forget, there are many trials coming I am guessing and one for me was loving my self more and accepting the Savior. well love you all chau

faith has really strengthened me

well this week was great we had a killer lesson with Migelina, we took a tiny bit of initiative and brought her neighbor, they are friends by blessing and the lesson was way fun, this person is really open and we laugh a bit but during the Spiritual moments she seems to be understanding and during the lesson she mentioned that she wants to share the Gospel and go and help the people, it seems after we talk about baptism she always says something about enduring to the end, she is learning the Gospel, she shared some experiences with us that I can directly relate to, it was really Spiritual when she related a dream she had and I was able to testify of how the Lord has spoken to me in a similar way and the other dream she had is starting to make sense, truly the Lord is preparing people as He has said, during my prayers that night I felt that the Lord called me here to be there as a part of my life. well also something cool is I am seeing real conversion in myself which honestly has been difficult, learning day after day by faith has really strengthened me and during one of my studies I realized I have come for a really good purpose as I felt prompted to ask my self some questions about my testimony by reading the baptismal interview questions I realized how much my testimony has been strengthen, that is probably one of the most valuable things I found here, so awesome, yeAh yeeeeah yeEah well just so you know I have been receiving your letters I will respond...... in a year or so, unless I forget jk Ill respond soon. this week was a success, love you all sorry i dont have time to respond to dads letter but I read it  nobody else get injured 

We sent him a cool Lego man Light!! He got it! YEAH

Nate's companion taught him some authentic Bolivia food!

His way is better

my Sabbath day was a good.  

that is a cool story, it really makes sense, I feel like coming to Church this week was a little bit like that in the story, in the way that me and my companion felt like we worked pretty hard, and invited a lot of people to Church that said they would come but nobody came from our investigators but it was a good lesson, why, because after I was sort of disappointed for a little bit, I started thinking about what is important, especially about the future, I don't have to feel bad if other people don't do their part but that is what usually bothers me, is I never have done my part 100% I have tried but I don't quite make it so I was thinking of that a little in Church until we took the Sacrament, everything went good after that it made me feel like a little kid, reminds me of 3 ne 11 where is says we should all become as little children to enter into the kingdom of God. so that is something that was really cool this week is taking the Sacrament, in my prayers at night I was talking about that, how I can be more like a little kid, and more innocent. what is interesting is I said a prayer asking what I could do, I said the prayer before going in to the Sacrament room and the answer I got was something like "depend on the Lord" so I guess that was all I had to do, that really is wise counsel, something that I have been learning lately, it has helped me view the contrast in feelings between depending on Him and trying to solve everything by yourself, we anyway that is what I learned and I know that the Lord talks to those who really try to talk to Him but in His own way and His way is better. love you thanks for your support all, thanks for your prayers love you