Elder Connor Zarate

Not a whole lot to write about this week.

We did have exchanges with our DL in Sligo, which is another small town north of us. It was fun. While we where walking around I saw a tie draped over a crosswalk light and I climbed up and got it. There wasn't many tourists but it was so pretty. Sligo sits in a bowl along some mountains and oh how I miss the Mountains, they are so amazing. (They were more like really big hills all in a row but still they were fairly high and you would be out of breath if you climbed them, so we are counting it.)

We taught alot of lessons this week, and several where in-person. When we teach the plan of salvation, we like to do it at the church with the whiteboard and that is a really fun. On Saturday, we got to do two in a row, as one friend left the other came and we taught it again, so that was fun.

Other than that, the weather continues to to improve little by little. The sun stays out longer and longer, and more and more tourists flood the streets. (I still haven't figured out exactly what it is, but you can pick an American out of a crowd from a kilometer away. It just oozes out of them. It is so funny)

A scary though that I had this week. My comp pointed out that we have been together for at least a full transfer, and whenever people ask our age I always say that "I just turned 19"... which was true... when I was in Virginia but now I am almost closer to being 20. But that doesn't seem right to me because I feel like I haven't been on my mission for that long yet. Yeah, my birthday was pretty early on in but my mission, but my mind still thinks that I am fairly early in as well.

Spritual though.

This week I am grateful for the Book of Mormon and modern prophets. With having the opportunity to teach The Plan of Salvation a couple of times this week, Elder Newton and I were talking about how much is different from mainstream Christianity. Really what it comes down to is that we have a deeper understanding of these truths and how they all fit together because of the Book of Mormon and modern prophets. I invite you all to start or continue to read the Book of Mormon, and to look for how it can Help you in your life, and how you can apply the principles that you learn from it. Because we know from Nephi in 2 nephi 32:3 "feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do." And watch what you can of General Conference comming up soon. The things you hear and read as you do will change your life just as it has changed mine, and help you come to understand the character of Christ more.

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Ps Happy St. Patrick's Day, from Ireland