Elder Bowden is now a TRAINER!!

Hola Familia! Well....its kind of crazy new this week.......I'm currently in Montevideo again. It was along bus ride of about three hours and now I am waiting. Don't worry too much cause I am going back to Paso de los Toros again tomorrow. The only thing is I had to come and pick up my new comp his plane flies in today! That's right...I am getting an ´´oro´´ or a greenie. Whatever you want to call it I am training a new missionary! I don't know where he is from or anything for now but I will let you know next week. President Armstrong is going to assign us at the mission home after he has interview with us all. It is all exciting news for me. I am still the district leader and there is another elder in my district training as well. I am kind of bummed to only have one change with my Mexican comp...well Mexican/American but I guess that's the mission. We had a good and very fast six weeks together and now it's onto something else. I hope I helped him to be a better missionary and that he as well as my new comp and I can continue to bless the lives of many! I will be coming back to Montevideo again next week cause my comp has to do a medical check so it will be even more time on the bus...hopefully I don't get car sick again. Ummmm....I don't know what else to tell you....we finished last week well. We found a new family and another mom/daughter. I hope that we will be able to teach them and that they will accept the restored gospel. We worked a lot harder this week and tried to be more diligent than normal...I think that you can see the difference and we are excited to continue working just as hard. This Sunday was great! We had stake conference and it was broadcast from Salt Lake City! We heard from Elder Gonzalez(from Uruguay) of the seventy, from Sister Reeves from the RS presidency, from Elder Anderson, and the prophet himself! The cool thing was that all the talks given were in Spanish except for the prophets(he had a translator). I really enjoyed it and learned some new things. They talked a lot about how the gospel starts in the home. That the values and standards our children have at start with striving to be good parents. They explained how if we do this then everyone is more likely to grow spiritually, stay active, go on missions/temple, etc. Then they said that the church has grown a lot in Uruguay and South America since it opened but for it to continue to grow we need to start in the home and then rescue those outside of the home who have gone astray! This is what my amazing parents are doing right now! Don't ever give up or doubt the importance of what you're doing cause its one of the most important works to be done! I hope that you all continue to do your best as I know that the Lord is blessing you. I know that this is the true church. I know that it contains the restored gospel and the it will lead us to true happiness. I know that the Book of Mormon is true and it changes our lives and we study and apply it! I know that the Savior lives and this is His work. I know that He only requires of us our best and asks us to do only what He knows we are capable of. I know that through His atonement we can be transformed and cleansed from sin. I know that families can be together forever! I love you all and miss you lots! Not that I am "trunky" or counting time but there is only four months left! Ya mom...I know that you're excited! Until next week! CON AMOR Y UN ABRAZO Elder Bowden