Sunday, February 19, 2012

Alex's latest letter!


Hola!!! Como Estan???  
I am doing well over here!! The weather has been all over the place! Warm one day then cold the next then snowing!!  But all is well :) 
Things here have been really good.  I have been learning a lot more Spanish.  The good news on the VISA is that they send them out and let us know in the beginning and at the end of the month.  So around this week or next week, I should hear from the travel office!  If it doesn't come in, then oh well!!  It's what the Lord wants for me.  The district is getting really excited yet really sad for us leaving soon.  We have all grown to really love each other :)  It's awesome what the MTC can do!  Just to let you all know, I should be leaving the MTC in about 16 days! Crazy huh!! 
As I look at the past month and a half, I can see a lot of growth in myself.  One of the biggest things is I have already developed a love for the people of Spain.  We had a lesson/fireside about this type of thing.  It really helped me out.  I haven't been to Spain, but I already love the people.  I can't wait to go there and teach them the Gospel.  Elder Bagley and I have set a goal.  At the airport we will hand out 2 Books of Mormon....  each :)  I bought a Spanish and an English one for it :)  I really want to hit the ground running.  I don't care what people think of me.  I am here to preach and teach the Gospel!  That actually leads right into a moment I had with my teacher, Hermano Hardy.  It was very spiritual for me because it was a question I had  on my mind for awhile.  We were talking about about not being afraid to speak up and not being afraid to preach the gospel and say hi.  Well, I have no problem with that, but there was still a little part of me that was thinking what will they think of me.  During our lesson he started talking about speaking up and not being afraid and it really helped me out because I am afraid.  But I can't be afraid to preach and teach the gospel because I know it is true.  It was a really good moment for me.  I made a goal to tell each and every person I meet about the gospel even if it's only a hi and we are missionaries type of thing.
Well my week has been good.  Nothing really happening.  We just finished our grammer this week.  We have 3 books that we learn from and we just finished them! Now it is time to review and really get to know everything. 
I just wanted to say thank you all for the letters.  I have been a little home-sick.  One day I got all this mail from Jana, Mom and Dad, Mitch, and Mandy.  I started to tear up a bit. It has been hard, I'm not gonna lie, but I am pushing on!  Thank you all for supporting me and I miss you all as well!  I love you all so much and I will get out some more letters to you all.  I will be sending out pictures soon. I will be taking some more this week and then sending them out around next week to mom and dad! I love you!!! 

Oh gosh I can't believe i forgot to put this in.  I had the best experience in our lesson with Marcela.  Toward the end of our lesson, I have a prompting to bear my testimony,  so I did.  The awesome part was words just came to me, words I didn't know I knew.  Well, I said them and they all made sense to her.  When I talked with Elder Bagley, he said he didn't know what I was saying, but it made sense to her.  hahahah :)  Awesome huh!?  The Lord really does bless his missionaries :)

Love your son and brother,

Elder Alex Laubaugh!

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