Transfers🤭

 Yo whats good guys💕💋 pretty great week here 😊 transfers were this week and I got very lucky. Somehow I got an absolute stud gringo as my comp. Elder Nichols is from Farmington and he is an absolute champ. It is super rare to have a gringo comp in this mission because there just aren't many, so to have 2 in a row is crazy. 2 lit ones in a row is an absolute miracle. I think president just knows and has seen that having two gringos in Motupe has been huge for getting it back off the ground. He speaks grammatically perfect Spanish so I have already learned a ton from him. He also pushes me with the Spanish so that is good. He reminds me a lot of Mr clay (other than Mr clay has 28 girlfriends elder nichols doesn't)

Nothing crazy happened this week because we spent half the week in Chiclayo. Elder Beccera from the 70 came. He was dope. 

Add manta ray to the weird things I've eaten this week. Don't necesarily care for it. My pensionista being the richest lady in the whole town means I don't eat too much crazy stuff, but when we do it is kinda fun.

One thing I realized is that the goodbyes on the mission are harder than the ones before I left. Saying bye to comps, areas, other missionaries, etc will be very hard. Watching Elder Ostergaard say bye to these people was brutal. It is just so hard because you come to absolutely adore these people, then one day you get transfered and probably will never see them again. But change is good for the mission.

I don't think I have talked about my language abilities at all. Rest assured that I have aquired more words than my go to mtc words (paz, felicidad, gozo). On a more serious note the language hasn't gotten me down until recently. Lately I have been beat down on it though. I always heard before my mission "oh yeah at 3 months I was good" or "yeah one day there was a switch that flipped". Well I would say I still don't feel "good". And wherever this switch is, I would really appreciate to "flip it" soon. Don't get me wrong, I think I have have gotten "good" enough that if my companion was someone who didn't know a lick of Spanish I would get us through just fine. When it comes to every day missionary work I feel relatively confident. But when the conversation turns to something outside of Gospel, scheduling appointments, free bananas, or the legacy of PIMPMO sometimes I get a little lost talking wise (I understand everything, just can't say exactly what I want to sometimes). I am sure I know more than I think, but I just feel theres still tons to learn. I'm sure I will never be satisfied. Maybe it is just a glass half empty mentality that I have about it.

Life is good, I am happy (please email me and elder monson kershaw we would appreciate it)

Love you all

Pics

1. Me studying demonstrative pronouns (idek what that means in english let alone how they work in spanish)🤣💯

2. Elder ponce with a lizard 

3. Bunch of pics before elder ostergaard left

4. My comps pday fit (yeah he valid)