Otra Dia, Otra Peso

Well, this is it, my last week here.  I can't believe I've been on my mission for a over a month.  It's really weird to be sending these emails instead of receiving them.



Yesterday we were doing our Spanish class,  and we had a bunch of visitors walk in.  They were all in various leadership positions for the MTCs, including the head of all international MTCs in the world.  My teacher was expecting this, but he was still soooo nervous.  We did an activity where every student shared a mini lesson in spanish about a scripture to one of the leaders, probably so they could analyze our progress and the effectiveness of our teacher.  My teacher chose me to talk to the leader of all international MTCs.  I actually spoke so well.  I was able to share everything I wanted and the only times I had to slow down was when I had to make sure I used the correct grammer in different tenses.  I was basically fluent.  Not actually but the progress is real.  Learning Spanish so that I can be a servant of God is sooo cool.



I've been studying a lot about the Atonement of Jesus Christ a lot recently.  I've been learning everything I can about it and then I write absolutely everything I know about it in my notes.  I thought I knew just about everything that's in the scriptures about the Atonement of Christ, but I've come to understand so much more.  It's all the same scriptures that I've read before but this time it means so much more.  It's brought a whole new meaning to Moroni 10:5, "And by the power of the Holy Ghost you can know the truth of all things."  Studying with the Spirit has brought me so much more truth and knowledge from the same scriptures as before.  All the answers are there, you just have to search for them.



You probably won't hear from me again until I get to Paraguay.  I'm sad to leave my comp.  He and I work so well together.  We have been so productive, yet having so much fun all the time.  He's a great example to me.  I'm still excited to go to Paraguay though.  I realized the other day how excited I am to be able to share the true enduring joy of the gospel.  I'm not sure I've ever been this excited in my life.



Until next time,



Élder Blacker



Not tons of pics left to send from here, but they put the Christmas lights up at the MTC and they are pretty awesome.  Also the language of guarani, the dying language of the natives of Paraguay.  I might have to learn it eventually. 




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