Kinda just livin tbh

 "Chosen by God to serve him below. To every land and people we'll go. Standing for truth with fervent accord, teaching his Holy Word."

Whats up everyone. Elder Cpohl checking in. Hope everyone is well. What a beautiful work I get to be apart of! Last Wed I had the opportunity to welcome new missionaries. Shoutout to Stinky and Glib on their arivals. Two studs! Bolivia and Peru are blessed.  Seeing new missionaries flood in is so cool. There have been a few times when I've gotten to talk with elders who I wouldn't necessarily say I got along with in high school. It's cool to see that it doesn't matter if you were a Bengal, titan, eagle, or hawk anymore. Our name tags don't have the names of our schools. They have the name of Christ. Thats one thing we all have in common. We've all put our past issues on the alter of sacrifice to be here, united, to serve the Lord. What a blessing. 

It's awesome here. I love it. I don't want to leave. The days are long, but incredible. Everything is all starting to mesh together as the days start to fly by, so I've been actually writing in my journal every single night for the first time in my life. It's seriously flying already. 14 days from now I'll be living on another continent. Kinda crazy. 

The Lord is blessing my Spanish. There's a district of elders from Mexico here that don't really speak English. I've been hanging out with them a lot. This week I taught the first lesson to two of them fully in Spanish and was able to convey and understand everything I needed to. I told them to talk fast but I'm not sure if they did haha. My teacher asked how I did and one of them told him I have "un testimonio corto y poderoso" a short and powerful testimony. This is honestly all I need. I've learned down here that you don't need a ton of vocab and long drawn out explanations. All you need to really pierce peoples hearts is to bring the spirit, let it talk through you, and then share a quick to the point testimony. The "nativos" say Spanish is the celestial language, and when you're able to feel the spirit in Spanish, it makes sense why. What a beautiful language.

The decision to serve a mission has already blessed my life. I can't wait to see what's ahead. 

Con amor 

Elder Pohlman