Super busy but amazing week!

This was a super busy week. It was amazing, though!

We got a new greenie in our district. It's so weird to think that I was as stressed out as she is just three months ago! I already feel like I know all there is to being a missionary. At times, at least. Other times, I'm just willing to sit back and watch Elder Larsen work his magic in the lessons, cause I feel like I have no idea how to do it. But either way, it's insane how much you grow and change over just a short period of time, especially when you've got goals and the Lord is involved.

DQ Blizzards on Friday

We got a new car! We had to drive down to McAllen on Thursday to get it, so we lost most of the work day. But on the way back up, we got permission to stop by one of Elder Larsen's recent converts, from when he was in Harlingen. She'll be able to go through the temple in about three months, and Elder Larsen might be able to get permission to go with her, since he was involved in her teaching process. Just wait! In one year, I'm going to be going through the temple with Max!

Max is still doing great. He came to church yesterday, and we're almost done teaching him everything he needs to know. He's getting really excited for baptism, and our current goal with him is the first of February. The Zone Leaders are really pressuring us to bump that up a week, though, cause we're still short of our zone goal for the month of January. We're not sure if that's what's best for Max, but we might just have to follow their council. So don't be too surprised if next week's email has pictures from a baptism!

Even though we lost a few work days this week, due to meetings and such, we were able to find some cool people to teach. One of the problems here is just actually getting around to the second lesson, though. Most of the people here work in the oil industry, and their work schedules are pretty hectic sometimes. That makes it hard to find a specific time to meet with people. Like they told us in the CCM, we'll be teaching a lot more first lessons than anything else! But it's good. I need the practice. And we met a family last night that seemed really interested. The whole family is really cool, and the Mom, who we were teaching along with her kids, received a spiritual confirmation during her prayer that our church is true! She's super cool, and we could totally baptize their whole family. It's pretty awesome. But I'll try not to get cocky or anything like that.

Elder Larsen is so dead. He hit his Sister Mark on Saturday! He's soooo dead. But not really. He's still working super hard. Besides, he's still got 6 months left! Plenty of time to live and make a difference in the grand mission of Texas, McAllen. And I've still got plenty of time to learn from him. It's good, too, cause I've still got tons to learn.

Elder Larsen's face when he realized he's a sister! He hit his sister mark (18 months) on Saturday!

Texas is awesome. If you've never been here, you should come sometime. And if you have, you should come again.

I love you all. Have an excellent week, and I hope to hear from you all!

Con Amor,

Elder Chamberlain