CHANGE!!!!

This past week was very... lax. Elder García was not very interested in doing much work with such a limited amount of time left on his mission. We spent saturday in Cholula which is the area that he was in before here. Which by the way our area is Loreto in the zone Oriente. Just an FYI.  Anyway... That area is way cool and that is where the picture that is the background for this blog came from. There are some FANTASTIC people there!!! We went there because there is a girl of 9 yrs that wanted Elder García to baptize her. That was fun. I got this one girl´s number while I was there. She wrote it on my hand. SHE IS SO CUTE!!!! And I got a couple pictures of her. Of course she is 7yrs old and she pretty much likes any Elder that is near Elder García..... But yeah. I like telling that story like that. It´s fun to to see people in surprise that I would possibly get a girl´s number on my mission. Hahaha. Sorry if any of you think it´s inappropriate. You can write me and tell me so if that´s the case....... :) Hahaha.

The rest of the week was eating with the secretaries and Elder García got 600 peso shoes from Capa del Ozono which actually has some really nice shoes. But mine are better because they are missionary shoes. So yeah! By the way gringas are now my absolute favorite food in the world. But this week should be a LOT better. I got a new comp!!!! Elder Montero. He is pretty dern great so far and he loves Enya. He is now my favorite comp of this change. (That was a bad joke but just so you get it... He is my ONLY comp of this change.....) He is much more gungho about the work so I am excited to see the changes in the area and in me. TANGO ANIMO PARA ESTE CAMBIO!!!!!

So for the spiritual thought that I´d like to share is about studying the scriptures. Too many people worry about how many times they have read the Book of Mormon at this point in their lives. My answer to sooth your worries? IT DOESN´T MATTER!!!!! You can draw a circle as fast as you want but that doesn´t mean that it will be as round as it could be if you took your time. The scriptures aren´t a race. In my study, there are times that I have only read 10 verses in a hour. No it´s not because the scripture was in Spanish and it took me that long to understand them. It´s because I took the rest of the time to actually ponder the words of those scriptures. I wrote down all my thoughts in my study journal (which I would advise ALL people to have) and I looked for the application of those scriptures in my life and in the lives of people around me. The invitation in the introduction to the Book of Mormon is to "Ponder in your heart" and pray to receive an answer if those things are true. How can you know something is true if you don´t know what it contains. If you run through an art gallery as fast as you can only catching glimpses of the art and then you are asked afterward if the art was pretty, what can you say? "Well I´m not really sure but it sure did blur into some interesting colors."....... No. Take your time. Find the purpose of each scripture in YOUR life and in your familys life. All things of the Lord are eternal, so don´t worry about running aout of time to read them.

I love you all and I thank you for the support!!! Find joy in all aspects of life and you will find it difficult to frown.

From the ever curious mind of Elder Heath, Peace out.