So I got transferred out of Owensboro to Henderson, it was such a short time in Owensboro so I was really sad to leave.

     But the work goes on. 

    We had someone who we stopped by and knocked on their door that had said that they had been wanting to talk to someone about God because they were looking for a church. So that was super cool they were a couple who had alot of faith in God. 

    I still get to use my Spanish here and we teach English class at the church on Friday's and we have some Spanish speaking people here in Henderson. 

    In this last couple weeks I have been reflecting a lot about my life and the choices that I have made and the person I am becoming and in my studies I've learned that God really does put people in our lives who are meant to help us learn and grow but we have to be willing to swallow our pride sometimes and accept that we aren't perfect. Sometimes (actually a lot of the time) we can be wrong about things. It is probably one of the hardest things for me to do but the times when I've admitted that I need to change and then taken action has caused the most growth that I see in myself and it truly does affect those around us. 

Anyways just a thought hope everyone has a good week.

Here are a bunch of pictures from the last - weeks 

Elder Amata

Moved again...

 So I got moved to Owensboro and I've been here for a couple weeks now and I love it here. 

We have been doing missionary work in Spanish and English so we have been super busy. We had a baptism for our friend Jose and it was a really cool experience he has a strong desire to follow Christ. 

We have another friend named Isaiah who is planning on being baptized on the 31st of this month. 

We have some really cool members her in our congregation and it turns out that one of the families that used to live in Norco loves out here now. So it's been really cool to catch up with them. I'm also training a new missionary right now and we are in a trio so it's been really fun. 

Its interesting to see how the Lord knows where to put us when we need to grow and where to out us when we need to help others grow.

1) my companions elder Blaser (left) elder Smith (right) Thai chili so we were dying 

2) this cool tank at a park 

3)José at his baptism 

4) tank

5) we went to a Karen (/kəˈrɛn/) house to eat some food and we ate 

6) biking 

Things are good in Shelbyville

 Hey things are going good here in Shelbyville. Our mission president wants us to be able to start a Spanish congregation that is separate from the English one that we are currently attending and that the Spanish speaking members currently attend. So recently we have been working on getting some of the Spanish members to come back actively to church. 

We also have had alot of fun talking to people in the streets. I don't know if I mentioned this before but there are a ton of Guatemalans here so I've been learning about Guatemala. The other day one of the Guatemalan members made us some pupusas and they were sooo good. 

We hope that soon we will be able to start having our church service in Spanish so that those who we invite can feel more comfortable and allow the holy ghost to better speak to them. 

I think one thing that I'm seeing in my life right now is that I can make the choice to be the best person I can be despite what's going on around me.

 I know that Christ knows us personally and because he suffered and felt everything that each one of us has gone through, we can be strengthened through him.

I know I haven't sent an email in a little bit so here are some pictures

1)we go to stop in Lexington for a little so I got a picture by the Lincoln mural 

2) the Waltman family had us over for dinner and wanted to take a picture 

3) Churchill downs where they do the Kentucky derby 

4) Just some green Kentucky 

Week 68 ? maybe :)

 I'm not really sure how to start this week lol. This week we have focused more on reaching out to the less avtive members and trying to help strengthen them. 

We also had a really good lesson with some guys who are from Guatemala and México who are here working to put their kids through college back home. They were really cool and seemed really open to listening to out message. 

We also go chased by a big dog the other day. We were just walking down the street when out of nowhere this dog gets up and starts coming at us like we just stole his bone. I don't think I've ever run faster in my life haha.

 It was a good week though.

Here are some pictures

1)nature 

2)biking 

3)some plants we planted for a lady named Mrs Daw 

4)more biking 

5)more Kentucky 

 Things have been good over here in good ole Kentucky. The spring is beautiful here and it's been a good time to be out on the bikes.

 It's also been good because more people are out and about so we get to talk to alot more people. I also got a new companion but we just found out that he leaves halfway through May so it looks like I'll be in Shelbyville for a while.

 I also got my first dose of the vaccine so I have to go and get my second dose in a couple weeks. 

Also we got approved to not wear ties because we are spanish missionaries so that we look less like immigration. 

Other than that things have been good. One thing that I have been thinking about is a talk that was given about not letting our trials define us but to look at our shortcomings as opportunitys to learn and grow. 

Hope everyone has a good week.

1) we drove by the capital the other day 

2) random cool street art 

3) how we watched one of the sessions for general conference 

4) we hiked to a water fall 

5) Kentucky tobaco barn 

6) our district 

7) my zone leader and I making weird faces 

***note from mom...(These are not in order)

Week 3 in Shelbyville and the Snake

 So week number 3 in Shelbyville and we tried to invite as many people as possible to church this week and we had a lot more people than normally show up. Sadly not one of the people we invited showed up but we still had a good turn out. 

We also did some service for a member of our congregation. We stained his deck and it turned out really nice. He also has a bunch of reptiles and he let us hold his snake. Fyi I do not like snakes and so I was pretty freaked out but once I was holding it I feel like it honesty was not that bad. 

Anyways I don't have a whole lot to say but I figured I would try to get a something out. 

                                                             

Week 63 Shelbyville KY

 So I am no longer in Louisville they moved me to Shelbyville Kentucky which is about 30 mim away. Surprisingly I'm still in an area where we are only assigned to do spanish work so I'm really happy about that because I still get to use my spanish everyday. We also live with two other missionaries who cover the English missionary work for part of the city so its been really fun living with 4 of us in the appartment.

 Right now we don't have a ton of people who we are consistently teaching so we have been talking to alot of people and trying to find any who are interested in our message.

 In this area we have a car for about half the week and we share it with another set of missionaries who also do spanish work in Shelbyville. It's been really nice to get out on the bikes and enjoy the nice spring weather when its not raining.  

With easter coming up one thing that we are doing is inviting people to church for Palm Sunday. Most, if not all of our churches will be doing a special Easter service so we are inviting everyone to come and worship with us. Then on Easter we will be having our semi anual world wide church service broadcast on Sunday morning. So with those two things we are just trying to help people understand the importance of this season and who Christ was and why He is our savior.

Well that's about it, I hope everyone has a great week. 

( since I don't really have any recent pictures here is a picture of me on the right, the person I trained in the midde and the person he trained on the left)