Solid week here in my new area of Porterville! My new companion is Elder Fernandez from Utah but was born in Peru! Super solid elder (Physically and spiritually) and we've already a great friends and work really good together! Porterville is a smaller old mexican town near the mountains with terrible air quality! Perfect area for missionary work and we've already found some really solid people to teach! We have a smaller branch here with 50-60 active members but they are really good members (and feed us a ton!)
We had a great Thanksgiving and started with a huge 3 zone Turkey bowl! We played for like 3 hours and our zone was pretty dominate! We then went to the first of our Thanksgiving dinners which was with a gringo family and had a nice classic turkey, ham, mash potatoes, and rolls meal! We then had another dinner at our investigators house were we had Birria a goat meat soup thing and Tomales! We also played some soccer with the kids after!
I went back to Visalia on Saturday to go to Alejandra's Baptism and it was so good! The spirit was super strong and she was so happy! She shared her testimony and the end and shared how much the gospel had changed not only her life but character as well and how greatfull she was for the gospel!
On Sunday we went to church which was a bit different because sacrament meeting is last and classes first because the youth and primary of the branch are combined with the English ward! Elder Fernandez and I taught the Elders and High Priests which was the first time I've taught a class like that (let alone in espanol) but it ended up being pretty solid!
My favorite scripture from this week is in 3rd Nefi 11: 11 And behold, I am the alight and the life of the world; and I have drunk out of that bitter bcup which the Father hath given me, and have glorified the Father in ctakingupon me the sins of the world, in the which I have suffered the dwill of the Father in all things from the beginning.
Christ is the light of the world and with out him we are nothing and life would have no meaning! But during this Christmas time we celebrate Christ and is a great time share his light!
Solid week and another ones coming up! Nos vemos!
Con Amor
Elder Houssian
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