Changes!

Hey!

This week was super packed. We really didn´t do much at all in our own area, because we were just running around helping everyone in the zone to prepare for changes. I´ll talk more about the people we´re teaching next week. We knew that I was going to stay here in Palin, because I just got here. But we didn´t have any idea about my companion. The good news is, we´re both staying together for another change! I´m super happy, because we´ve learned a TON from each other, and now we´re doing fantastic. He´s so awesome, and we´re going to have even more time to learn together now. 

Aside from us, every other area in the zone had changes. We had some pretty big problems last change with a couple missionaries who really didn´t want to follow the mission rules and were getting into a lot of trouble, and we worked a ton with them to help out. But all of the missionaries who were struggling are now in other areas, and it feels like our zone is just full of super happy, obedient missionaries who want to do all they can to serve. It´s honestly super great. The zone was great last change, but this time it´s even more awesome! My companion and I are really excited to be with all of them. 

Today we got together with a ton of missionaries and some Mexican missionaries made us some really tasty tacos! The day before the changes, a lot of families thought that my companion was going to leave, and so they all invited us to dinner. We ended up eating three dinners, and ended up soooo full. Life is different when you´re not in the coast. 

We´ve been doing a lot of crazy things, but the best thing we get to do is celebrate the Christmas season. The way we do that on the mission is by talking about Jesus Christ with EVERYONE. We´ve been inviting everyone to invite people they know to their houses to have an evening where we all just learn about the birth of Jesus, and talk about how we can give gifts to Him this season. I love getting to do that, because everyone can feel the Christmas spirit, but they don´t always know where it comes from. Teaching about Christ is the best :)

Love you guys!

-Elder Cloward

The old zone

The new zone!

Tasty Guatemalan food :)