Week 6

Hello everybody!

This last week has been pretty interesting. It's rained a lot! A couple days ago one district along with my own went outside after all our classes and played around in the rain. It was fun. I'm pretty sure I'm one of the only ones who didn't get their socks wet because I didn't run through the water pouring off of the roof of our classroom. We've also got a musical number our district is performing in church this Sunday which I'm super excited about! Elder Stander (one of the elders in our district) is majoring in music composition, and has put together a great version of the hymn "The Lord is my Shepard". He went so far as to add parts from the "Savior of the World" production, other scriptures, and changed lyrics! I'm very excited about it, and pray that we'll bring the Spirit. I get to sing a little solo in our number.

It's kinda weird this is my last week here. I hope I'll get to email within a week, but I still don't even know my flight plan (apparently for Honduras we don't get it until 5 days before we leave).

Anyways, it's been a good week. I hope you all are doing well.

Just peachy,
Ruben

The pictures are:

A picture of me enjoying my umbrella (Liliana picked it out for me. She learned about rain on her mission, and the umbrella is awesome.)

 
The Mexico City Temple


Our district trying to look like Joseph Smith (Me, E. Stander, E. Hansen, E. Larimer, E. McBride, & E. Black) 


3-D printed Liahonas at the visitor's center gift shop (I could have made them better)


A model of Jerusalem at the visitor's center 

Tacos de pescado


A massive rib I had for lunch the other day (I don't know who/what it came from, but it's big.)


A beautiful picture of the mountain I got on Sunday morning. I really like the radio towers poking through the clouds.











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