Cheap soldering gun

¿Que tal mi familia y mis amigos?

This week has been a weird one!

So naturally, as missionaries sometimes you need to burn things...
Unfortunately we only had a soldering gun, but as I went to plug it
in, the wire blew up right in my hand! You guys have no idea how hard
it is to write with one hand!!........ Hahaha just kidding I'm fine,
thankfully the layer of sweat and dirt protected my hand from any
danger.

This week we finally had the opportunity to serve our community. We translated

the chinos(Chinese restaurant) menu into English.

We also got a free meal out of it! Chinos here are run by families.

From birth to death you are pretty much working there. There 4 year

old sun does the deliveries!...... Just kidding.

So there is a sweet lady named Pilar in our ward that feeds us every week. She is a

super good cook and will be cooking us Thanksgiving this year. She loves when

the missionaries help her learn new foods so we ate tacos with her.

She asked me to make the guacamole for her so I did just that. But even know

it was just classic guac, she absolutely loved it! So we ate tacos at the bishops

house yesterday and of course Pilar called the bishops wife and told her to have me make

the guac. I don't know why but it for Spaniards it goes God then family

then food here in this beautiful country.

The number one excuse for not getting baptized here is really a lot of things.

Mostly because they don't want to change. Sex and drinking are a big

thing here. On the streets it's usually "tango prisa" or "I'm in a hurry" because

people don't want to be rude they just keep repeating that until we end the conversation.

Another big thing here is that nobody actually wants to read. A lot of people

can't even read here. It's super surprising.

As I was growing up trying new foods I always wanted to eat everything

because I new on my mission I would have to eat weird things. But that is not even

close to the case. I eat amazing meals every day. Never have I eaten something that I

wouldn't want to eat again. It's super great!

Well lately I have been studying the life of Jesus Christ. I have been studying

3 Nephi the New Testament and Jesus the Christ. I can only read a page of Jesus the Christ

in 30 min because of all insane words but I am amazed at what I come to learn every day. I know if

we strive to be more like Christ every aspect of our lives will change. I am so thankful

for his example I love him so much!

Love
Elder Owens