Hellooo!!
Another week down in the compound! I've only got 2 weeks left! I should be getting my travel plans this week, we're all super excited!! It was an excellent week! Where to start.. Well, the beginning of the week kind of sucked, I wont lie. One of my teachers pulled me into a room after he found out I was called district leader and started tearing me apart. He was telling me how I've wasted my time here and I need to do better and be a leader.. I was SO mad! I didnt say anything back to him, I just kind of took it. After that, he came in and started chastizing the rest of my district and it made us all really upset because we've been working our tails off! So for my next class, my other teacher kept me after and she asked me what was wrong.. so I told her what he said, which he was trying to make it sound like her feelings were the same. In reality her feelings were the exact opposite and she told me she didnt agree with him on any of that. I think she called him or something because he talked to me the next day and apologized, and I told him how I felt about the whole situation. I told him that he was wrong and that we've all been working really hard.. I told him that I'm not here to impress him, I'm here to do the Lord's work. (my teacher is a psychology major by the way...) So, its been good since then. Before that, he would just lecture us on how big of a wake up call its going to be when we get to the field. I think back about it and I haven't learned much from him.. Like about the Gospel or Spanish. I told him I'm just gonna keep doing what I'm doing, and improve myself, and just put in the time til i leave for Paraguay!
So then like 10 minutes after I talked to my teacher, my District President came into our class and said, "is there and Elder Heiner in here?" I just thought, oh great.. what now.. So we started walking down the hallway and he didn't say much, so I thought I was in trouble or something. We turn the corner to go down the stairs and DRAKE was standing there! I asked him how he got in, and he just shrugged his shoulders! Then I asked the old guy, "how did he get in here?!" He just looked and me and shrugged his shoulders! I started crying like a little girl when Drake hugged me.. He could only stay for like 5 minutes but it was really good to see him. And just to answer your question, no I'm not homesick! After that, it only made me more excited to get to Paraguay and get workin! When I got back into my classroom everyone thought I was going home or something because my eyes and my face were all red because I had been crying. But they were all freaking out because I got to see my brother! That made my week..
After that, up til Sunday, I just worked my butt off learning new words and phrases and teaching lessons and what-not. I gave a 30 minute lesson in my District Meeting on the Power of Prayer. It went awesome! That showed me how the Spirit works because I only had about 10 minutes to plan! Everyone in my District was giving me props because the lesson went so well. I was able to get everyone involved, even one of the Branch Presidency! Normally, the lessons are super dry and boring, but mine was awesome! Before the lesson, we made some goals for the week. So we're only speaking Spanish and memorizing scriptures in Spanish.. I have D&C 4 down and James 1:5, but not in English! We have another goal to teach 70 lessons in 1 week as a District.. We're at 54 and it ends tomorrow. We've got it! So after District Meeting, we had lunch, then sacrament. Every week we have to plan a 5 minute talk in Spanish because our Branch President chooses someone randomly.. Well yesterday, one of the MTC Presidency was in our meeting yesterday, and I'm guessing you can see where this is going.. I got called to give my talk! The MTC President had some of his family in there and so did my Branch President.. So it was a full house yesterday! My talk went awesome and my Spanish was great. Everyone was telling me how well I did, and my Branch President (who also served in Paraguay!) was really impressed with how well I did. So I felt really good yesterday! Thats basically what happened this week.. Sorry its so long! I'm probably boring you..
I think I'm going to make a recording on the tapes Teresa got me and send one home.. so be ready! I'll have some Spanish in there! I hope everyone is having an awesome week!! Yo les extraño y les amo!
Tell Haley I'm still waiting on pictures of my nephew! Thanks for the ties Mom! I of course love the one with the shoes on it! I appreciate the goods! You can send caramel popcorn through the mail, just so you know.. like in a package.. :) I got everyones hopes up because I thought I was gonna have some of it.. Anyways, I'll go now. I miss you and love you all! (I guess I already said it, but in Spanish..)
Con Amor,
Elder Colby Dane Heiner
aka Elder Heinstein
