BEST HAIR CUT EVER

Sounds like you are all having so much fun down in St. George! That is amazing that Sam just pulled out a mini triathalon! Tell them sorry that I haven't been able to write back to them but I am going to get it to them as soon as possible or maybe for Steph for her Bday. That is going to be sad though if you sell the St. George house! The best part of it is that it is so small and quaint! We already have Midway that is huge--we should just keep the old one! That is something that I have noticed here is that we can enjoy the little houses and things. Everyone here lives so simply and I love it like this! Thank you for the package by the way too! I love it especially the joe joes! It was great hearing about all of the other missionaries too! One thing it said though is I am serving in Belmont Cragin suburb, but saying that is like saying you live in Mill Hollow. It is more of a name of the neighborhood not a suburb.   (Some people call it brickyard because there is that mall next to us that is called that!) 

Everything is going great here this week though! We had a huge miracle today! So the last few weeks I have been trying to get my haircut and everything but we never have time for it! We have just been pushing it off and off! I asked another Elder the other day to cut it for me but he said that his clippers are broken so he couldn't. Anyways, today we were going back and forth trying to find the best place to get our hair cut and all of the places were either super expensive or they brought me back to memories of getting my hair cut in the MTC, so finally we decided on going into this place and we go in and I just started talking to the lady cutting my hair! She was so kind and honestly we are best friends now!! She is from Mexico City and we just started talking about that and tons of stuff. The whole time she was just so kind and I was just loving it! She kept telling me my spanish was amazing and then we were talking a little bit more about what missionaries do and more about the Gospel! I felt like I was just talking to you Mom because that is how comfortable I felt, it felt like we have known each other forever.  It was the best hair cut I have ever gotten! I just loved it and we were just talking up a storm about everything! After, she ended up giving me my hair cut free and she gave us all of her information so that one day we can come and visit her! She is so legit and we are honestly best friends! Before I was a way sad because it is the first time I have had to pay for a hair cut on my mission but it ended up great! I told that other missionary that his clippers will probably start working soon because we found the reason why we needed to go somewhere else! I could care less about the money though, I am just so happy I got to meet her and that we will get to start to teach her. I texted her just barely to tell her thanks again and how she made my day and she just responded and told me about how she did it out of her heart and she knows that we have a hard job. She is in the Hermanas area though. It amazes me how many miracles that we have here in Chicago! My heart is so full of joy today and I am so happy to be a missionary! 

This week though I tried this new food though! It was this Ecuadorian dish that the meat in it was made out of cow stomach.  You can imagine the texture of it if you get one of those little squishy covers on a pencil that make it so your hands don't hurt and stick that in your mouth. It actually tasted pretty good, it was just awkward to eat. One side of the meat was like a honey comb looking thing so it was weird to eat, but hey that is what makes the mission great! 

Honestly, I am so happy to be serving as a missionary! Sometimes I overlook all of the blessings but there are days like today that I am just overwhelmed by the Lord’s love! That lady that we met today is one of the biggest miracles of my mission, it may sound like nothing but she means the world to me!  I love this gospel and the Happiness that it brings! I know that we are all Children of God. I love you so much and have a great day mom!

The best hair cut ever and wearing his tie with an embroidered heart on the back.

"God’s love is there for you whether or not you feel you deserve love. It is simply always there."

—Thomas S. Monson, "We Never Walk Alone"

Topics: Prophetic Messages, God's Love

          Just like the love of our family, Gods love is unconditional,
there are so many little reminders of this love too!
Every day may not be perfect but there is always a reason to smile!