Oh esta semana. Fue genial!

Ok skype first. We get to skype anytime from 11-well later I guess on christmas. Before that it is basically a normal day. So I will talk to garrett about when and then talk to yall. I miss saying yall. Anywho so yeah we will do that I’ll talk to Sanders about when we will come but I’m thinking about as soon as we can so thats in your morning. But sanders and I are saying like 1130-12 our time so like 5 or whatever Garrett time. But here is the catch,. We get 40 minutes to talk. That is all. Not even the proper hour. Sorry but thats what presidente is saying and thats what we have to do. Just letting you know now. But next week I will try my connection with dad to seal it all up. But we will be using a members house so I don’t know what all is gunna go down with that stuff. But next week I will know. 

Questions

Literally everything i have learned in my mission has changed me and my testimony. I am no where near the same person I was and its only 4 months in. But one HUGE thing I have learned is about how important families are. Everything about the evangelio is about families. Everything we do from baptism to temple work is basically so we can live with our Heavenly Father together again, and be with our families while we do that. Like obviously there is other stuff but thats kinda of it in a nutshell. Families are so important and I was blessed to be raised in the best of them. (You have permission to sniffle but not cry here).

Blessings. Once again like everything. But I remember dads job thing was a big thing I remember and yours to. Also I feel just like the Lord is trying me and growing me and all the time I am just receiving the blessings of the Lord. The fact that I haven’t got hurt, just everything. There is no way I should even have half an idea of spanish yet but I’m doing pretty well. Umm but yeah little tender mercies of the Lord are what I see the most. We found a house when we needed it. We get  into a house when we feel like we are gunna die and need a drink. So on and so forth. My God is awesome. 

Serving is helping me grow so much. I love the Lord more than i ever realized possible but i know how little i understand about everything. The moment we start to think we have stuff figured out i realize i know nothing. 

Tell everyone their to help the missionaries out. lessons with members are something to kill for out here so help them out. Love them all.

Ok padres. So Skype thing im gunna try and get on at like 1130 my time. Please tell Gare-bear what time that is for him I think its like 530 but if not please tell him. This is the earliest I can get on. 

Ok so this week was crazy and honestly not gunna be able to tell you everything because it was crazy and my time limit is short. So ok here I go. 

Cambios were this week. We got a call from the assistant which usually means someone is training or being made a zl. So Sander is now a DL! And we are both staying here. Which is weird they usually separate the dad and son after the training. But so he and I are still going strong. And he gets the pjs now for sure!! so thats cool. My entire house is the same still Haynes and Baez. 

Umm Christmas program thing. It was...interesting.I The missionaries sang. WE sounded legit as heck. Booom. 

So one of our investigators se llame N was giving us a ride back to a members house when she asked Sanders if because we thought he was leaving if he would be able to go to her baptism. And we were like umm que? because she didn’t have a fecha. And then she was like yeah if possible like this year does that work for you guys??? So We are pumped to see what goes down with that because I have no idea what happened there.

WE offered a lot of service this week a bunch of members bought wood to be stacked so the first people they call are the jovene missionaries. So thats been fun. Cool story the shirt I am wearing over my button up in the picture is a large. Boom. Ok so it was still tight but still. No preguntas. But so yeah. Stacked a lot of wood. Then ate pan de pasqua to make up for it. Its like fruitcake or whatever that stuff is called that has like the gumdrops in it. That cake noone likes. Its not bad. Not many gringos like it but i do ok, i do. 

I love you both muchismo and will email the 22 and talk to you soon. 

Love you

Elder Galbreath

what a week.

Ok sorry but a couple things: 1 who is allie engaged to?????? Did not see that one coming but hey it happens she is cute. One down. And Bailie is engaged as well? Crazy with who?

2:Presidente Blueth is awesome it was good to hear it from him. He was very reassuring. 

So this week was good. We had a Grand inter-cambio on tuesday. This means all the companionships in the zone got mixed. I worked with a native named Elder Dominguez. I did pretty good I could understand everything except when he got excited and started like laughing in his sentences. Then I was lost. But other than that I was good so that made me feel awesome. But geez he is a good teacher. Like I have been focusing on my spanish and my knowledge just thinking that teaching would come but man that guy can go. Like seriously I was blown away. We taught the gospel a couple times and one time I was like yeah I want to be baptized where can I sign up for that? Dude is crazy. But yeah so that was a wake up call. So Sanders and I stepped it up this week and got like 171 contacts this week. Which is a lot. So that was cool. 

So I forgot to write about this last week but last week was the primary program! It was awesome they don’t have all the kids say something so that was different but they still sang songs and it was cute. A little girl was going to say the prayer but she got scared so she ran crying over to her dad who is the stake president. So like the entire barrio went awwww.... and then another girl said it but she was older and loves being in the spotlight so it worked.

Sorry your week was boring. But about great grandma, that was hard. Pres called me and he was super reassuring. He is a great man. But after we hung up I said a prayer and just forced myself back to work. That night I started to remember stories about her. I remember when John moved in to the downstairs part of her house and I was super mad because that meant Zoe and Taylor would get to see Great Grandma all the time. Just little things like that. But I’m sorry I’m not there. But now she can go through the temple so thats good. Families really can be together forever I know that here on the mission more than ever. That is basically all we are trying to teach and do in the church. Be together with our eternal father forever and as a family together. Its really all it is. But its good that she is in a better way now. We will love and miss her though. I love you dad.

Thats awesome about Eliza. That girl is gunna be good. Just tell her to be careful about her feet. Didn’t John mess up his like ankle or something? Or was the world just not ready for Big John. What are the other munchkins up to? Here school is getting out but its still going strong up there isn’t it? Christmas vacation right? I don’t remember. Geez its hot down here by the way. Like wow. 

So ask the other uncles who is gunna have a baby in the next two years because we have a record of babies being born while someone is out on the mission. Garrett while Dan, Me while John, and Cade(?) while garrett right? Ok whats Johns youngest named? Geez I’m bad I cant remember. Oops. 

I love you mama. Keep setting up for christmas!! Here they have the same types of trees we have so I saw a branch with a white strip and I was like hey thats the 2nd row!!

Elder Galbreath the 6th

Thanksgiving, done

Thats right Thanksgiving happened this week. Just kidding we celebrated like crazy! So for almuerzo the lady we had it with, another elder had taught her how to make cheesy chicken rice bake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So she made it for us and I almost cried. Like seriously it was great. Not as great as yours but seriously it was good. But for thanksgiving we went to a negocio and bought pan and some cheese (which is weirdly expensive) and had pan and melted cheese. Ok so definitely super boring but honestly it was legit. And I didn’t do insanity that day so I got to feel super fat too. Awesome right? But those pictures look amazing thank you. And Taylor and Eliza may or may not have had me tearing up I’m not admitting to anything though. But thats awesome. Thanksgiving with the Galbreaths sounds awesome though. Is there a story with the chickens though?

Ok so this week was INSANE. So started off we moved. Just kidding that was at the end of the week. Ummmm oh yeah I got my package! Super pumped the candy canes are disappearing mysteriously fast though I have no idea why.......Anyway the tree is very proudly displayed in our front window now in the new house. Before it was on my desk. But I don’t have a desk now. That comes later though. But super pumped about the package though. Gunna be great. On the 11th the mission is getting together to celebrate. Well like half the mission. The south half. But thats the awesome half. So look at the blog of Presidente for pictures of yours truly. 

                                        Package received! 

But then we had a bunch of stuff go down with a baptism date. MJ was supposed to be baptized saturday but like she didn’t ever talk with her parents and even though she is 19 we still want her parents to be ok with it. And they are not. Like at all. Her dad was like yelling at us at one point. Like he would say I will respect her decision then Maria would say well I want to be baptized then he would start saying how the family is catholic and such and it was hard. Ehhh people. But she said she is talking to them and we are hoping for the 13th of this month. Super pumped for that because she is basically a mormon she just needs to get wet. And there is a chance I will get to baptize her. In our mission we only get to baptize in our first and last sector so I gotta get going soon. Working on that though :-) and yeah. So then on friday Sanders and I were wrestling but I was in my flip flops so I had no traction so he pushed me and I went back and then I went through a window basically. That’s what those pictures are of. Oops. So we called Elder Pendley (the adult missionary) in charge of stuff for the houses and he was like “oh its happened before just go  get it fixed and we will reimburse you.” So I learned how to put a window in. We measured the window, went down to  the window guy, he cut out a piece of glass and handed it to us. So we went back to the house, took out the old piece, put the new one in, then siliconed it in place. But we didn’t have the little gun to squeeze the tub of silicone and so we made do. My thumb was very sore for a couple days. Yeah I did that. But I felt very accomplished. 

                                            OOPS!

So saturday we moved. That was a hassle and a half I will tell you what. Like it was good because there were 4 boys that can fit everything we own in 3 suit cases but still it sucked. The new house is cool though. It is in the gricco (rich) part of town so thats cool but its like a half hour walk away from our sector. But still cool and more importantly still a house. But the rooms are smaller so we don’t have room for our desks. So we are figuring that out now. But its cool cause now I study in my bed or on the couch. Which is way comfier! So thats legit. Also the Ensign you sent me with the conference addresses? Yeah its called HEAVEN. Seriously we usually get the ensigns pretty close to the beginning of the month but this issue we still haven’t gotten them so I got to read them early though. It was awesome. They translated the spanish guy..interestingly though. A couple points its not how I would have translated it though. Its kinda cool to see how everyone else in the world sees general conference. I love english. It’s great. But yeah. Thats my busy week shoved into a quick letter. I don’t know much about the skype call other than we can do skype. Its awesome. But I will find out more soon. I love you. I want to see pictures of the house though. I will send pictures of people next week. Its Christmas!!!!

Elder Galbreath the 6th