You may be surprised!

Well, you´ll be surprized to know that I have a new companion! Not the new one, but rather a new, new one. His name is Elder Dias, from Cajamarka, Peru. He´s nice. I think. I´ve only been with him five days, but I´ll let you know! Easter was cool because my package arrived the day before. You sent some stuff for the pention and her family, I assumed it was for Karen and them because our present pention´s kids are all grown-ups. They went up on a hill and had a cute little Easter celebration as a family with those eggs. I´ll be sure to send some photos next week.

You´ll also be surprised to know that I ate chicken-head this week. There´s a lady who sells it on a street that we walk every day and one day I jokingly said I would try it some day. After that, she hadn´t stopped bugging me about it asking me when I was going to try it. This week I finally YOLO´d it. I just gnawed on the neck for a while (it was very chewy) and then, getting rather bored, broke open the head and tried some brain for the fist time in my life. Do you know what brain tastes like? I do! After all that I´ve eaten here, I really don´t think I´ll be complaining about mac and cheese anymore when I get back.

You also may be surprised to know that I listened to the conference in Spanish this year, to sit with some investigators. M--- came with a few of those friends again and we brought our pention who listened so intently to every word the prophet said. It was special. I don´t have my notes with me right now, but I can tell you that I also loved the talk by Elder Renlund. Your comment is right on, as well, "A saint is a sinner who keeps on trying". We have to explain that constantly to investigators and less active members. That the people in the church aren´t perfect. They need much help and support, and that´s why they come. When we see someone struggling with sin or perhaps lost in life, in the chapel, that should make us oh-so-happy! On the contrary, we should never judge other members or expect anyone there to be perfect. At the end of his talk, as he testified, the Spanish translator started crying. It was touching. I also loved the first talk by Henry B. Eyering. I have definitely seen the hand of God in the lives of the people in some of the most obscure towns. God does His work in every end and every corner. There was were some specific things that called my attention, but I´ll have to tell you next week. The conference always gives us a new energy for the work and we´re excited to get to work this week and apply and share what we learn from our prophets with the rest of God´s children.
I love you all very much!

Much love,
Elder Alexander