Valentines Nica

Hey family, Happy Valentine’s week! They celebrate that too here in Nicaragua! 

I think they celebrate almost all of our holidays except the Fourth of July. 

Mucho love to all of you! This week has been really good, but our number one 

investigator was not in church this week! We are close to baptizing him; his 

name is Walberto Silvio Espinoza! All he has to do is go to church one more 

time and accept the commandments and he is set! My companion Elder Estrada is 

crazy, but we are working really hard together. Yesterday we found a guy from 

Maryland USA named Hugo, and are going to visit him this week, he was very 

interested to hear about us because he is a truck driver and has seen the 

temples across the USA!

Today was great; we went to the market which is crazy! People and all types of 

things everywhere! But also really smelly. We were looking for a new bag for 

my companion to use in the streets. You can find almost anything you want at 

the market, and a lot of things are at a good price, sorry I don’t have pictures, 

I will take some more next time.

Just want to remind you all how lucky we are to live in the U.S! People here do 

not have the opportunities that we have at home. I am so grateful that we live 

in a place where we have nice things. There are parks here, but not very good 

ones. We are so lucky to have the education and all the facilities like parks, 

recreational land, libraries, and nice schools. Next time you feel bad just 

remember all the nice things we have and that it can always be worse! the average 

person here makes about $300 a month! 

Thanks for all the support you have given me! Love you all and miss you as always!