I'd rather eat than teach!

(Elder Slade)

To the best friends and family a person can hope for,

This week has flown by. Wasn't last Monday just like two days ago? That's what it feels like. We've been very busy this week. We had a total of 35 lessons in the past 7 days. And let me tell you, that takes a number out of you. It's tiring teaching that many lessons. I'm kind of exhausted today, but that's alright, because it's a good exhausted! It's also extremely rewarding though. We were able to find a person to teach yesterday named Oscar! We taught Jesse and Jill again, and they are considering a day to be baptized! Jesse and Jill also brought us pizza and banana bread Friday night. I love them so much! They are literally the best.

My new companion Elder Trezise and I are getting along well! We go on runs most mornings, which is really fun! Elder Trezise has been recently trying to eat better. One evening we were about to have a lesson, and he was sneaking into the kitchen to eat some oreos. I tried to hold him accountable. I yelled "Don't do it! You're going to regret it! You're going to get fat!" He said "I don't care!" I quickly pulled out my phone to start our next video chat lesson and yelled back, "You don't have time! We have a lesson!" He responded "I'd rather eat than teach!" Suffice it to say that I won, as the family on the other end of the phone answered and we were forced to teach a lesson.

I recently finished the Book of Mormon, either this week or last week. I was able to take the challenge at the end in Moroni 10:4-5, to pray to know whether it is true. I testify to you today, that it is true. 100% true. The Book of Mormon has brought me nearer to my Savior and to my God. It has brought me happiness and peace, and I know that whoever reads it, with an open mind, will experience those same feelings. If you haven't read the Boom if Mormon in a while, or even at all, I would invite you to pick it up and read it.

Ill leave you with some helpful advice from my friend Akash. He says it better than I could ever: Make sure to not be a spec-tater and keep your "eyes peeled" for Corona.

Pictures:

1-2. Elder Trezise's trademarked creation, the delicious French Toast McGriddle. We made it for dinner one night.

3. Elder Trezise pretending to be a mummy

4. Out on our walk. It is soooooo beautiful out here now! Sunny (usually) and like the perfect weather. Too bad we are in the apartment for most of it. :(