Segundo 🐐

 This week was good. An old dude named Segundo that we've been teaching got baptized. His names segundo and he's the second person elder cutipa has baptized in his mission🤣🤣🤣🤣 (Segundo means second) He's read almost all of the BOM in two weeks. He was so hyped to get baptized that he made us move the date up to he this week instead of this coming week. He's a typical old head. Usually our lessons with him turn into him telling wild tales of 30 foot pythons and swimming in the Amazon river. 

Before his baptism he told me "mira hermanito, te voy a contar algo. el carro es como la mujer, ten mucho cuidado" he proceeded to tell me how cars are like women. They can be in the best mood or running just fine and then out of nowhere they yell at you or don't start. Bro dropped some pre-baptism bars then hobbled into the font to make covenants. Absolute legend. He was imediately accepted by the old timers in the ward. He's in. All the caballeros in the ward gonna be posted up in their lawn chairs from noon till sunset drinking their Inca Kola every day this week to celebrate. 

My companion (elder cutipa) could use some prayers. He is really struggling. He does't have family support and is still adjusting to the mission. I am doing everything I can and he always says that he feels my love and support and that I am helping him to continue, but that other than that he has no reason to stay. He is litterally the coolest dude ever. I can't even express how much I love him. I worry about him. I think the issue is that he has realized how important the family is in the Church. He doesn't have a good relationship with his family so it has been hard for him to be here. I have sought personal revelation every day on how to help him and it seems like no matter what I do he still just feels alone. I was thinking it could be cool if any of you that are reading this speak spanish and would like to send me a video or message just saying he's a stud and bare your testimony or maybe some words of encouragement, maybe a mission story, experience, tell him you're praying for him, tell him thanks for the work he is doing, congrats on the baptism, anything, just love. I think that would be really cool because he doesn't get any support from anyone else. 

I am very happy. I love the mission. I genuinely don't think there is anywhere I would rather be. I love this work. Love these people. Love this place. 

Watched a guys dog get absolutely wrecked by a semi. Crazy. I have a video of the aftermath if anyone is interested.

I find myself sometimes thinking back on my life before the mission. Things I regret, dumb things I've done. Things I should've done. I found a cool scripture that I will throw my translation on

Mormon 9: "Condemn me not because of mine imperfection, neither my father, because of his imperfection, neither them who have written before him; but rather give thanks unto God that he hath made manifest unto you our imperfections, that ye may learn to be more wise than we have been." 

Cardens translation: "Condemn yourself not because of your imperfections, neither others for their imperfections. But rather give thanks unto God that he has made manifest unto you your imperfections, that you may learn to be more wise than you were before"

I'm grateful for the atonement and for the change I have seen in my life during these last 10 months.