So I am indeed still alive. I know you were all so worried about me. It is still cold here, in fact it has gotten even colder since my last email. But alas I am tough and will not let a little cold get to me. So this week we have been busy, as usual, I know, big surprise. Humble brag but me and my companion are kind of killing it. I'm pretty sure we are on track to set world records for hardest workers. But that's not exactly measurable so maybe later on. However I wasn't kidding, we are literally always working, it's great. We have been teaching the same Venezuelan family, the Gonzalez's, whose one daughter got baptized. Well guess what, the mom and sister both accepted and the dad was a little more hesitant. So we went way hard on the last couple lessons and he accepted last night. Very exciting. Also that other family we are teaching named the Samaniego's are doing great and they still have the funniest kids. We have this family in our ward who have been getting pretty close to them so they feel welcome in the Church. They are really awesome. Also on New Years Eve we went to bed at 10:30 like usual but woke up at 11:58 to celebrate for maybe three minutes then went back to bed. So we went into the room of the other companionship who we live with to celebrate with us. Well they were really really tired and one of them sleep yelled at us. It was extremely funny so we went back to our rooms and could not stop laughing for the next twenty minutes. We still laugh about it to this day. My Spanish is still so so but it does get better each day. I'm still quite some ways from where I want to be but I believe I will get there through hard work and lots of practice, and my fair share of mistakes.
Spiritual thought: God created this Earth for us; we have so many opportunities to enjoy it so go do it. Have fun but be safe ya know.
Funny thought: We were teaching the Samaniego family, and their daughter who is only about 6 gave the prayer. Right after, their son Dylan who is maybe four years old said, "that was the worst thing I've ever heard" but he said it in English (side note, all the kids are fluent in English and Spanish). So we all started laughing cause idk it's a little kid who said that. His parents don't speak English, and so the Mom asked what he said, to which he responds (but in Spanish), "very good" with a big smile and the ok sign with both his hands. Very very funny.
Well everyone take care and happy 2021, lots of love
-Elder Golden
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