FIRST WEEK AS A TRAINER, SPANISH 24/7, SICK AS A DOG, & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

My first week of training has come and gone and it went pretty good. We couldn´t get out and work much because I am feeling very sick. I don´t know what is going on. I have a really bad cold with really bad coughing, my stomach is always hurting me, sometimes to the point that all I can do is lay down and wait for it to pass. I always have head aches, I start to shake really bad sometimes. I go from being super hot to being freezing cold in a matter seconds. I want to throw everything back up when I eat. I can´t really hold my food down for more than a minute. I don´t know what´s going on, but it made it hard to get out and work this week. I feel bad because as a new missionary, all you want to do is get out and work, but I couldn´t do it this week. I am hoping that it will be better this next week though. We will see...

So my new companion´s name is Elder Diaz. He is 20 years old, and he is from Mexico City. So now he can help me become fluent in the language!!!! It actually isn´t as bad as I thought it was going to be. I know more spanish than I thought I did. So I now talk spanish 24/7 which is cool for me to be able to see that I can do. The gift of tongues is so real, it´s amazing!

So there isn´t a lot of stuff to talk about because I was locked up in the house all week, but we got out, did some service for some people. One in particular we were walking to find the bishop´s house, (I still didn´t know where he lived) and they are building a new road, and they are getting rid of the massive boulders in the way so that it can be paved, and they do it by hand, with hammers and nails. So we stopped and helped them for a little bit, but other than that, not a whole lot was done. 

Happy New Years!!!!! I hope you all have an amazing 2017! It was different being out here for Christmas and New Years, but it was definitely a cool experience! I love you all and hope you are all doing good!!!!

Elder Harward