Day 227

Family,
alright well its that time agian for tranfers.  my comp elder tturco is heading to cuzco tonigh and i should be with my district leader until my new comp gets here from cuzco.  i also remembered that tanner had his birthday yesterday and i hope that he had good one and still preparing to serve a mission.  i know its sometimes difficult to think about leaving for two years but you can come to know a lot of things in such a short time and grow up as well.  i believe one of our modern day prophets said that the mission is a shorcut to manlihood and i know that to be true. i am excited to keep working in the islands and help strengthen the uros branch so that in the near future they can have their own chapel on the lake.  i also heard that president is coming to puno to do interviews and i am excited to talk to him.  the last two interviews i had with him were really short because my spanish wasnt to good.  it sounds like everything is going pretty smoothly back home.  thanks for the package i got today with the postcards and tell bro. burrows thanks for his little note.  ron also for his letter last week and im grateful to have so many active family members.  i just want to give you guys a little boost on your temple attendance.  i was reading an article in the ensign by richard g scott (find it if you can) from a recent issue and i really liked 2 questions that said we should ask ourselves when we are planning to make time for the temple.  first "what can be more important than going to the temple?" and second "what activity can bring more peace and hapiness in the short time we are there?"  i have seen the sacrifice the members make just to go to the temple here in peru and because they know how important it is and how it makes them feel.  sometimes when we have a temple so close we feel like well when i have a little extra time ill run over.  but we all know that time sometimes doesnt come becaus ewe are always planning other things in our free time that we have.  if you have goals to go to the temple but are struggling to fulfill them read the article by richard g scott and make plans that will help you fulfilll these goals.  that is what we do as missionaries,  we make goals and plan our days and weeks so that we can fulfill those goals.  if our plan doesnt allow us to fullfill our goals then our plan isnt planned right.  alright well i hope you like the fotos and im outta time but i love you all and i am alway praying for your wellbeing and that you are staying true to the faith