Hey!‏

This week was pretty good. We went and had a ton of lessons we were expecting tons of results in the end- that tons of people would go to church... and it didn't turn up that way. We were a little disanimated.. we worked super hard and the people didn't show up. So we analyzed what went wrong, we gave everything we had, every ounce of energy. For the last two weeks we haven't had any lessons with members because there´s only 1 member in our area that can actually accompany us and he was going to the dentist and doctor every day and then he got sick and then after that he went on a trip.. so we had 2 weeks without lessons with members... (our ward is split.. we have 6 missionaries so the missionaries divided the area.. we work up in the mountains.. we only have 2 active families... and then this future missionary) so we´ve been trying to just beg the members to accompany us haha so that our investigators have friends and actually want to go to church. This week looks a little brighter, we should have more lessons with members to help us out.. so we expect better results. I know that this is the Lord´s work. That he really does expect a trial of our faith, and not just once but frequently. I´ve come to understand what is faith really, and I´ve learned that almost no one has it, which is why the Savior said that if we had faith as big as a mustard seed we could move a mountain. Faith is to put all your confidence in the Lord, do what he asks with the hope and the belief that all your needs will be met and all will work out in the end if we do what he wants. One of the saddest things I have seen in the mission is when you know what people are missing out on, and you can´t force them to accept it or force them to really have faith. They say they have faith but they wont give up working on Sunday, they say that have faith but they wont pay their tithes because they need to feed their family. I´m sorry, I know it´s hard, but that´s not faith. We had two really good lessons with two less active families about faith, about the changes they needed to make. And in the end both were crying, and they thought for a long time, and they couldn´t let go of their nets. They didn't have faith even as the apostles of old, to instantly drop their nets and follow Christ. It crushed our heart. But we´ll keep visiting them. This work is inspired and driven by love. I testify that it is true. It is the only way to return to our Heavenly Father. 

With all my love,

Elder Lohberg

**from typing back and forth:

Aaron: IMA HERREEEEE‏ Thank you for the super expensive box haha.

Mom:YIPPIE!!  Me too :)

Tell me about your week! I was so sad to miss you last week :( I stayed home today from the foodbank so that didn't happen again!!  Tell me about your week - how you've been - the things you've been up to - how things are with the ward, your comp, the investigators you are working with - and was it fun to get your package? did everything ship ok? nothing smashed or broken (like your bottle) - does it cost you to pick it up (like a customs fee?)

Aaron: My week was good.. we worked super hard we both came home exhausted and than called our district leaders every night and got ready for bed at 10;30 at night and slept like rocks. We´ve been doing Insanity.. see what happenz.. we only had 1 investigator in the church.. super disappointing. we worked super hard both weeks and only brought 1-2.. so we´re going to try and force the members to come to our area.. it´s cuz we live in the fetching mountains and they live down below and it´s expensive and time wasting for them to come help us.... that´s why we focused on the youth.. the 1 investigator.. because he can accompany us to visit after he gets baptized.. i´m not sick anymore. the ward is divided basically two, because we´re 6 missionaries in this ward.. our area is up in the mountains and the other 4 missionaries are in the city where all the members live. We have the bishop but he´s always busy and 2 other active families.. the problem is that they live even higher up than where we work so it´s super expensive to bring investigators to their houses.. so we´re working as if we were in a branch. baptizing youth so that they go visit with us and bring our investigators.. always looking for families obviously.. but it´s hard for them to go haha.. because the bus is like a dollar each.. a family of 5 is 10 dollars in a day.. that´s a lot for them... especially just to go to church it requires a lot of faith. Our investigators are pretty good.. just lots of doubts.. the evangelical church is super strong in our area... so they have tons of confusions and they get mad at what we teach... crazy people.. it was fun, we´ve already eaten all the funyuns... I´ve been hording the other stuff haha, i eat a protein bar a day.. we ate the Funyans together and I share the jerky but the protein is mine. haha. It got okay.. i´m using some of the gel implants for the shoes and they work well, the leather of my shoes is like soft now.. from all the hills so they fit a bit big on me, but it´s not too bad.. i´ve almost worn through the soles of them and then i might change the soles or just buy new shoes or use the others more often!!! no bigz. my bottle was fine all the ties were good no problemzzzz,, I haven't ever had to pay anything idk

Mom: that is super expensive for them to travel to church then - so most people don't have cars then? they use public transportation? I'm sorry people haven't been showing up for church though - did the lady come back again that came the week prior? or have you been to visit her? 

How is your money holding up then? if it's so expensive to take the bus each day  - are you getting food then? we can put money on your card so you can for sure eat.  PLEASE EAT!

I'm glad it all got there safely (nothing broken) and that it didn't cost you anything.  I never know what to send you - I thought the funyuns might be fun :)  But if you think of things (that are mailable) be sure to mention them - and I will throw in more goodies next box I send to you.  I probably will just do regular priority unless I'm in a hurry to get something to you - although it was nice to know you got it in a week vs 6 weeks :)

Any ideas about tomorrows conference? Have you heard anything?

Oh - and yes - you already know this - I'm a freak and I still haven't done your mission plaque and I can't find the scripture you want - so do you remember it or do you have a new one you want me to put on it? I know, I know - I'm being your mom!! pulling a typical mom thing!!

oh - and you are WORTH the "super expensive box" by the way :)  AND it is well worth it - if you enjoy whats in it ;)

Aaron: =) thanks mom

We tried.. she basically told us she didn't want anything.. so we´ll see, maybe she feels the spirit again! I need to take out money.. i just need to find a city bank in San Jose one of these days to take it out. We went to cosco.. so we´ve had food, at least to survive, my comp basically came without money from his old area so we used all the money i hadn't used.. i had like 100 mil still haha.. from the mission.. so i used 60 to buy food in pricesmart for us. we only have to last a week more and we and go again to pricesmart. cosco. We fry a lot of food.. bean burritos.. pancakes with hotdogs (basically cheap corndogs haha) I don't think i´ll have changes.. 

Mom: oh my goodness! Your letter this week touches my heart!  You have grown so much! I LOVE your letters!! 

Sumsions said the same thing - the LOVE your letters - Laurzia even posted on facebook (under one of the blog postings I did) how much she loves your letters home.  They are faith building! 

Isn't it just the truth though - we need to be willing to drop our nets (whatever they are) and follow Christ.

Aaron: uhm... scripture.. let me look really fast. They´re only going to move those who aren´t in the right mission.. but I feel like president is pretty good at feeling the spirit.. i´m sure he put us where we belong.. and more.. i only have 7 weeks here and my comp 2 weeks.. so if i leave he´ll hardly know the area.. i don't think it´d pass but who knows! he basically knows the area really because its just a straight line. and we only work in like 2 areas. 
I like Galatians 6:9 and Mark 1:18

Mom: Before I forget - 

So this week you got on like 10:30 my time (so 11:30 your's) so do you think that will be around the time for you each week then?

Next week  I travel - so - then do you think you will be on the same? I fly out - so just wondering if I might be able to catch you at all or if I will miss you next week  (which sucks since the conference is TOMORROW and I want the details!!)  thoughts?

Aaron: Yeah.. that´s the idea. unless we get changed or something. Because we have studies from 4-6 now, in the evening. But i´m not sure what will happen this week. All i know is that when the new president comes we obey EVERYTHING he says.. but i don't know if that means that the extra rules that president put in are kicked out or if the new president has to tell us or change them.. i´ll probably just keep going as it is, because the rules right now are stricter than the handbook puts them.. so not sure what happens. I´ll think we´ll be on at the same time.. because we write as a district. We got on at 10:50 our time.. but i was putting numbers in.. usually our plan is to get on at 10:30.. .but the sisters show up late so we have to wait or things like that

Mom: I might miss talking next week - but I will try and watch while I wait to board the plane - I will stay logged in until they tell me I have to turn off my phone - but if we don't connect - know that I love you and I will FOR SURE be on the following week come heck or high water!! :) 

I'm very proud of you Aaron.  My heart is bursting with the love I have for you and know you are doing great things!! 

Aaron: I love you mom!!! i don't know how much time I have.. because I had to put zone numbers on google drive for the mission.. so that ate some of my time.. like 25 minutes.. usually we do it before but we didn't have internet or the keys to the family history.. sooo.. next week i think it´ll be better. I love you mom have a good day and week mom, I love you!! 

Mom: LOVE YOU!! hope you have a wonderful week with tons of miracles!!

Hola Amigos!‏

This week has been super good, my new companion is awesome, we get along super well! We´ve been making tons of changes in the zone and in our area to be able to have more success. We´re super coordinated and we work basically the same way so we´ve been seeing miracles. Throughout the whole week we were super focused on making changes in the zone but also in bringing people to church with us on Sunday. At the end of the week, Sunday in the morning we went to pass by for all the people, they gave us tons of excuses... so we went to church with one youth super cool and then when we were their a woman showed up that we had contacted in her house. We had only talked to her for like 10 minutes and we invited her to church and everything, so she drove from her house like 25 minutes away to the church Sunday morning at 9:00. I think we had contacted her Tuesday, and we hadn´t talked to her at all... it was an awesome experience and miracle. We talked to her after the gospel principles class and she told us, do you know why I showed up? Where we had contacted her was her dad and moms house, they´re like 95 and they´re both super sick. She told us that she is passing through a ton of problems in her life, but that when we talked to her for 10 minutes she felt peace. She felt good. So for that reason she came with us to church at 9:00. It was super awesome, a great miracle. We testified to her that she had felt the Spirit, telling her that we were God´s messengers and that this was the truth. We put a lesson to go back and visit her. I know that this is God´s work, when we´re obedient with exactness he blesses us, we can see miracles. He is in charge of this work and we´re His children. He wants all to find His truth but He can´t force them, no good father uses force, they use love. Thank you all for the love and support! 

Love, 

Elder Aaron Lohberg     <--- Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (my soccer team here)

Hi mom! 

I´m sure you´re not on, President changed P-day studies to 4-6 in the afternoon, so I think we´ll be on at like 10:30 from now on!

My comp likes to run a lot, we get along well, he´s kind of nerdy but he´s cool. He has a good heart and we´re working well together. He´s from the city of Mexico, the capital. It´s the United States of Mexico, they´re states. Half my zone left, every area had changes, so we´re basically set up for having success now! We´ve talked to the families.. we lost some.. others are just super slow to progress.. but two of them seem pretty good, they´re just couples with little kids but we´re going to keep trying=) right now we´re working with some youth, so that we can baptize them and they can help us bring people to church and accompany us=D  That´s crazy that Tyler is going to mexico, I don't know how he will do it.. without getting sick.. they use a lot of eggs.. lots of milk.. lots of cheese... it´ll be hard. I think it´ll be possible but he´ll need members to coordinate super well with him. I don't know how it´ll workkkzzz. I´m feeling better, the medicine only lasted me the week they gave it to me, so i´m long done with that. she hasn't sent me any photos. but i remember she took them and told me she´d send them to you, its because they use an iphone to take the pictures! 

Next tuesday the mission splits.. we have a full mission meeting.. i might have to say goodbye to Elder Toledo and Elder Parker and even Elder Contreras until after the mission haha... that could be sad.. 

I got the package too, I basically have to go now mom, I love you! thank you for the package.. even though it was super expensive.. im going to be big now;) hahaha

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Elder Escarsega 

I need to make a list of those this next p-day. This week was changes, well today. I have a new companion, Elder Escarsega. Funny story because when my companion Elder Contreras went to get his finger prints done, I ended up being in the office talking to Elder Escarsega for like 2 hours, and now we´re companions! This is his going to be his first change as zone leader, so we´re both pretty new. But we have tons of faith. We´re going to prepare the zone to be able to achieve 20 confirmations in July, which will be a record for this zone. We have 22 missionaries, so we really should be achieving more! My testimony has really grown lately in missionary work, and also in becoming a missionary. I thought a lot about a talk I listened to, I can´t remember the Elders name but the talk is called ¨I´m an Adult now¨and it´s a pretty old talk. He talks about what is maturity, what makes an adult. In the talk he explains how one never becomes an adult really, it´s a process. Equally I listened to part of a talk by Elder Bednar where he says the best advice he can give to a prospective missionary on how to be a successful missionary is become a missionary long before we go on a mission. He states how many people who serve missions never actually become missionaries. In the "I´m an Adult now¨ the speaker states how many people never actually become adults. I was thinking really, noting that the gospel is a process, it´s a day to day thing, we never stop progressing or digressing in it. I encourage all of you to listen to the words of the living apostles and prophets, learn more from the mouthpiece of God on the earth today and then put it in practice what they teach! 

baptism of Dominga w/Elder Rivera

 **typing back and forth:
Aaron: I'm here mom! 
Mom: me too!! How are you feeling?!

Aaron says "it's time travel" (I don't get it!)

Aaron: Better. I got a super cool comp.. he´s saying some bad things about how the zone has been but I don´t care much.. I know the zone hasn´t been in perfect condition how I have wanted it to be.. but we´ll make the changes anyways. His name is elder Escarsega, he´s from Mexico.. I talked to him for like 2 hours in the office when I went with Elder Contreras for his finger prints, so I already knew him basically. 
Mom: great! then maybe you two can work miracles in your area and get things fired up!
Aaron: yeah. I managed to at least get us a ton of family investigators, we just need to teach them more and we´re good to go.
Mom: well there you go!  Sounds simple doesn't it? So now you just move your feet and let the Lord work the miracles!! :)
Aaron:Yeah. Haha. It´ll be rough, but we´re going to improve a ton of things in the zone..
Mom:  oh and don't lose track of time and forget to do your general email 

Aaron: I´ll do it right now. HMM I thought I would be in east mission, the president seems super cool, the West mission president apparently is strict, not that that´s a bad thing, the east mission is a gospel doctrine library I heard, that really called my attention. Elder Parker told me today that this change is 3 weeks, until the 23rd. Crazy, so I don't know! 
Mom: great email! you forgot to sign your name so I will add that to the blog for you :) I will look up that talk you mentioned for sure!

Dominga at baptismal interview (paperwork)

Aaron: It´s good! Made me think a lot, I told my 25 year old comp elder rivera what i learned from it and he just laughed.. pride man hahahhaahaha he thinks he´s an adult.. oh wells! I TRIED MY BEST WITH ALL MY LOVESSSS =D

Mom: I just google searched it and it didn't come up - do you know who the speaker was for sure?

Aaron: Melvin something or Martin

Mom: marvin j ashton? or is melvin or marvin the last name?

Mom: found it!

Aaron: Yeah marvin j ashton i think!

Mom: I never know how much time you will get on here - so just in case you quickly sign off today - know we are praying for your success and for you to have the Spirit to guide you - I know you are doing great things - we are so proud of you!!!  LOVE YOU TONS AND TONS!!!

Aaron: I have 10 minutes

Pablo

Mom: ok! So any other things to quickly share with us about what all you've been doing this week?

Aaron: IMA PUT PHOTOS FASTTT

Mom: you had a baptism? and what is with the calendar?

Aaron: Yeah her name is Dominga, the Calendar is time travel, look for it. and then the guy with glasses is Pablo, he is like an american. I love you mom1!!!!!! I LVOE YOU! BYE

Another Week!‏

Whelp, I apologize for not writing last week, I got sick last week and I´ve been sick since then. It´s just like a flu or something, but it´s wiped me out. With that we really haven´t been able to work much, but I have seen the hand of the Lord in the members here. This week has really strengthened my testimony that God is our loving Heavenly Father. He knows what we´re going through and he knows how to comfort us and protect us. I´ve had many people who have helped me during this sickness and have showed me love. I´ve learned to appreciate more the power of prayer. Even when we feel alone, when we feel bad, our Heavenly Father is always listening to us, always. I encourage you to look at your relationship with God, with your Heavenly Father. Think about how often you talk to Him and truly communicate with Him the things of your heart. If need be, get closer to Him, put more trust in Him, talk to Him more, seek his guidance. Our lives keep passing, if we only rely on our personal judgement to progress we´ll end up where we don´t want to be, but when we allow ourselves to be guided where God knows we should go, in the end we´ll be eternally happy. Thanks for your messages and your support! 

Love, 

Elder Lohberg

"they robbed my blood =O it sucked."

"medicinessss"

Kitchen-opening room

a little info from emailing back and forth:

Aaron:hey mom!!!

Mom: I'm here - how are you feeling? better I hope! Tell me about your week 

Aaron: still just getting over the sickness... went to the doctor and everything but it was a joke experience. I´m gunna write the general... give me a bit

Mom: I'm sorry you've been so sick Aaron :(

What did they say at the Doctors then?  I see they gave you a buttload of medicine - so do you go back for a follow up or?

Did your comp go out and work then with a member this week (while you stayed with a member) or what happened?

Aaron: They told me, if I understand well that it was like a synus infection and light bronchitus.. but I don´t feel like that´s my problem... more than anything I´m just super dissy and like without air.. like.. no energy or anythin... 

Mom: well - a sinus infection could effect your balance (equilibrium) so that could be the case there - and bronchitis means a swelling of the lung tissue - so you'd have less air - harder to breathe - which would make you have no energy as well - so could be

so how long are you to take medicine and do you go back for a follow up visit then or?

Aaron: Like... one of them for a month and the other ones like a week.. nope! jus the one visit

Mom: well take the medicine until it's gone but if you don't get better - go back for sure!

so - is tomorrow the leadership training meeting? or? and then next week is transfers? or when?

Aaron: The leadership meeting is this Friday, tranfers is next monday from what I know. 

Mom: I saw on facebook another Zone went on a hike to a place called La Piedra De Aserri (I think that's what it's called) - it looks like it's down by where you said Toledo is serving - sort of that area.  Sad that you haven't had a "free" p-day to do something fun :/ maybe sometime soon that will happen.

The missionaries here can wear sunglasses - so that rule there is probably that mission president - so maybe the new one will allow it and save your eyes :)

So - crazy rain? I saw stuff from other missionaries talking about the abundance of rain.  Is it still hot even with the rain? I have seen pictures of S H where he is wearing a sweater! I thought - hmmm - is it cold? or is he a freak? :P

Aaron: It´s cold here.. haha.. i feel like i´m almost in washington, mostly because it´s just so windy, the wind makes it rough.. rain falls sideways

Mom: go buy a sweater then or something if you need to - I will put $$ on your card if you need some more

Aaron: yeah i´ve been praying that they let us use sunglasses! =D Elder Toledo is in Cartago if that is where it´s from, but they didnt do an activity today I dont think 

Mom: I think it was to the west of that area - like right next to it or something like that.

Liga Deportiva Alajuelense

Aaron: I gotta go now, mom! I love you so much, I´ll get better dont worry=) just keep swimming just keep swimming! I´m so glad that you write me every monday, it really makes me happy! I think I already remembered to tell you happy mothers day since I forgot on mothers day, and I already said happy birthday to dad I believe and to Spencer, but if not... ALSO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JESSIE in 18 days!!  

Hey everybody!‏

Another quick message! 

This week went super well, today we were actually able to see the movie ¨Meet the Mormons¨ we got there late so I was like 3/4ths of the movie. It was super good!!! I invite everyone here who hasn´t seen it to go watch it, because it was awesome! I testify to what the people said in the movie. It´s excellent to see people, normal people, showing the ways that they live the gospel of Jesus Christ and the ways that the gospel of Jesus Christ has changed them. I know this gospel is true, I know that what I´m doing here right now is changing the lives of other people but also preparing me to have a successful life, successful studies and a successful family. It´s hard to write in English now haha, Love you all so much!
 

Elder Lohberg 


**from typing back and forth:
Mom: So - tell me about what you are learning being a zone leader? What is it like doing the call ins each night?  Do you go on splits weekly with other missionaries? How do you decide what areas you need to go do splits with?  Are they "over night" trips? I don't know how close your zone area is.  

Tell me about the people you've been finding - anyone progressing?  Any news there? What did you do this week that you thought was really cool?  Like - anything - random even.  Are you and Elder Rivera getting along okay?  What's the last thing you both laughed about? Tell me about your apartment - what's it like? take some pictures of it! Inside and out!! - take a picture of what the view is out your window or something.  I'm living through you!! :)  

Aaron: how are you?  gunna answer your questions. It´s going pretty well, lots of work. I did divisions exchanges Friday and went to a city in Heredia, we have 1 area that is actually in the province of Heredia.. they need to change it it´s way far away so i went with an elder to his area there.. had a ton of success. tomorrow i have exchanges in Ipis and then Friday in Purral 2, the other elders in our ward and then next Tuesday in Tibas and then next Friday in Garabito, lots of exchanges! But yeah.. We went and saw the second half of Meet the Mormons today (We got in there late) it was pretty good, and on divisions I found a guy who got out of prison two weeks ago and he promised me he´d go to church and I saw the records and he went yesterday with his kid, so that´s awesome. We´re okay. Idk, we´ve been singing songs lately.. Our apartment is decent sized, forgot to take photos.. next week! Our investigators were working right now is D and J, they´re two friends, like 50 year olds.. they´re progressing pretty fast and went 2 times. Then we have a bunch of families. La familia L, C, and S are the most progressing. 

Mom: Tell me about your week?!

Aaron: hahaha. It was pretty good, had interviews with president. Learned lots of stuffs, I forgot until afterward that that was my last interview with him, but I got all my questions out so all good. Gotta go mom!! love you lots, and we´ll talk next week, but stay safe! love you. tell dad that too!

Heyyyyy!‏

This week went pretty well, we´ll really starting to see lots of miracles here in Guadalupe, San Jose. Today we did some Taekwondo, pretty crazy stuff... #gunnabeaninja #taekwondokid. Our zone is doing okay right now for starting off the month, everyone is super excited and we´re working super hard to help God´s children find the path home! The other day I was on divisions with a member, a youth of 18 years old and we went to go look for new investigators, just talk with everyone. We ended up finding about 9 that evening but one of them really stood out to me, his name is Enrique. I was teaching him and we were building up to the first vision when he asked me ¨How can I know which of all the churchs is the true one?¨ and I was like, THAT is an EXCELLENT question! haha, we put a baptismal date with him and he said he was going to come to church, he had a crazy work opportunity that he took so he didn't come but we´ve already got him lined up for this next week and he promised us he would come! He´s super awesome, one of my favorite investigators here right now, I love them all but he was really just a miracle. We just need to help him get married and help him keep his commitments and he´s set! I love this gospel so much, there´s a line in Preach my Gospel that I like a lot that says ¨The miracles we see in the mission are spiritual evidence of the divinity of our call¨ or something like that, I really know that it´s true. I have seen it, I have lived it, I have felt the Spirit testify that it´s true. I promise you that this is Christ´s church, restored to the earth in these latter-days. Thank you for your support. I love each and every one of you.

                                                                      Love  
                                                            Elder Aaron Lohberg

                                                                    Tuanis

Best Mother's Day gift :D Skyping with 2 of my kiddos!! Missed having Jessie on there too!

Hey hey hey!‏

Don´t have a whole lot of time because we got stuck in San Jose central for 5 hours for my companions tooth. We´re doing good here in Toyopan (Guadalupe) San Jose, I´ve met a lot of really nice people and it´s a tiny bit cooler up here in the mountains!!! I really love being here and meeting a lot of really nice people, I want them all to get baptized!!! =D}

Love you guys, sorry that I didn't have more time!! 

breakfast!

Elder Lohberg, until next week!






quick back and forth with Aaron :)

breakfast with Elder Contreras

Aaron: MOM MOM MOM MOM MOM don't have a TON of time because we got super stuck in San Jose

because my comp had a dentist appointment, lost like 4 hours.
Mom: HEY!! We've been waiting by the computer all afternoon in hopes to catch you!! How has your day been? You're emailing late today!!

Aaron:  I don't have almost any time really.. not sure how much my comp and i will take. crudy. I have a question, I´m gunna start drinking raw eggs in the morning with orange juice to get big, because a ton of the Ticos here recommend it, anything stupid in doing that? I already did it once, with 1 egg, and I didn't get sick, so it should be okay = ) Can you do a super fast google search to see if they give more protein raw than cooked=) or if it helps you build muscle faster raw? =D

old apartment before transfers

Mom: ok - so most importantly - TELL ME ABOUT SUNDAY - what time should we be by the computer to skype with you? AND well - raw eggs can be dangerous cause you can get salmonella from them - and you are in a foreign country too so - be careful doing that!

Aaron: what time is church for u guys? is it in the morning or afternoon, my comp wants to do it at 2:00, to talk to his girlfriend and fam. I put on 41 photos right now.  Well, it´s still going.. super slow. 
Mom: ok - we have church from 9-noon - but you are only an hour off of us - so would you be before or after him? 

scriptures :)

Aaron: Both at 2 o clock, we have a family history center here! with cameras. So, at 1 for you guys then? 2 my time, 1 your time? Okay, can you put photos from home on there two, and i´ll download them here! =D
Mom: yes I can do that! - so 2:00 Sunday - your time (1:00) my time wow! I"m excited to go view them!! Do you have time to tell me anything about your new area - your zone - your comp - your ward - your gators?
k - what I'm reading - it doesn't really say that either is better - raw means you risk salmonella - it does say to eat them in 3's - so 3 at at time so that you get enough protein each time you intake them.  I will look into this more for you though

Aaron: My area has a ton of Hills, super tough, one of them is called Heart-attack hill, because 2 people went up it once and had heart-attacks and 1 died. It´s rough. It´s up in the mountains, it was raining last week but right now it´s okay.. if we take buses to go to a higher up place or down to the city it´s expensive. We have a stake center and there are 3 companionship's in our ward, we had almost NO-ONE when I came here, We found 26 new investigators this week, I went crazy.. so that we can have SOMETHING.
I think we´ll baptize this month, but it won't be

easy. The assistants call us a lot, and want baptisms... they tried to raise our goal to 20 when I´m not sure if we´ll even hit 16, Toyopan has only hit 16 once, 3 months ago. President is disappointed that the mission still doesn´t baptize the first weeks of the month that we have to hope and fight for baptisms during the week.. it´s cool beans 
OKay, like it was kind of hard to just drink 1, but not that bad. I might just do it.. I´m sick of people saying I'm skinny lol, but I don't want to be giant either, don't worry. Hey, I shaved my armpits and stuff, it´s pretty cool.. Now I dont sweat! =D

Mom: are you really that skinny? I was thinking about ED getting "fat" - and wondered if you had gained any - do you think you've lost? or stayed the same?

Aaron: I gained a lot at first, then lost it all, right now I'm about normal, haven't weighed myself but i know.. our new cook feeds us more and its super good, i might get fat again.
yes, she isn't a member, her sons a missionary, only member in their fam, we call them Ma and Pa, they cook and laundry minus garments, we do those, it´s good food, they treat us really well. and the lunch we get each day and dinner sometimes

Aaron with Elder Rivera

Aaron: Almost gots to go mom, I don't know when my comp will say ALRIGHT lets go.. so just want to say that I love you guys! Look forward to skyping you all next week! 
Mom: WE LOVE YOU TOO!! Super excited to skype with you!! Can't even begin to tell you!!
Aaron: I'ma snap a quick photo of my comp, or with him to send you guys too

**don't know the name of this family yet

**don't know the name of this family yet

Heredia building

Outside his old apartment