. . . .Welp. . .9/13/10

its been a different week these last 7 days. a week ago i left huamachuco to come do a visit in trujillo for the whole week! it was pretty awesome and i was able to learn and grow a lot. i gave a talk in the ward down here, and sunday night, the stake president invited my zone leader and i to the stake leadership training meeting and we gave a training on ward mission plans. lots of great thoughts and ideas were passed, and most of all, we were able to help them understand the purpose, need, help, and blessing a mission plan is. president turk called me saturday night to personally tell me that i am gonna train a new missionary this coming change which is a week away, and also said that he had a special assignment that he will be giving me at the time of changes. kinda worried of what he might ask me to do, but also anxious to work more and put as much effort as i can to what the Lord asks of me. the area im in right now (zone leaders) is the reddest zone in the mission, and just last week there were about 10 killings, and i personally saw 3, 1 being the death of an investigators daughter. so thursday night, we had a special little message my zone leader and i, and 5 sisters from the ward came and sang 4 hymns, and then friday was the burial service, where we were also present. very sad due to the things that some of the people said to the family(like words of hopelessness and negativity), but it is easy to understand seeing that they dont know of the restored gospel, but we were able to bring happiness to the family and the mom is amazing, practically bore her testimony at the burial service and didnt take part in the catholic rituals that they do when someone dies. in huamachuco, the missionaries did a great job of bringing 2 people to the waters of baptism, and although i couldnt be there, i am happy for them. what else????? um, looking for some pictures to send! love and miss you all. hopin to hear from tyler and steph! miss hearin about your families, most of all the pictures that fill me in on the kids ha. thanks nikki for that video. i love it