P-day Was Yesterday Right?

It feels like I wrote my last email yesterday! Time is going by so fast!! My second transfer ends in 2 1/2 weeks which is just so so crazy!


This week was just wonderful which is sad cause it was so fast!!!  On Tuesday we had our exchange. We ended up doing service all day so we didn't have time to do much actual work-so they want to do another exchange. That is crazy because normally you have 2-3 exchanges and we will end up having 7 by the end of our transfer! It's been amazing to work with other missionaries and learn things from them and how they work. But I realized that that has been an important answer to my prayers. I've wanted to learn from a lot of missionaries and unlike most missionaries, I have had the opportunity to actually be with other missionaries often-so that's amazing! But the downside is that we don't have as many days to work in our area and we are so so busy! It's amazing but also hard with less days.


Wednesday we had the wonderful opportunity of having zone conference with Elder and Hermana Sikahema. They were wonderful! I got to shake his hand and talk to him for a minute and he was amazing. I was also able to get closer with my mission president and the assistants to the president and they are all people I want to be like. I had an exchange with the Spanish Zone leaders a while ago and we were talking about people we want to be like. They were saying they wanted to be like the assistants to the president and I was like why not try to be like president and strive to be as spiritually strong as he is. They were like wow I didn't think of that. Afterwards, they decided to change their goal a little bit and we just grew from eachother so much!


The rest of the week was awesome! We have visited a lot of referrals and they have been wonderful people. We have so many people were are trying to teach its almost overwhelming!


During this Christmas season, a big message we have focused on is Alma 7:9-11 which is about Christ's birth. This week everyone try to focus on Christ in the little things and if you want to email me and share with me how that has gone in the past and how you will try to do it, I would absolutely love to hear from you all.


Again I love you guys and thank you for your support!
-Elder Owens


-Lots of pictures from making pupusas with a member.
-Pictures from zone conference.
-Our wonderful branch second counselor that is hilarious and sometimes we have to ask him to be reverent in Sunday School with the youth. P.S. his tie says it all.






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