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August 10, 2020

What is up, gang! Elder Chavez and I received a reassigned missionary that used to serve in Mexico, Elder Fullmer. In 10 months of serving my mission, Elder Fullmer is my FIRST companion from Utah! He is awesome! It has been super cool learning about the similarities and differences between our mission and his old mission. It's not every day you get to serve with someone with COMPLETELY different experiences than we are having here. Its been fun! But, it has felt a bit stressful because I feel like I am basically training 2 missionaries at the same time haha, since Elder Fullmer doesn't know how to do missionary work online, and he forgot a lot of Spanish during his time at home.


Because Elder Fullmer is new, we have to be in another really strict quarantine for 2 weeks. This past week has been really tough (mentally and physically) without fresh air or sunlight, not much exercise, and having 3 people in our small apartment. We have been going a little crazy, but we only have 1 week left until freedom! With some of our extra time, we have been calling an Elder in our zone (Elder Vanlangeveld) who knows magic and trying to learn how to do some tricks. I am not very good but I have lots of time to practice.

Our friend, Nazareth, is the most golden person I have ever seen in my entire life! He feels ready for baptism and he asked if he could get baptized a week earlier than he originally planned, on the 23rd! He also asked us if we could start teaching his family, and he invited them all to our Zoom church call! And they came! He has never NOT done something that we have asked him to do! He is every missionary's dream!

I had my interview with President Teuscher this week, and he told me that this is my last transfer in The Bronx :( So in about 3 weeks I will have to leave, which is crazy because I feel like I have barely seen The Bronx, and I haven't even gone to church in my 6 months of being in this ward.

Shoutout to my parents, Elder Fullmer's parents, and Elder Chavez's parents for all ordering us groceries because we can't leave the house! We have been eating so well this week! Also shoutout to Jolie, who is a family friend who lives in Manhattan! She brought us lunch one day! So good!

Have a great week everyone!

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