Crazy First Week

Man this has been crazy. A ton went on and it all went by so fast. I got my trainer which is Elder Anderson, and he is awesome!!! His Spanish is really good, he's been out for just over a year, and we both love Star Wars. We have been doing a ton of work and a ton of studying together and I love the elder, he's my papi and I'm his hijo because he's teaching me everything, lol.

There's a ton to learn on how to work the area book, setting up lessons and recording everything you do. We haven't had a ton of lessons this week but we are grinding really hard to get some set up. I feel bad because I'm always just kinda quiet in lessons because I don't really know what's going on or what to say. But I'm trying really hard and I'm slowly getting better and better. I can normally understand what is going on, and get about half of what the general idea is, but get little on the specifics. This last Sunday I bore my testimony in church in Spanish because it was fast Sunday, and it went great!! I think I said everything right, but who knows, lol. It's been frustrating not being able to say what I want to say or understand what people are trying to say to me, but I am trying my best and just trying to have a good attitude about it.

I already miss my mom's cooking, she made the best stuff and I can't cook to save my life, lol. So I've been surviving off of ham and cheese sandwiches and some smoothies. It's alright though because my mom gave me some ideas today so I should be good to go. Today was my first p-day and we went and played some mini golf which was super fun. I tied for first with 2 other elders so that's a dub in my books. Then we went and got some food, and headed to a surf shop right next to the beach and I was dying the whole time. I ended up buying a hat and we headed to the church.

Crazy miracle:

We had a referral last Saturday on this guy named Yelian, and we went ahead and gave him a call, and he picked up!! We taught him a quick lesson and invited him to church, and he said he would come!! He actually ended up showing up and we introduced him to a ton of people and took him to class. He seemed like he was having a good time and making friends so we will see where this takes us!!

I've been saying "dude" and "guys" a ton so I decided that every time say that instead of "Elder", I do 10 push-ups......... After Sunday I had 150 push-ups lined up. I'm getting better though so that's good!!

I hope everyone is doing great, I miss you all and hope all is well!!

Love, 

Elder Harbs

Mom: He told us there are 8 areas in his mission. He's currently in Green Acres, Lakeworth area, which is North of Fort Lauderdale.  Also, he took a nice crash on his bike the first day!  He laughed about it.  Now that that's out of the way, lol.  He lives in a house with two other Elders, The Zone Leaders, and his companion is their District Leader.  He said that most Elders live in groups of 4 together. He likes his room he sleeps in, not a bunk bed, and they each have their own desks. He is really happy despite the normal frustrations of learning a new language!