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iHola!

It is hard to notice your growing when everyone around you is growing as well. This is what Elder Nelson said at our devotional last Tuesday. Its when you take a step back that you can reconize the progress you have made. That was an awesome experience having an Apostle of the Lord come to speak to us. He stood there and made some promises that you kinda think are included in being a missionary but he made them sound so cool. Don't need to worry mom he said that we are in the Lords hands and we will all be protected for the next two years, if we obey all the mission rules. He also said that no matter the choice of career we choose to be in when we return, we will progress much faster because we have served a mission then if we were not in the MTC at this time. pretty cool.

This past week we had a mock lesson with a lady from Peru that spoke just about as much English as we spoke Spanish. My companion who had always done most of the talking, just froze up.  I had to do most of the talking and I have to say that the Lord helped me on that one. I remember learning all the stuff and verbs in class, but the Lord did help me speak almost solo Espanol.

I am being tranferred to another compound on Thursday. It will definately be good though. I've just have a hard time imaginging other people as "investigators" when obivously they are just other Elders. When I taught that Peruvian lady I was able to teach her because it was a matter of her not understanding me if I didnt speak Spanish. I am also getting a bunch of letters form chicas y homies at BYU, it makes it hard to know that are just outside my prision, uhh i mean MTC. When I get on the airplane it's like me signing the contract to do this. I have to be at the travel office at 3AM. I normally go to bed at that time. We leave SLC at 6am. depart DAL at 9am. depart MIA at 1pm then land in DR bout 4pm. I am stoked for that but at the same time, I am really going to miss being district leader. I love these people. It's not a war but I feel like they are my men. haha  Well time is short. The desks are hard and the night are harder.

Love you all. Next email will be from a foreign land.

Elder Scroggins