ElderAdamMcArthursPhillymission

Hey Mom!

Oh my it was a great week this week actually. So let's see. We did have two people drop us this week actually for reasons are completely unknown especially this one Junior. Like we went over yesterday and he was home but didn't answer and then texted saying he could not receive visits from us anymore soooo idk. But! We do have an investigator progressing with a date! Super excited about that. Her name is Linka and she is the wife of Plinio who is in our Ward. He goes out with us a lot and is soooo funny. Kind of older guy.

Also yeah wow I have plenty of pictures to send of the multi cultural night. I feel like I gained a good ten pounds cause there was sooooooo much and they just kept feeding me and feeding me non stop. Some interesting drinks that were amazing and wow and also we had lots of investigators and less actives come out so it was a great experience for all of them. So that went great.

Then! I went on splits and taught this guy Jorge. He works with the bishop and his wife is a member. We are working hard on him. He always comes to church and everything but he just needs more time he says. He speaks Spanish and when I showed up he was surprised I was alone but I did it all in Spanish. It's really coming along well like more fluent I can tell already. But takes time takes time.

Then we had a Golden retraining for all of us new ones so I saw Elder Hillstead and Elder Minnich again which was great! Such great training by President, his wife and the Assistants. And they fed us like the best pizza in the world. Also, the AP's drove us back, and we got to drive right through central city so it was awesome seeing places of when we go where we want to go. That was super cool and interesting lol. There names are Elder Toilolo who is older. He played on a full ride to the university of Hawaii for football. He is about 6'5" and weighs about 260. Then Elder Terry who is a little shorter but a big guy as well. Great great missionaries.

Anyways so we had to run from there to get to three lessons. Ended up have about 5 investigators at church but also less actives who have been coming. So happy to see Roy! That is Awilda's husband who finally came and stayed the whole time. He loved it.

Our ward is only growing in size. It is a decent size right now but adding more slowly. And two sets of missionaries. Us and them the trio with Elder Mask in that. Great week.

Also, I did get my package and thank you soooo much! Love all of it that's for sure. And Lizzy and Megan did great with there stuff. I love getting pictures always! And yeah it does kind of stink that we have to wait honestly cause I would rather just have it right here but I don't want it to get stolen.

Also, our Ward is from all over. Uruguay like the bishop or Dominican, Puerto Rican, Colombian. No no we are definitely good on transfers for another 6 weeks if not 12.

Lately we have seen him (mission president) often with all of this stuff which has been great. He is an awesome guy. Funny guy too.

Just had some allergies really. Yeah my stomach is much better here than it was there actually hah because idk. The food is different though like that is one thing is all of them have their own different types of food.

Yeah we just randomly got invited last night actually to a members house and it's funny cause the guy reminds me of JJ lot. Like the way he looks and everything it's so funny. We do occasionally cook for ourselves yes, but the members constantly give us food. I have already filled out I think a little bit. But anyways.

Haha Ryan is going to be awesome and good thing he got a tall companion. That's super awesome. I'm excited to see how he will do.

So looking forward to general conference. I'm sure it'll be great like always. Can't wait to hear from them but I believe it will be in Spanish but oh well.

Elder Lundberg who is one of our zone leaders did mine (cut his hair) when I went on an exchange with him. He did a great job actually too so that was nice.

Well things are going pretty well here and just ready for it to get all cooled down though! It has a little but not where I would like yet. Like I say I love being out here. It has been rough and gone through a bit but I push through and always start a new day. Super excited for Jake! I know I will see him for sure, and I can not wait! I'll just start speaking Spanish to him haha. Yo se que este iglesia es verdadero( I know this church is true) y también que josé Smith fue un profeta de dios( and that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God.) I am excited to hear from President Monson so soon. No where else I would want to be right now. I love y'all and I love you mom! Talk to you soon!

Oh! Also pictures will come today as well.

Love, Elder McArthur