Walking through a crowded bus I imagine feels like being food as it passes through the intestine‏

So this week turned out pretty well. Elder Rojas went home, Elder Paiz, my new companion came, todo. Monday we watched Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restauration, and the 3 families of investigators present were greatly impressed. Tuesday, we visited almost everyone one last time with Elder Rojas and it really augmented my hopes that a lot of these families will be baptized. We should have a very good month :>

We've started out well with Elder Paiz. He's Guatemalteco (from San Marcos, Guatemala, the border with Mexico. It's apparently very cold there), I'm his first companion, and we're moving forward con todo. We helped the Seminary teachers here invite less active youths to Seminary, did a service in a Catholic school, 2 baptismal interviews for other areas that turned out well, a meeting with the Bishop, and my first Ward Council in this area. It's been especially busy, but it's good I figure.

In Church, during 2nd and 3rd hour, there was a special general meeting in place of classes, in which we watched a video of the Area Presidency presenting the Area Plan for the year. There are changes to Ward Council, and a heavy emphasis in doing the basic stuff, like daily scripture study and prayer, paying tithing and offerings, and doing fasts. It should make things a lot better. Also, Pres Vásquez has plans to improve public relations by searching large service activities and stuff. It'll be a cool year.

El Salvador is a magnificent country. I mean, there are far too many gangsters and I wouldn't raise a family here, but I'm reaaaaaaaaaally glad for the opportunity to be here. I want to make as big a change as possible while I'm here, because the people here deserve much more than what they have right now. We're going to move forward con todo!

Salutations, 

Elder Newman Salvadoreño

I forgot my camera in the house.

A Quicker Message

I'm currently in the Mission Office writing since my companion got interviewed for his release this week by Presidente Vasquez. So I won't occupy too many words.

This week was a ton of running around. A lot of stuff happened, not news worthy, but cool. Although we don't have much in the way of baptisms for this month, February should be super good. We achieved the Normas de Excelencia in the mission last week, (6 baptism dates, 6 investigators in Sacrament, 10 progressing, and 12 new) and this next week I'll be training a new missionary. Con todo.

The mission is really great, and it's just been getting better. I just hope to work con todo with my new companion and make the area even stronger.

We're going to have a good next week.

Keep moving forward!

Elder Newman Salvadoreño

I do not excuse myself for integrating Spanish words when I prefer them to their English equivalent

Everything´s moving forward here, without taking photos.

Favorite sentiment of the week: the Gospel is the engine behind substantive security, liberty, and meaning in civilization and personal life. It is the only method to achieve the three simultaneously such that our lives are a joyous thing.

This week was pretty good. Edihim and Familia Ayala are almost certain for baptism, Edihim just needs to attend church more and Familia Ayala needs to not take coffee for a bit more. But they want to be baptized  is the important thing :> We´ve been working hard to find people and we have a lot who are looking for the truth sincerely, especially Familia Monterosa and Familia Rivera. They both wrote down their questions to ask us and stuff. They just have problems coming to church for their work. 100 percent true fact that people work more here the days they shouldn´t, including Christmas. It´s an economic condition I´ve examined quite a bit and we can talk about it when I get home :>

This is Elder Rojas´ last real work week, so we´re going to echar fuego and all that. It should be a very good week, and we´re going to ask the Lord His blessing con todo.

Just a reminder to make daily scripture study a fact, always in the spirit of prayer :> The mission is reading 7 pages a day in our spare time. Also, make reading Preach My Gospel a priority :>

Plans for when I get home: live off of my income from the previous year, so that I know exactly what I have to spend the whole year, in addition to large savings for cualquier emergency. Also, write comics in spare time, learn American Sign Language, get a job, the good stuff. Do the things necessary such that when I´ve got my time in life, I can look backward with satisfaction on my own efforts.

But yeah, that´s the updates from your friendly neighbourhood missionary in El Salvador. Keep moving forward.

Elder Newman

imma not write much cus mi compu es chafa‏ (dead)

it's been especially hot this week which is shenanigans everyone's dying here

Cold water is the definition of EL Salvador. Still bathing with cold water taken from a pool. Oh, and everyone is kind of sad because the Christmas and New Year's was small this year due to economic problems (so not as many fireworks). So I was mostly able to sleep, though these last few days I haven't been able to sleep properly. But everything is still good here, bien y tranquilo,

We just got letters from Pres. Monson.

Edihim is gonna get baptized he's awesome and was a guard for the presidential candidate of ARENA and he gave us hats that only people close to him got (but I can't wear it until I'm in the States cus FMLN and ARENA are locos).

I crashed this computadora once already

whey

Sorry for writing like this but I write 5 times faster than the computadiora understands

pics from the choque de fuerzas (crash forces?), intercambios (transfers) and stuff

saluuuuuu enhjoy the nuevio año

Elder Newman

stupid compu :>