hello everyone!! sorry for not writing sooner i thought i would have a p day sooner. well im safe and well haha well this week has been good! full of amazing experiences. sooo i have made a ton a new friends whoo are becoming my really good friends. most of them are going to el salvador!! and all but 2 are from utah! isnt that sweet!! there are 15 of us going to the same mission in el salvador!! im sooo excited!! the food we have every day is amazing!! papaya, guayaba and apples everyday! i have never eaten a guayaba before in my life but oh my gosh it is amazing!!! we have beans and rice everyday along with some kind of meat! it is sooooo good!! and freshly sqeezed juices too!! soo good!! soo idk if you guys remember Markk allen my friend who was at my farewll talk. i introduced most of you to him. well he is here now that was a nice surprise!! yesterday a lady came up to our table and said "is there a Elder Dennis here" i shyly raised my hand... she said WHY DIDNT YOU WRITE HOME WHEN YOU GOT HERE!! haha soooooorrrrryy guyss i meant to but it was kinda crazy that first day. haha anyway... soo yesterday i had the most amazing experience with teaching an investigator. i was prying soo hard for the lord to direct me and lead me. and he did. the lesson started out and we were just talking to her and asking her about her life and stuff. she told us that she felt like something was missing in her life and that she a lot of times felt soo alone. as soon as she said that i had all of these scriptures coming to my head, i shared with her alma 26. 7 which says that we are in the lords hands and we are his. and i asked her if she was looking for happiness, joy, peace and all the other gifts talked about in galations 5. 22-23 and she said yeah and so i told her that i have felt the same way that she has and that one of the things that helped we was reading the scriptures and having the spirit. at this point me and her were both just crying our eyes out because of how strong the spirit was. i invited her to be baptized at that point and she accepted. i was way happy. we found out after in our class that she was already a memeber and that she was just acting as an investigator. but the experience was still real. i cant wait to get out to el salvador and teach the people there i am soo excited. i feel soo much love for them. i have truely been touched by the pure love of christ. after my companion was kind of upset because he seriously said like 2 sentances haha and he just started crying also. i asked the lord to help me help him and right after my prayer i just knew what he was thinking, and what to do. it was the weirdest thing. i thanked the lord soo much for that experience. oh and all of this was in spanish. the gift of tounges is real, i was able to speak sooo fluently and just knew the words and how to say them, i knew the words, like i had studied them. but in no way did i KNOW them. but when i needed them i knew them.
my other roomates are cool, two are from utah and the other two are from chiapas, they are soo cool!! i have talked to them alot. the first few days i was really struggling trying to comprehend two years away from everyone i love, then i remembered the quote at home, "missionaries leave their loved ones for 2 years so that others can be with theirs for eternity", just have to remember that it is not about me. i was greatly blessed in my life, so that i could bless others. i am the lords. i was also struggling because i felt so physically unprepared because i forgot a bunch of uneccessary things like hangers, a watch, bug spray, and hair gel. haha dont worry i bought some (i did not forget socks or belts tho, thanks megs). after talking soo much with these elders from mexico i found out that they came from broken homes, one didnt even have a home. they had 4 white shirts 5 pairs of garments, 4 ties and a pair of shoes. i felt soo bad cuz i had been stressing over stupid little things like hair gel. i gave each of them a ton of ties and some new pairs of garments, i wanted to give them white shirts too but they were huge on them!! i am sooo greatful for what i have. i definatly have taken for granted my way of life. like just having everything i need, when i want to take a shower or do my hair or not get eaten by mospuitoes i can.
did i mention that i was made district leader!! haha cool huh. i just have to go to 6.00 meetings and conduct lessons and class and discussions and stuff soo thats fun!! i have an awesome class!! we are learning soo much spanish! everyday we have a huge game of soccer! i am getting way good at that too!!
soo the weather iss sooo crazy right now!! when it rains (which is about everyday around 5) it pours!! haha like i have never seen before, its like jumping in a swimming pool. hahah
i went to the temple this morning!! that was a beautiful experience!! the mexico city temple is sweet!!
thank you all for your letters i loved them, i love it here. i love serving the lord. the time is going a lot faster than it was the first 2 days. thanks for all your prayers. i can feel them
LOVE YOUUU ALL SOO MUCH
ELDER JOSH DENNIS
ALMA 26.6-8 when the storm beats you down, know that you are in the lords hands and that you are never alone.
my companion
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