Hey family-

Hope all is well over there. It was another fast week down here though. It was fun though. We found a family this past Sunday and have taught them twice. They said they couldn't come to church but we have are next appointment with them at the church tomorrow in the afternoon. They seem pretty positive. I hope they enjoy the visit tomorrow. On Wednesday there was a leadership training with all the district and zone leaders and the assistants covered a lot of things but President came in near the end and he touched on just a few topics which was really cool to me. But he really focused on obedience and the way we treat the sisters in the mission. He then talked about how a lot of the sisters suffer here in the mission and a lot suffered before the mission as well. But by the small things President said, being a caballero, a gentlemen, it will help them gain confidence, know they have support and do what you want them to do here in the mission. A funny thing he said to us is that if we don't learn how to treat and interact with girls right now that one day we`ll have 5 girls and we wont know what to do with them and that we would call him asking him what to do? It was a lot funnier in Spanish. But as for the Chileans....they left this Wednesday. Who knows how there house and their cities are. But I'm doing well. Elder Diaz and i are happy to be companions and are doing a lot better with new companions and being in a new area. There's a couple of requests i have. One is from our cook that wants to know what the recipe is for the butterscotch oatmeal cookies and the other one is from me. I was curious if every week or every other week you could find a family history story that is short but has a good meaning to it so i can learn a little by little who my great great uncle was, or my 4th great grandma was, or etc. Another thing is that there was a very small book that was in my room that had some stories like that in it i believe. I hope its still there or can be found. I would like to read it here if you happen to find it. Kind of small and it was orange or brownish if i can remember correctly. That would be really interesting and fun to read if you happen to find it. Other than that I'm doing pretty good. Just always trying to think of ways to change because if I'm not changing i am going backwards. There is no still or staying in the same spot. Please keep your prayers for the people here so they can hit the ground running when the temple is all ready to go. I love you all and i hope that you guys have a great week.

Elder Larson