Monday - so last monday my comp had to go to lunch with president alvarado to say goodbye and to get some last guidance tips from him and he did that with all the kids who are going home. meanwhile i left with another elder because i wasn't invited to the lunch. so i went with elder lagos and we went to the dentist. it was so funny when we were there i was talking with this one elder named elder barrerra and he is currently in mixco, my first area and he told me they have baptized a lot of people. and the cool thing is that they were all my investigators. i was so happy. i gave him a couple other people to go find so he will be going to go do that too. but anyways while we were there there was a tv and dvds, so i put on a goofy movie, but then my comp came out so we left. but elder barrerra called me to tell me that night that the nurse came out right as we left and got mad at him for putting on that movie. haha but it was funny. anyways after that me and elder lagos went to the central plaza where we saw the greenies from the ccm and they were all contacting. it was really funny seeing them and we talked with all them for a bit. i also saw one of my teachers hermana ibañez. she is a really really cool teacher and really nice. but yeah they all had so many questions and they are just so excited to get going on the work. i loved being with them. that's why i try to surround myself with them when they come in so i can always keep that attitude. but anyways after then we returned to our comps and me and my comp alfaro went to this area to find president and then he came and approved our apartment. so we moved in on saturday after he approved it.
Tuesday - so on tuesday we had our district meeting and then we went on divisions with the zone leaders. it was really fun and i went with elder aviles from nicargura. he is really cool. anyways that night we had correlation with president alvarado and the stake and we just planned out a bunch of stuff in the stake and all the stuff that is going on and how were doing as missionaries and it went really well. then after me and one of the zone leaders had our interview with president and it went really well. i´ll just say i felt like someone lifted a really really heavy brick off my back. so yeah it went well.
Wednesday - so in the morning me and elder aviles had to go to the office to get more money for the new apartment. while there i saw 2 of my buddies elder torres and elder ramos. they are office elders. they are such cool elders and keep me wanting to be the best elder ever. but yeah so then we got the money and it was funny. i guess hillary clinton was in town and i saw her motorcade. i didnt have my camera or i would of taken a video but i saw her drive by, all the central american leaders were in town and they were all driving by but then i just saw all the black suvs and american flags so i assumed it was her. so that was funny. then we returned back to our area and we bought the house. so all that was taken care of. then it started raining really really hard here that day and so we just went home because all the roads were flooded and we couldn't leave our colony after that.
Thursday - so in the morning we ended our divisions with the zone leaders at like 5 am because they had to go to the area office to have interviews and then me and my comp returned. but then we just got a call from our district leader and we were to go on divisions again with him. so we started divisions at like 4 pm and i went with this really cool elder named elder walker. from utah. he is a lot like me and we have a lot in common so we had a blast. anyways we went to our english class and with the class we watched the movie up in english. it was really cool because a good majority of them could understand a little bit so that is good. they are learning english haha. anyways after the movie was over we just headed home and man we were up talking about a lot of stuff. i love that kid, we had a blast.
Friday - so we were supposed to finish but some stuff happened me and elder walker were on divisions another day. so on friday we went to this super market here called pricemart, and it was so good, it is just pretty much a sams club. they have all american food here. it was sweet. i was just looking for hot cheetos but they didnt have them so i was bummed. but oh well. haha. i found a guy in my area who has a secret connection and brings stuff here somehow and i asked him to bring me hot cheetos and he said he would do that for me. haha so i got my connection. haha. but yeah then we returned to our house and we packed it all up. the house was a dump but were now living in a sweet house. but anyways we packed it all up and man you should of seen how many cockroaches i killed. it was so gross. i pulled my suit case out from under my bed and like 10 just left from on it, and like another 15 like on the sides, so gross. but yeah we got that done then we went to the talent show the stake put on and it was super funny. it was just crazy but looked like a lot of fun for all them. anyways that was our friday.
Saturday - So in the morning our district came to help us move and a couple members. we got it all done in like 30 mins so it was sweet. but yeah no trucks or anything, we carried everything, haha, but it wasnt to far away. but yeah the new house we live in now is like a hotel. i´ll take some pics of it for you. maybe i´ll copy oakey and do a guate cribs, part 2. haha, but yeah it is a sweet house. then we had our english classes again and our correlation with hermano erik. it went really well and we just talked about what we have been doing and our plans for the future. then we ate dinner and we were on our way. haha the first night in the new house was a little weird. but i like it so much more. it is more cold and nicer and bigger, and just all around amazing.
Sunday - So we went to church in the morning and we had a couple new investigators come to church. it was so sweet. and satan came again to church with us. haha the bishop was just like, i dont know what your doing but your doing something right. but the ex wife of satan told us that he told her he just really appreciated the example of me and was happy with us and felt good for once going to church. and hasnt been in 5 years but now feels right and that we have something special that makes him want to go. so that was really cool. but yeah also this day we went to go visit the family pinto and they are so funny. we always joke around and it is hilarous. the wife is so funny. she is super short, well everyone here is, lets just say nanny would feel a little tall here. haha. but yeah so we had fun with that family and also we ate dinner. then we went home and we got the calls for changes. i dont have changes for the area, but i´ll be recieving a new comp over here. so im super excited for that. i cant wait. im really happy to still be here. i wasnt ready to leave and now i can really do some good in this area and feel good about it. im going to work my butt off and really be a missionary from preach my gospel. so it will be sweet.
anyways that was my week. it has been raining every single bloody day and it is driving me nuts. i have just realized i have a deep hatred for the rain and so i think i´ll be staying in arizona for the rest of my life. haha. but do you know if a storm is coming or something but yeah just nuts how much it rains and how hard it does too. it is always flooded too but we still get out there and get some work in. nothing can stop me now. haha, well i miss you guys a lot and love you alot too.
love elder shipley
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