Vale la Pena

¡Una Semana mas! Pues, here I am once again! I´m going to start this one off with a funny story.  So, one morning at a Zone meeting, I was talking with a few of the Elders about how horrible it is that Argentina doesn´t have Hershey´s Candy Bars (seriously, it´s terrible) so, all that morning, I was just really wanting a Hershey´s bar.  I don´t think any of you understand how much I love Hershey´s Chocolate, but suffice to say... Alot. Entonces, I was in our apartment building later on, looking for a good sweater in my bag (because it´s flippin cold here right now) and I found a Hershey´s candy bar that my mom had packed! Pues, that was a crazy emotional ride. I was a bit exhausted, so i pretty much laughed until I cried! Jajaja! 

Well, that was one thing, another is that I gave my first blessing in Spanish a few days ago to Daryl.  He´s been struggling a bit because his Uncle is in the hospital, so he asked us for a blessing.  that was a great experience! Usually, i stutter a bit when I speak in Spanish, but during the blessing, i was able to speak clearly and calmly.  

The mission is definitely a refining process, and sometimes it´s just strait brutal. On the bright side, I know that this church is true, so that knowledge givces me the desire to improve daily.  I just wish that I could help out Elder Cedeño a bit more! At this point, when people speak clearly I can understand them.  It´s when they have a heavier accent that I need them to speak slower.  It´s a little discouraging thinking of how much more vocab i need to learn, but... No importa! On the bright side, I speak Spanish clearly and with a good accent, so people can understand what I can say.

Well, the mission life goes on, and next week i´ll have a month here, fua!!! Gracias por su amor a ayuda! Yo espero que todo sea bien allí!  Yo sé que este iglesia es de Jesucristo, y que mediante sus enseñanzas, personas puedan hallar Gozo y felicidad en sus vidas! 

¡Con fuego! :)

-Elder Holtry
editors note: He didn't send captions, so I really have no clue where most of these are!

He and his companion, Elder Cedeno

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