Haircuts and Mexican holidays

What I week! It honestly has flown by. I was just thinking yesterday that I could actually go a few more days without a p-day. I´m not saying I would... but i could.

Well that huge Mexican holiday that was last Monday was tons of fun! Monday night we all went into the auditorium and we watched a bunch of Mexican dancing and music. Then afterwards we all saluted the Mexican flag (which was weird) and we sang their national anthem. Tons of fun!

Oh yeah, another thing I forgot to mention last week was that I got a haircut. And it is soooo short. I think the last time it was this short was when I was is kindergarten. But hey, it´s hair, it´ll grow back. 

So my talk went very well last Sunday, but it also comes with a funny story. So when it was my turn to speak, I go up to the podium and start speaking. After a few seconds I start to hear some chuckles in the congregation. It was my worst nightmare. When you´re giving a talk in a language you barely know, in front of a bunch of people you barely know, you assume the worst. I knew that I must´ve mispronounced something, or there was something stuck in between my teeth. I just wanted it to be over. But then, I looked out into the congregation. And from the middle of the ceiling, there was dangling a giant, black, hairy spider. I was so relived. All of the people that were laughing weren´t laughing at me, they were laughing at the spider that was dangling low enough to be right over someone elses head. And it all turned out okay. Because by the time I was wrapping up and bearing my testimony everyone was paying attention and I felt really good! 

Every week our zone has a huge volleyball tournament. We got killed last time. But the district that beat everyone else last time left last week. So, hopefully we´ll do better...

I had a huge testimony strengthener this week. We were teaching a lesson to ''Yared''. We were teaching her about prayer and how it could help her in her life. We tied that into the Joseph Smith´s story. That he was feeling lost and confused and how he used prayer to receive an answer. I had her read out of Joseph Smith History, verses 16 and 17. As she begin to read the spirit hit me so strongly and I was completely overwhelmed by it. I planned on saying a few things after she read, but it was actually pretty hard for me to spit it out. But still I managed it and I could tell that Elder Turley and Yared could feel it too. And I felt even more accomplished afterward when our teacher told us how much she enjoyed that lesson. 

That experience for me strengthened my testimony so much. And was another sure affirmation that this church is true and I´m doing the right thing my serving a mission. I know that this church is true, I know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God. I know that Joseph Smith was called by our Heavenly Father and that his true church has been restored upon the earth. 

I love all of you so much! I think about you guys all day every day and I appreciate everything you do for me. 

Miss you! 

Elder Scott